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About Convr: Convr is an AI underwriting, data, and intelligent document automation workbench built for commercial P&C insurers. We help carriers, MGAs, and brokers accelerate premium growth, improve risk insights, and drive operational efficiency. Founded in 2016, Convr transforms outdated, manual processes into structured, decision-ready workflows. Our modular platform manages underwriting from submission through quote with a purpose-built AI decisioning context engine - grounded in a commercial insurance ontology -ensuring complete data and smarter decisions, faster, while enabling a frictionless experience and superior performance.As we scale, we're building a team shaping the future of commercial underwriting. Join us in modernizing commercial insurance with modern AI.

Role Overview:In this role, you will be joining the Professional Services Team as a Senior Technical Consultant. You will ensure that our customers make the best possible use of the Convr platform, equip them to pursue their strategic objectives, and help them achieve their desired business goals. You will develop a deep technical and functional understanding of Convr product capabilities and customer needs to act as the Convr expert during customer implementation projects.Daily tasks include developing software using Python, Docker, and Kubernetes.You will collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Business Development, and Customer Success teams to effectively drive product-oriented conversations with customers. You should maintain a solution-oriented approach and be excited to be a part of a growing team, welcoming the challenges that come along with a high growth environment.

Who You Are:

• Great communication skills in technical concepts and solutions
• Ability to multi-task and manage priorities while meeting deadlines
• Enjoys solving problems
• Passionate about learning and technology
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do whatever it takes for the success of our customers!

What You'll be Doing:

• Provide technical consulting expertise for complex, high-impact projects
• Propose conceptual technical solutions and make changes based on the client's feedback in an Agile Environment
• Collaborate with the development team to maintain, fix, and improve existing applications.
• Develop program specifications and construct/modify code to meet business needs
• Assist with architecting software solutions for complex high-volume data environments
• Create testing strategies and procedures for all core components
• Test and debug programs
• Ensure technical deliverables to customers are complete, consistent, high quality, on time and deliver valued outcomes.
• Collaborate closely with the Engineering team to ensure custom solutions and integrations align with the Convr platform roadmap
• Work with offshore teams and partners to deliver seamless, high quality work product

Role Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar
• Machine Learning/AI coursework/ Data Science coursework preferred
• Professional experience working in an Agile environment
• 8+ years of experience coding & implementing projects using Python and Java
• 8+ years of Enterprise Application Experience
• Experience building RESTful microservices and APIs
• Experience working on a Platform oriented architecture and working with databases
• Elastic/Snowflake/Cassandra/RDBMS/MariaDB/MySQL/NoSQL
• Working knowledge of JIRA, Git, Gitlab, Jenkins. Kubernetes experience is a plus!

Benefits & Compensation

• Remote work
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Company Paid Holidays
• Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, vision, short-term & long-term disability, life insurance, and accident coverage)
• 401K
• Paid Parental Leave
• The annual salary for this role falls within the range of $130,000 to $145,000. The final compensation will be determined based on factors such as location, experience, education, skills, and industry knowledge.

Why Join Convr? Joining our team means becoming a vital part of a high-growth, entrepreneurial mission to redefine the commercial insurance industry. We've traded corporate silos for radical transparency and a shared ownership mentality, ensuring that every voice is heard, and no one is just a number. We believe in the power of flexibility because we know life happens, and we empower our people with the autonomy to maintain a genuine work-life balance. As a team of experts striving for excellence, we will challenge you to develop your career and sharpen your craft alongside passionate colleagues who are committed to your success as they are to our collective impact.