Staff Software Engineer

About the Role

WHO WE ARE: Zinnia is the leading technology platform for accelerating life and annuities growth. With innovative enterprise solutions and data insights, Zinnia simplifies the experience of buying, selling, and administering insurance products. All of which enables more people to protect their financial futures. Our success is driven by a commitment to three core values: be bold, team up, deliver value – and that we do. Zinnia has over $180 billion in assets under administration, serves 100+ carrier clients, 2500 distributors and partners, and over 2 million policyholders.WHO YOU ARE: As a Staff Engineer, you will execute on our product vision for modern, frictionless, and scalable API-first systems, which collectively deliver the best end-to-end Life amp; Annuities solution in the industry. You will partner with fellow engineers to create a reusable, predictable, and discoverable design and development framework, enabling rapid, consistent, and maintainable solutions across the enterprise. We are seeking a team player with leadership experience, exceptional API security expertise, and a proven track record of successful delivery. You combine architectural vision with hands-on coding skills, ensuring solutions are both strategically sound and practically implemented. WHAT YOU LL DO: Architect and build: Design, document, and evangelize API standards and best practices across all Zinnia APIs. Hands-on coding: Write high-quality, maintainable, and performant code to build reusable frameworks and services. Lead API delivery: Partner with and guide the Enterprise API team to deliver scalable and highly performant enterprise-grade APIs. API governance: Implement API gateway capabilities (traceability, monitoring, security, analytics) and recommend improvements for the full API lifecycle. API documentation: Maintain high-quality API documentation using Swagger or similar tools to ensure clarity, consistency, and ease of use for internal and external consumers Code qual...