Backend Software Engineer, AI Agents

Location: Waltham, MA (Hybrid 3 days In Office)

ERGO NEXT’s mission is to help entrepreneurs thrive. We’re doing that by building the only technology-led, full-stack provider of small business insurance in the industry, taking on the entire value chain and transforming the customer experience.

Simply put, wherever you find small businesses, you’ll find ERGO NEXT.

Since 2016, we’ve helped hundreds of thousands of small business customers across the United States get fast, customized and affordable coverage. We’re backed by industry leaders in insurance and tech, and we still have room to grow — that’s where you come in.

Our Backend Software Engineer can expect to work with the latest backend technologies and programming languages. We’re big fans of server-side Kotlin, and we produce clean, testable code fast and push it into production several times a day via our CI / CD pipeline. Additionally, our Backend Software Engineer will be supporting and owning our Agents Channel domain.

• You will work closely with other functional areas in the company product, marketing, and front-end engineers to rapidly iterate on our product and find the best solutions to our challenges.
• You will take ownership of features – from inception through design and coding, eventually bringing your feature to production at a high level of quality and test coverage.
• Leverage AI and LLM-powered tools to improve developer productivity and experimentation.

• 7+ years of experience in Backend, end-to-end feature and/or product development.
• B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent is a must.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of OOP concepts and best practices
• Hands-on development of highly distributed, cloud-based environments is an advantage. We work with AWS, but any cloud experience is a plus.
• Experience working with Relational Databases.
• Strong SQL skills.
• Experience with backend feature development in a SaaS environment.
• Experience with Java, Kotlin, and/or Python is ideal.
• Adaptable, with a passion for quickly learning new technologies and working effectively in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to navigate and work effectively across diverse domains and contexts.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire base salaries for the position in the location(s) listed. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including, without limitation, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. ERGO NEXT employees are also potentially eligible for our annual performance-based incentive program, in addition to our benefits package, consisting of our partially subsidized medical plan, fully subsidized vision/dental options, life insurance, disability insurance, 401(k), flexible paid time off, parental leave and more.

US annual base salary range for this full-time position:

$163,000—$200,000 USD

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some underrepresented people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At ERGO NEXT, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.