OTTO Quotes
Insurance
About OTTO
OTTO Quotes has an immediate opening for a Senior Front End Developer. The Otto Insurance Platform generates, manages, and optimizes quality, ready-to-close, exclusive insurance leads directly to agents and carriers in real-time. We are a digital broker for Auto, Home, Pet,, and Life Insurance. Our focus is to create the most seamless and unobtrusive user experience from the first click to policy being closed.
About The Role
Our primary work focuses on lead generation for an in-house insurtech platform that has helped millions of people get quotes from multiple insurance companies. Our small core team of engineers have worked across many products. One of those projects is the ground-up creation of the OTTO platform and scaling it successfully over the last few years. This role will work with existing team members to continue the work.
Key Responsibilities
- Build new features and maintain OTTO’s core platforms
- Develop external-facing API’s and documentation
- Build and maintain integrations with 3rd party API’s
- Collaborate with stakeholders and team members to understand requirements and implement them
- Review and merge code to production
- Write code that is maintainable, high performing, well-documented and secure
Qualifications
- 5 + years of experience
- Proficient in PHP, MYSQL, Redis
- Practical Understanding of OOP design principles and best practices
- Expert working knowledge of relational databases
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting and debugging skills
- Autonomous and self-motivated
Our tech stack:
- PHP for backend API and data processing
- Javascript with React for front-end
- Aurora/AWS data infrastructure
A Word on Imposter Syndrome
We understand that looking for a new job can be a stressful experience and that it’s easy for imposter syndrome to stop qualified people from applying for a position where they don’t check every box. If you read the job listing and feel like you want to work for us, please apply. The whole team is dedicated to help train the right person to fit into this role and start a career in technology or product management.
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