Staff Software Engineer

Symetra is a national financial services company dedicated to helping people achieve their financial goals. The Staff Software Engineer will serve as the technical lead for the Stop Loss platform, driving architecture, design, and delivery of scalable solutions while mentoring senior engineers and establishing engineering standards.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the technical lead for the Stop Loss platform, guiding architecture, technical direction, and overall delivery across teams
• Develop secure, high-quality, high-performing code while driving code reviews and setting standards for versioning, reusability, and performance optimization
• Lead testing strategy, CI/CD pipelines, and production support to ensure reliability, scalability, and strong quality practices
• Define scalable system architecture, establish design patterns, and create technical documentation to enable consistent execution
• Mentor senior engineers and provide hands-on technical leadership, guiding work and innovation without formal people management responsibilities

Requirements:

• High School Diploma is required, plus a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field
• 12–15 years of experience in software engineering with deep expertise in platform engineering, full-stack development, and hands-on coding
• Proven technical leader with strong system architecture skills and experience guiding decisions across multiple teams or platforms
• Experienced in managing and evaluating vendor solutions and partnerships, including large consulting organizations
• Strong communicator who can influence, mentor, and collaborate effectively with engineers and senior leaders without formal authority
• Personable, adaptable, and growth-oriented, with a willingness to learn new industries and leverage modern practices, including AI-assisted development tools
• Experience with, or interest in, agent-based coding workflows is a plus