Staff Software Engineer

Symetra is a national financial services company dedicated to helping people achieve their financial goals. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead the Stop Loss platform's technical direction, architecture, and delivery while mentoring senior engineers and ensuring high-quality coding practices.

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