Backend Software Engineer, Payments
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 20, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 4, 2026. Munich Re scores B on the Alion truth index.
Location: Waltham, MA (hybrid 3 days In Office)
ERGO NEXT’s mission is to help entrepreneurs thrive. We’re doing that by building the only technology-led, full-stack provider of small business insurance in the industry, taking on the entire value chain and transforming the customer experience.
Simply put, wherever you find small businesses, you’ll find ERGO NEXT.
Since 2016, we’ve helped hundreds of thousands of small business customers across the United States get fast, customized and affordable coverage. We’re backed by industry leaders in insurance and tech, and we still have room to grow - that’s where you come in.
Our Backend Software Engineer can expect to work with the latest backend technologies and programming languages. We’re big fans of server-side Kotlin, and we produce clean, testable code fast and push it into production several times a day via our CI / CD pipeline. Additionally, our Backend Software Engineer will be supporting and owning our Payments & Partnerships domain.
What You’ll Do:
- You will work closely with other functional areas in the company product, marketing, and front-end engineers to rapidly iterate on our product and find the best solutions to our challenges.
- You will take ownership of features - from inception through design and coding, eventually bringing your feature to production at a high level of quality and test coverage.
What We Need:
- 6+ years of experience in Backend, end-to-end feature and/or product development.
- B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent is a must.
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of OOP concepts and best practices.
- Hands-on development of highly distributed, cloud-based environments is an advantage. We work with AWS, but any cloud experience is a plus.
- Experience working with Relational Databases.
- Strong SQL skills.
- Experience with backend feature development in a SaaS environment.
- Experience with Java, Kotlin, and/or Python is ideal.
- Adaptable, with a passion for quickly learning new technologies and working effectively in a dynamic environment.
- Ability to navigate and work effectively across diverse domains and contexts.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Note on Fraudulent Recruiting
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Please note, we do not ask for sensitive information via chat, text, or social media, and any email communications will come from the domain @next-insurance.com or @ nextinsurance.com. Additionally, Next Insurance will never ask for payment, fees, or purchases to be made by a job applicant. All applicants are encouraged to apply directly to our open jobs via the careers page on our website. Interviews are generally conducted via Zoom video conference unless the candidate requests other accommodations.
If you believe that you have been the target of an interview/offer scam by someone posing as a representative of Next Insurance, please do not provide any personal or financial information. You can find additional information about this type of scam and report any fraudulent employment offers via the Federal Trade Commission's website (https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams), or you can contact your local law enforcement agency.
The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire base salaries for the position in the location(s) listed. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including, without limitation, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. ERGO NEXT employees are also potentially eligible for our annual performance-based incentive program, in addition to our benefits package, consisting of our partially subsidized medical plan, fully subsidized vision/dental options, life insurance, disability insurance, 401(k), flexible paid time off, parental leave and more.
US annual base salary range for this full-time position:
$163,000 - $220,000