Full stack developer (internal tools & platform)

Bold Penguin is the premier digital broker for commercial insurance. Their technology expands top-of-funnel demand and increases yield for enterprise partners. Through digital distribution, wholesale capabilities, and AI-driven insights, they transform the lifecycle of both simple and complex risks, from prospecting to placement.

Benefits

We offer competitive compensation and progressive benefits that include:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Flexible PTO Policy
• 401(k) with a company match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Parental Leave
• Disability and Life Benefits

Stay connected to the Glacier. We have great SLACK channels for work and play. We also like to video conference and hold all-hands "Waddles" regularly. Penguin bling. Like swag themed after a certain Antarctic bird? Just. You. Wait.

Bold Penguin believes in inclusion. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. To learn more about our results-focused culture and employee-focused perks, read more on our careers page.

YOUR ROLE

As a Full Stack Developer on our team, you will design, build, and maintain internal applications, developer portals, automated workflows, and APIs that empower our engineering and cross-functional teams across the organization. You will streamline internal workflows, build user-friendly interfaces and services for provisioning ephemeral testing environments within CI/CD pipelines, construct efficient data integration pipelines, and collaborate with peers to continuously improve tooling so teams can build and ship faster.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Design, develop, and deploy full-stack web applications, internal developer portals, and microservices that automate manual processes across engineering and business teams.
• Build self-service web interfaces, CLI tools, and automated backend services to provision ephemeral environments, triggers, and pipelines within our CI/CD systems.
• Develop robust automated data pipelines to move, transform, and integrate data across internal systems and third-party services.
• Craft intuitive, responsive user interfaces and dashboards that give internal stakeholders real-time visibility into workflow automation, deployment status, and platform metrics.
• Apply security best practices, identity/auth controls, unit/integration testing, and compliance guardrails across full-stack applications and data workflows.
• Implement logging, monitoring, and tracing across applications and automated services to ensure high availability, performance, and clear incident visibility.
• Partner closely with engineering, product, and operations teams to gather requirements, iterate on feedback, and deliver high-impact developer experiences.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

YOUR LOCATION

This is a fully remote role, with the exception of onboarding and optional in-office events.

Skills & Experience

3–5 years of relevant engineering experience. Strong backend development skills (Python or Ruby preferred), with experience building RESTful APIs and microservices in cloud-native environments. Experience working with relational and non-relational database technologies (e.g., PostgreSQL, AWS RDS, MongoDB, Redis). Frontend development experience building interactive web applications and dashboards using JavaScript/TypeScript. Solid understanding of containerization (Docker) and deploying/debugging full-stack applications in cloud environments (particularly AWS). Experience consuming, configuring, or extending CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline) to automate build, test, and release processes. Good understanding of software architecture, data modeling, automated testing (unit, integration, end-to-end), and security/authentication standards (OAuth2, OIDC).

Nice to Haves

• Experience developing internal developer tools, CLI utilities, or self-service developer portals (e.g., Backstage)
• Experience with modern JavaScript/TypeScript frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Vue.js, or Next.js)
• Experience building or supporting data pipelines and ETL processes (e.g., Apache Spark, AWS Glue, Snowflake)
• Familiarity with basic Infrastructure as Code concepts (Terraform, AWS CDK) and monitoring/observability platforms (DataDog, Grafana)

Physical Requirements

Must be able to sit/stand/walk for prolonged periods of time (up to 8 hours per day), at a desk working on a computer. Must be able to use standard office equipment for extended periods of time, including but not limited to, a mouse, keyboard, phone and video conferencing.