# Software Engineer, Full Stack

**Company:** [Shepherd](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/shepherd)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, Chicago, IL, Los Angeles, CA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $170k – $220k/yr
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, Python, React, Next.js, Node.js, GraphQL, Apollo, Postgres, Redis, APIs
**Posted:** 2025-07-09

> Builds and owns backend systems for underwriting, pricing, and policy workflows in an AI-native insurance platform. Requires 4+ years experience with TypeScript/Python backend, API design, and data-heavy systems.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do
- Build and own backend systems that power pricing models, underwriting workflows, and policy lifecycle infrastructure
- Translate complex actuarial and underwriting logic into maintainable, production-grade services
- Improve the performance and reliability of our core rating and decision systems
- Contribute to architectural decisions that set the foundation for how we scale
- Work directly with domain experts to define the right abstractions, not just implement tickets
- Hold a high bar for code quality, simplicity, and long-term maintainability

## What We’re Looking For
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong backend experience in **TypeScript**, **Python**, or similar
- Experience designing APIs and working with data-heavy systems
- Comfort operating in ambiguous, high-responsibility environments
- A bias toward ownership and shipping
- Good judgment – knowing when to move fast and when to slow down

## Our Tech Stack
**Frontend**  
React & Next.js  
**TypeScript**  
GraphQL w/ Apollo  

**Backend**  
Node.js  
Postgres & Redis  
**TypeScript**  
GraphQL APIs

## Benefits
- Premium Healthcare: 100% contribution to top-tier health, dental, and vision
- Fertility benefits and family building support
- Unlimited PTO
- Daily lunches, dinners, and snacks
- Professional Development: Access to premium coaching, including leadership development
- Competitive 401(k) Plan

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