Next Insurance
Backend Software Engineer, Workers Compensation
Boston, MA · Senior · Full-time
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$23,160 more — $186,160 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $186,160 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- Simply put, wherever you find small businesses, you'll find ERGO NEXT.
- Our Backend Software Engineer can expect to work with the latest backend technologies and programming languages.
- We're big fans of server-side Kotlin, and we produce clean, testable code fast and push it into production several times a day via our CI / CD pipeline.
Responsibilities
- At ERGO NEXT, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in Backend end-to-end feature and/or product development.
- Experience with backend feature development in a SaaS environment.
- Experience with Java, Kotlin, and/or Python is ideal.
- If you believe that you have been the target of an interview/offer scam by someone posing as a representative of Next Insurance, please do not provide any personal or financial information.
Nice to have
- Hands-on development of highly distributed, cloud-based environments is an advantage.
- We work with AWS, but any cloud experience is a plus.
Skills
- ERGO NEXT's mission is to help entrepreneurs thrive.
Compensation
- This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
- $163,000 - $220,000 USD
- ERGO NEXT employees are also potentially eligible for our annual performance-based incentive program, in addition to our benefits package, consisting of our partially subsidized medical plan, fully subsidized vision/dental options, life insurance, disability insurance, 401(k), flexible paid time off, parental leave and more.
- US annual base salary range for this full-time position:
Benefits
- You will take ownership of features - from inception through design and coding, eventually bringing your feature to production at a high level of quality and test coverage.
- Adaptable, with a passion for quickly learning new technologies and working effectively in a dynamic environment.
- Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including, without limitation, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Company info
- Since 2016, we've helped hundreds of thousands of small business customers across the United States get fast, customized and affordable coverage.
Equal opportunity
- ERGO Next Insurance is an equal opportunity employer and prioritizes building a diverse and inclusive workplace.
- ERGO Next's policy is to comply with all applicable laws related to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
This listing is sourced directly from Next Insurance's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.