Software Engineer - Entry Level

Job_Summary:

Parento is the first provider for paid parental leave, distributing the first and only paid parental leave insurance and parental support program. They are seeking a driven Software Engineer to join their growing engineering team, focusing on developing and maintaining scalable backend services and enhancing frontend interfaces for their customer-facing web portal.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, test, and maintain scalable backend services that power an enterprise customer portal using PHP and the Laravel framework.

• Build and enhance frontend interfaces using Tailwind CSS and VueJS, ensuring responsive, user-friendly design.

• Collaborate closely with our product manager, designers, VP of Engineering, and other internal stakeholders to turn requirements into robust features

• Work on SaaS-based architecture, helping optimize performance, maintainability, reliability and scalability.

• Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and system design discussions. Comfortable using AI code-generation tools (Cursor AI, Claude, Copilot, etc.)

• Assist in integrating, training and applying machine learning algorithms or big data pipelines to production workflows

• Contribute to improving the developer experience, CI/CD processes, and internal tools that help with developer productivity

Qualifications:

-Required:

• Solid proficiency in PHP, Laravel, and VueJS

• Academic or hands-on experience working on SaaS products and web portals

• Exposure to or interest in big data processing and machine learning concepts

• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git), REST APIs, and databases like MySQL or MariaDB

• Familiarity with analytics tools such as Metabase

• Familiarity with a cloud-based architecture that spans multiple public clouds (AWS, Digital Ocean, Google Cloud)

• Excellent written communication skills (we collaborate a LOT on email & Slack)

-Preferred:

• Prior freelance or full-time work experience in Fintech or InsurTech industries

• Certification on using any public cloud platform (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)

• Experience with data pipelines or ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, Spark)

• Certification in Kubernetes (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer - CKAD)

• Comfortable working on WordPress and CMS platforms like Statamic or Ghost

Company:

Parento is an insurance agency that obtains and sells an insurance product for company-paid maternity and paternity leave policies.