Principal Software Engineer, Quoting Platform

Description

Hiring Manager:Chris Mulligan

Principal Software Engineer, Quoting Platform

About the Role

We’re building the next-generation personal-lines quoting platform and are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design, build, and operate AWS-native services that power approximately 90% of our direct-channel quoting volume.

You will join the Quoting Platform team within the Distribution portfolio of the USRM Technology organization and help develop and maintain reusable APIs and microservices that support Digital Sales, Olympus (DRC), and the Strategic Partnership Groups (SPG) for new-business quoting and binding.

This is a technical leadership role with hands-on delivery, architecture influence, and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate highly available, scalable microservices and reusable APIs that support the insurance quoting and binding lifecycle.
• Lead architecture discussions, design reviews, and system design for complex integrations and platform initiatives.
• Build and maintain services across TypeScript/Node.js and Java codebases running on AWS, including Fargate and Lambda.
• Model and manage data using DynamoDB and DocumentDB (or equivalent), ensuring reliability and performance.
• Drive cross-team integration with Digital Sales, Olympus (DRC), and SPG to ensure APIs meet product and partner needs.
• Mentor and coach engineers, promoting best practices in testing, deployment, security, and observability.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous reliability/performance improvements.
• Evaluate, adopt, and standardize engineering tools, automation, and CI/CD practices across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including production delivery of large-scale distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with Java and TypeScript/Node.js; full-stack experience is a plus.
• Experience with Spring Boot or similar event-driven Java frameworks.
• Proven experience building and operating services on AWS, including Fargate, Lambda, S3, and IAM best practices.
• Practical experience with NoSQL data stores, especially DynamoDB; familiarity with DocumentDB or MongoDB.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and performance-tuning skills.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, service integrations, and automation frameworks.
• Experience leading complex technical initiatives across multiple systems or integration layers and influencing technical direction without formal authority.
• Experience working across teams to standardize engineering approaches and enterprise platform considerations such as security, identity, and scalability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior exposure to the insurance quoting lifecycle, underwriting, or digital sales integrations.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted engineering tools or prompt engineering techniques, such as GitHub Copilot or LLM-based assistants, and experience evaluating such tools for enterprise adoption.
• Experience evaluating or adopting engineering tools and platforms at scale.

Why Join Us

You’ll help shape a core platform that powers the majority of our direct quoting volume, work with modern cloud-native technologies, and make a measurable impact across multiple distribution channels.

• This role offers the opportunity to lead architecture and operational excellence, influence cross-functional product delivery, and grow as a technical leader while solving challenging system-design problems.

Education

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical or business discipline, or equivalent experience