Software Engineer

As a Software Engineer on the Policy team, you will sit at the heart of Hagerty's insurance business, driving core functionality responsible for coverage offerings, rate calculations, and management of the policy lifecycle. The Policy team supports both the configuration of the insurance product as well as the core business functionality and workflows to allow customers to create their quote, issue their policy, and make changes once the policy is issued. This team is highly insurance-focused and is responsible for ensuring ongoing compliance with Hagerty's insurance partners and with the regulated mandates provided by each state.

Ready to get in the driver’s seat? Join us!

What You’ll Do

• Develop well-documented, scalable, and resilient software by:
• Writing clean, human-readable code for your team, while being about unknowns and receptive to feedback
• Knowing required tools and techniques, such as:
• how to use tools needed for the entire software development lifecycle, which includes, but is not limited to IDEs, SDKs, source control, databases, operating system tools, deployment tools, logging, and monitoring systems, etc.
• understanding the tradeoffs on why we have chosen the tools that we do compared to other tools in the industry.
• how to properly develop software which follows best practices, and industry standard design patterns, while understanding what makes these practices industry standard.
• Contributing to architectural design given overall architectural guidance, with little to some assistance
• Developing and designing comprehensive and automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests, while understanding appropriate use of each test type

• Own and support features, modules, and products by:
• Participating in the on-call support rotation for team’s production services
• Being a steward of your team’s products. Deliver stories from inception to providing value for the customer in production and understand why that work provides value.
• Ensuring the overall health of the product by contributing and improving team guidelines
• Develop a deep understanding of your team’s products and services: what capabilities exist, why they exist, and how to use them.
• Interpreting key product metrics, their components, and how to take action from them
  
  

• Contribute to and engage in a collaborative environment by:
• Being an active participant in all team activities. Actively listen with the intent of gaining understanding. Demonstrate empathy and adapt how you communicate based on how others best communicate. Assume everyone is acting with best intentions. Share opinions, be open to new ideas, and align to decisions.
• Reinforcing efforts to create a healthy, productive work environment through mutual respect. Put an emphasis on action by making time to pair with others, making decisions with imperfect information, and inviting others to join you as you work.
• Asking for help when you need it. Go out of your way to provide help when someone comes to you. Know the difference between something you can reasonably figure out on your own and when you are blocked. Make asking for help an action that is encouraged and supported by being willing to be vulnerable publicly.
• Understanding we can only succeed together by responding to the needs of others. Understand why the roles of your team members are necessary for the success of the team. Build strong relationships with your team by offering help, following through on commitments, acting with integrity, and supporting team decisions even when you don’t fully agree.
  
  

• Practice and promote a growth mindset by:
• Living and supporting a culture of continuous growth and learning. Recognize others feed off your energy and follow your habits. Make learning your tech stack and industry standards a visible, daily exercise. The passion you bring with you should be motivating to others, so welcome them on this journey.
• Understanding what the tech stack is, how to stay current within that stack, knowing the relevant history of the technology and why its evolved to present day.
• Understanding that failure is a necessary part of growth. Understand why persistence and effort to overcome obstacles will yield desired results. Know how to react to adversity in a way that leads to a positive outcome.
  

This might describe you

• Demonstrate empathy and kindness to all around you
• Like learning new technologies and sharing what you’ve learned with the team
• Enjoy working in a collaborative environment
• Have experience using automated testing tools and continuous integration tools
• Practicing Test Driven Development
• Are comfortable using Git source control and using best practices around branching, merging and code reviews
• Have experience working with cloud providers (e.g. AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform) on things like: Managing Databases, VMs, and Networking Basics.
• Have experience working in an agile environment and providing feedback to drive improvements.
  
  

Other Things To Note

• This position can be worked as remote position within the United States.
• Familiarity with public company requirements, including Sarbanes Oxley and key regulations, if applicable. For SOX compliant roles, responsible for designing, executing, and documenting internal controls where they have been identified as owners to prevent errors in financial reporting, processes, and business operations. Including attestation to the completeness, accuracy, and compliance of all financial reporting data, where applicable.
  
  

Say hello to Hagerty

Hagerty is an automotive enthusiast brand and the world’s largest membership organization for car lovers. Along with being a best-in-class provider of specialty insurance for enthusiasts, Hagerty is also home to DriveShare, the Hagerty Drivers Foundation, Garage + Social, Hagerty Drivers Club, MotorsportReg and so much more. Committed to saving driving for future generations, each and every thing Hagerty does is dedicated to the love of the automobile.

Hagerty is a rapidly growing company that values a winning culture. We provide meaningful work for, and invest in, every single team member.

At Hagerty, we share the road. We are an inclusive automotive community where all are welcomed, valued and belong regardless of race, gender, age or car preference. We are united by our shared passion for driving, our commitment to preserve car culture for future generations and our desire to make a positive impact in the world.

If you reside in the following jurisdictions: Illinois, Colorado, California, Washington, New York, or Jersey City, New Jersey, British Columbia, Canada please email for compensation, comprehensive benefits and the perks that set us apart.

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If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

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