Tech Lead (Remote First)

About the role

Zensurance is redefining commercial insurance for Canadian businesses. As a leading InsurTech, we make getting the right coverage simple, fast, and accessible through a digital-first experience. Our platform combines advanced technology with deep industry expertise to deliver tailored insurance solutions that help businesses thrive. Zensurance has been recognized for its rapid growth and industry impact: ✅ Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 (2023, 2024, 2025) ✅ Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 (2024, 2025) ✅ Top Insurance Employers (2022) At Zensurance, we value ownership, collaboration, and innovation. Our team thrives on solving complex challenges, challenging the status quo, and making a real impact in an industry ready for change. If you're looking to build something meaningful in a fast-growing, customer-focused company, we'd love to hear from you! We're hiring Tech Leads to support our Core and Payments teams. Our Core team is responsible for the engine driving the company's key goals such as adding more relevant insurance products with great prices on our website and delivering relevant insurance documents to our customers with ease. The Payments Team is responsible for understanding, evaluating, and improving our checkout experience which includes customer data confirmation, e-sign, financing, payment collection and invoicing integrations backed by third-party solutions As a Tech Lead, you will bring deep technical expertise to help steer the Engineering team's technical direction, reinforcing our culture of iterative, autonomous development and deployment. Your primary focus will be on addressing security and scalability considerations, collaborating closely with the Product Manager, Team Lead, Engineers, and Staff Developers to design and implement systems and processes that enable your team to deliver effectively. As a senior member of the team, you can articulate your thinking clearly, discuss complex ideas with ease, and manage your time well to meet important deadlines while also mentoring other team members as needed. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will design and implement solutions for both the front-end application and the back-end APIs. This is a remote-first role within Canada. #LI-Remote Join Our Engineering Team - Where Growth Meets Innovation At Zensurance, we believe engineering is more than just writing great code. It's about learning, growing, and building something meaningful together. Our remote-first team is a place where you'll be challenged, supported, and encouraged to thrive. Here's what makes our team special: ✔ A Leadership Team That's Got Your Back Our experienced and approachable engineering leaders aren't just here to manage - they're here to mentor, guide, and help you unlock your full potential. ✔ Fuel Your Growth We invest in your learning with training budgets, professional development programs, and mentorship opportunities. Want to explore a new tech stack or level up your skills? We can help get you there. ✔ A Culture of Sharing & Support From Power-Ups and book clubs to tech talks and hackathons, we believe in learning from each other. Have a cool idea or an interesting challenge? Let's solve it together. ✔ Hack, Build, and Innovate Twice a year, we hit pause on our regular work for company-wide hackathons, giving you the chance to experiment, push boundaries, and build something awesome. ✔ Clear Career Growth, No Guesswork We don't do vague career paths. Our well-defined growth tracks show you exactly what's needed to take your career to the next level, in a way that aligns with your skills and ambitions. And the best part? You'll work on exciting projects using cutting-edge technologies like TypeScript, NestJS microservices, and micro-frontends with React. If you're looking for a team that values learning, collaboration, and impactful work, we'd love to meet you! Benefits & Perks at Zensurance: At Zensurance, we know that when our people thrive, so does our business. That's why we offer a flexible, people-first work environment designed to support your well-being, growth, and success. 💻 Work Your Way - Remote-first setup for added flexibility - Home office allowance to create a comfortable workspace - Top-tier tech: "Office in a box" with all necessary tech equipment - Half days before public holidays: Enjoy half days before long weekends ❤️ Your Health, Your Way - Flexible health and dental plans for families, including mental health support - Health & personal spending accounts to invest in wellness your way - Parental leave top-up, because family comes first 🚀 Investing in Your Growth - Education assistance reimbursement for courses, conferences, books, and memberships - Opportunities to learn from industry experts and grow your career 🤝 Staying Connected - Weekly Friday huddles to share updates and connect across teams - Virtual & in-person team-building events to strengthen our culture We're building something

Requirements

• University degree or college diploma in a recognized technical, vocational or academic program or equivalent work experience.
• 7+ years of experience building rich, complex and scalable APIs, including integration with third party APIs.
• 5+ years of building front-end web applications using modern Javascript frameworks.
• 2+ experience in designing scalable and distributed systems.
• Experience mentoring other developers.
• Extensive full-stack experience working with React/Redux/Node/Typescript/PostgreSQL and Javascript.
• Extensive experience with the Scrum framework and Agile methodologies.
• Familiarity with DORA metrics to measure the DevOps Performance and experience in communicating what's been measured with the team.
• Experience architecting and augmenting large software systems.
• Experience with Javascript development toolings like WebPack, Babel, and Storybook.
• Experience with Unit Testing frameworks like Jest/Mocha.
• Experience building and/or working with micro-services and micro front-ends.

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