Software Engineer, Modernization

The Software Engineer, Modernization is at the center of our modernization effort: systematically identifying and eliminating technical debt, re-platforming legacy systems onto clean, cloud-native architectures, and building solutions that are built to last. This person leverage s AI heavily throughout their workflow — using it to accelerate analysis, generate refactored code, and uncover patterns across large legacy codebases .
Starting base pay for this role is between $97,000 and $122,000. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as transferable skills, work experience, business needs, training, location, and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role will be eligible for a bonus as well as competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits, wellness reimbursement, life insurance, and a 401(k) with company match. We offer vacation and sick leave benefits (under a flexible time off policy in most states).
Responsibilities
Technical Debt Reduction & Legacy Modernization
Systematically identif ies , prioritize s , and remediate s technical debt across existing codebases, partnering with E ngineering L eads to build and execute a structured modernization backlog.
Refactor s and re- platform s legacy .NET and C# applications onto modern, cloud-native architectures - improving maintainability, performance, and scalability without disrupting active product delivery.
Decompose s monolithic systems into clean, loosely-coupled microservices and APIs, establishing clear domain boundaries and reducing interdependencies that slow delivery velocity.
Replace s brittle, over-engineered, or redundant systems with simpler, more sustainable solutions that are easier to understand, test, and evolve.
Use s AI-assisted tooling (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) to analyze legacy code at scale - accelerating impact analysis, generating refactoring candidates, and producing documentation for undocumented systems.
Cloud-Native Re-platforming
Migrate s workloads from legacy infrastructure to cloud-native patterns on AWS, leveraging Lambda, containers (ECS/EKS), Step Functions, Temporal, and managed services to reduce operational overhead and improve scalability.
Appl ies modern software design patterns - including event-driven architecture, CQRS, and domain-driven design - to re-architected systems, positioning them to support future innovation and client scale.
Implement s database migration and schema modernization using Flyway, ensuring safe, versioned transitions away from legacy data models.
Build s containerized services using Docker, establishing consistent deployment and runtime environments across development, staging, and production.
Author s infrastructure-as-code using Terraform or AWS CDK to replace manual, brittle environment configurations with repeatable, auditable provisioning.
Standards, Simplicity & Scalability
Champion s engineering simplicity as a first-class design principle - pushing back on unnecessary complexity and advocating for solutions that are easy for the next E ngineer to understand and change.
Establish es and document s patterns for modernized systems, creating reusable blueprints that accelerate future re-platforming efforts and provide a consistent architecture baseline across the E ngineering organization.
Instrument s modernized systems with observability best practices - structured logging, distributed tracing, and metrics - so that operational visibility improves alongside code quality.
Contribute s to and enforce E ngineering standards around code quality, testing, documentation, and API design, ensuring modernized systems raise the bar rather than just moving problems.
Design s modernized systems with client scale in mind - ensuring they can support increased load, faster release cadences, and rapid product iteration as the business grows.
AI-Augmented Development
Actively integrate s AI development tools into your daily workflow to accelerate refactoring, generate test coverage for legacy code, and produce migration documentation.
Use s AI to perform large-scale codebase analysis - identifying duplication, dead code, anti-patterns, and high-risk areas across legacy systems that would take weeks to assess manually.
Partner s with the AI Platform & Backend Services team to identify modernization opportunities that can be unlocked by new AI-powered capabilities.
Contribute s to team best practices around responsible and effective use of AI-assisted development, sharing techniques that improve team-wide velocity and code quality.
Collaboration & Delivery
Work s closely with Engineering Managers, Architects, and Product teams to sequence modernization work alongside active feature development, minimizing disruption to product delivery.
Participate s in architecture reviews and design discussions, bringing a modernization lens to new initiatives to prevent the introduction of new technical debt.
Contribute s to pull request reviews with a focus on simplicity, maintainability, and alignment with modernization standards.
Collaborate s with QA, Security, and Infrastructure teams to ensure modernized systems meet quality, compliance, and performance requirements.
Document s architectural decisions, migration patterns, and system changes to build institutional knowledge and reduce dependency on tribal knowledge.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science , Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
3+ years of professional software engineering experience, including demonstrated work on legacy modernization, refactoring, or re-platforming initiatives
Proficiency in .NET and C#, with experience working in both legacy and modern application codebases
Solid understanding of software design principles including SOLID, clean architecture, domain-driven design, and separation of concerns
Experience designing and building RESTful APIs and microservices, with strong instincts for clean, consumer-friendly API contracts
Hands-on experience with cloud-native development on AWS, including one or more of: Lambda, Step Functions, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, SQS/SNS
Familiarity with containerization using Docker and deployment in containerized environments
Experience with version control and collaborative development workflows using Git and GitHub
A demonstrated ability to communicate about technical complexity clearly — to both technical peers and non-technical stakeholders
Preferred Qualification:
Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot, including using AI for codebase analysis and refactoring acceleration
Familiarity with workflow orchestration using Temporal or AWS Step Functions in a production environment
Experience with database migration tooling such as Flyway and safe schema evolution practices
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tooling (Terraform, AWS CDK, or Pulumi )
Familiarity with event-driven architecture patterns and asynchronous messaging (SQS, SNS, EventBridge , or Kafka)
Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development environment
A strong personal conviction that simple, well-structured systems are a competitive advantage — and a track record of building them
Benefits
Medical and Dental coverage available for employees, dependents, domestic partners, and spouses
Paid Time Off – Flexible options plus 10 paid company holidays where available**
All full-time positions are hybrid, with many eligible to be completely remote
Fully Paid by Origami Risk – Vision insurance, Short & Long-Term Disability Insurance, and Basic Life Insurance
Generous family leave options—including adoption and foster care placements
Pre-Tax Savings Accounts – Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Commuter Benefits, Dependent Care Savings Account
Retirement Savings – 401(k) with company match up to 4%
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – Confidential & Free support offered to colleagues facing personal or work-related complications
Education Assistance Program – to help colleagues pursue industry/role-specific certifications
Wellness Benefits – reimbursement program to invest in healthy habits as well as support better colleague productivity and stress management
Additional coverages available – Pet Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, and Voluntary Life & AD&D coverage
Flexible PTO not available in California or the UK
Who We Are
Origami Risk delivers single-platform SaaS solutions that help organizations best navigate the complexities of risk, insurance, compliance, and safety management.
Founded by industry veterans who recognized the need for risk management technology that was more configurable, intuitive, and scalable, Origami continues to add to its innovative product offerings for managing both insurable and uninsurable risk; facilitating compliance; improving safety; and helping insurers, MGAs, TPAs, and brokers provide enhanced services that drive results.
A singular focus on client success underlies Origami’s approach to developing, implementing, and supporting our award-winning software solutions.
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