Sr. Back-End Developer and DevOps Engineer

GBLI | Global Indemnity provides specialty property and casualty insurance for small to middle-market businesses – and we’re on a mission to be the best-in-class while achieving steady, profitable growth. Our guiding principles include the core belief that our people are number one. We also strongly emphasize a customer-centric mentality and disciplined underwriting practices. Our work environment is flexible, friendly, and collaborative, with plenty of opportunities to take charge of your career.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain backend services and APIs using Python
Lead improvements to the DevOps platform, including CI pipelines, deployments, and environment management
Maintain and optimize AWS infrastructure such as ECS, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, VPC, and Load Balancers
Design and implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using AWS and third-party tools
Improve system reliability by reducing operational overhead and automating processes
Manage infrastructure security, including IAM, secrets management, and network access
Support containerization efforts, including Docker image optimization and ECS task configurations
Partner with engineering leads to establish coding and operational best practices
Assist with incident response, root-cause analysis, and performance troubleshooting
Participate in architecture discussions and mentor team members

Requirements

7 or more years of experience in backend engineering preferably Python
Strong knowledge of AWS cloud infrastructure and best practices
Experience with Jenkins or similar CI systems
Experience with Docker and general backend system design
Understanding of production monitoring and troubleshooting
Strong analytical and debugging skills
Experience with insurtech, fintech, or workflow-heavy B2B platforms a plus
Experience working on high-availability SaaS products a plus
Experience in the Insurtech industry and cost optimization, performance tuning, or scaling backend systems a plus