About Us:
Zensurance is redefining commercial insurance for Canadian businesses.
As a leading InsurTech, we make getting the right coverage simple, fast, and accessible through a digital-first experience. Our platform combines advanced technology with deep industry expertise to deliver tailored insurance solutions that help businesses thrive.
Zensurance has been recognized for its rapid growth and industry impact:
At Zensurance, we value ownership, collaboration, and innovation. Our team thrives on solving complex challenges, challenging the status quo, and making a real impact in an industry ready for change.
If you're looking to build something meaningful in a fast-growing, customer-focused company, we’d love to hear from you!
Here at Zensurance, we have built a comprehensive internal software platform that manages the entire lifecycle of commercial insurance, including online quoting, pricing and rating engines, document generation, user portals, and renewals. This custom solution supports diverse use cases for all key stakeholders, from customers and brokers to underwriters, carriers, and claims teams.
While the platform utilizes PostgreSQL as its primary source of truth, it seamlessly integrates with a robust ecosystem of third-party SaaS applications. This includes a heavily customized Salesforce instance for broker management and Zendesk for ticketing, alongside a long tail of integrations spanning payment gateways, ERPs, marketing CRMs, automation tools, and telephony systems.
We're looking for a Staff Software Developer - Integration to join our Engineering Team! Reporting to the Director of Engineering, this role will own integrations design and strategy, including Salesforce and its neighbours as production distributed systems.
This is a remote-first role within Canada. #LI-Remote
Responsibilities:
System & Data Architecture
Architect the end-to-end integration and data strategy for Salesforce and its connected production distributed systems.
Define data ownership, entity shapes, and single sources of truth across platforms using Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs).
Partner with core engineering teams to align system boundaries and architectural standards.
Integration Engineering & Infrastructure
Design high-scale integration patterns focused on retries, idempotency, reconciliation, and deep observability.
Replace brittle, no-code integrations (like Zapier) with robust, engineered, code-based solutions.
Implement Enterprise Best Practices.
Leverage deep Salesforce expertise to develop sophisticated, code-driven integrations rather than standard administrative configurations.
Change Management & Technical Leadership
Establish a robust CI/CD pipeline for integration management, prioritizing configuration-as-code over manual, "click-based" changes in production environments.
Partner closely with IT, Product, and various business stakeholders to ensure seamless change management and alignment with broader business goals.
Serve as the guiding authority on modern integration technologies, strategies, and enterprise-grade software engineering practices.
Qualifications:
Hands-on Salesforce platform experience in a complex custom-object environment.
Production TypeScript experience.
Relational database experience (Postgres).
Experience building integrations between Salesforce and external systems.
Practical distributed-systems experience: idempotency, retries, dead-lettering, backfills, reconciliation, eventual consistency.
Practical experience with integration technologies: REST, SOAP, Webhooks.
Strong relational data modeling/ERD design; comfortable with Postgres or equivalent.
Has built observability around integrations: metrics, alerts, dashboards, runbooks.
Salesforce metadata in source control + CI/CD (scratch orgs, sandboxes, deployment automation).
Operating credibly at staff/lead level alongside a software engineering organization.
Nice to Have:
Experience with Salesforce as an operational/domain platform, not only as a sales CRM.
Experience with integrating with different enterprise systems: Zendesk, SAP, Stripe, etc.
Insurance, brokerage, fintech, or other regulated/workflow-heavy industries.
NestJS experience.
Experience replacing no-code/Zapier flows with engineered integrations.
Event-driven architecture, message queues, webhook infrastructure.
Join Our Engineering Team - Where Growth Meets Innovation
At Zensurance, we believe engineering is more than just writing great code. It’s about learning, growing, and building something meaningful together. Our remote-first team is a place where you’ll be challenged, supported, and encouraged to thrive. Here’s what makes our team special:
✔ A Leadership Team That’s Got Your Back
Our experienced and approachable engineering leaders aren’t just here to manage - they’re here to mentor, guide, and help you unlock your full potential.
✔ Fuel Your Growth
We invest in your learning with training budgets, professional development programs, and mentorship opportunities. Want to explore a new tech stack or level up your skills? We can help get you there.
✔ A Culture of Sharing & Support
From Power-Ups and book clubs to tech talks and hackathons, we believe in learning from each other. Have a cool idea or an interesting challenge? Let’s solve it together.
✔ Hack, Build, and Innovate
Twice a year, we hit pause on our regular work for company-wide hackathons, giving you the chance to experiment, push boundaries, and build something awesome.
✔ Clear Career Growth, No Guesswork
We don’t do vague career paths. Our well-defined growth tracks show you exactly what’s needed to take your career to the next level, in a way that aligns with your skills and ambitions.
And the best part? You’ll work on exciting projects using cutting-edge technologies like TypeScript, NestJS microservices, and micro-frontends with React. If you're looking for a team that values learning, collaboration, and impactful work, we’d love to meet you!
Benefits & Perks at Zensurance:
At Zensurance, we know that when our people thrive, so does our business. That’s why we offer a flexible, people-first work environment designed to support your well-being, growth, and success.
💻 Work Your Way
• Remote-first setup for added flexibility
• Home office allowance to create a comfortable workspace
• Top-tier tech: "Office in a box" with all necessary tech equipment
• Half days before public holidays: Enjoy half days before long weekends
❤️ Your Health, Your Way
• Flexible health and dental plans for families, including mental health support
• Health & personal spending accounts to invest in wellness your way
• Parental leave top-up, because family comes first
🚀 Investing in Your Growth
• Education assistance reimbursement for courses, conferences, books, and memberships
• Opportunities to learn from industry experts and grow your career
🤝 Staying Connected
• Weekly Friday huddles to share updates and connect across teams
• Virtual & in-person team-building events to strengthen our culture
We’re building something special. Come be a part of it!
AI Tools and Your Interview:
We know AI is a valuable tool, and you're welcome to use it to prepare for your interview. However, please don't use AI assistants during the live interview itself. We want to have an authentic conversation with you, and using AI during the interview could affect our evaluation of your suitability for the role.
Just so you know, we use an AI scribe to help us take notes and review interviews, ensuring a fair and clear process.
Diversity & Inclusion:
Zensurance celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and provide accommodations throughout the hiring process. If you need support, let us know, we’re here to help.
