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Software Engineer (Staff-Level)

Staff-level software engineer leading design and implementation of critical systems for AI-driven insurance platform. Works across backend, data, infra, and frontend; 8+ years experience scaling complex systems required.

About the job

What You’ll Do

  • Lead the design and implementation of critical systems that serve as building blocks for the platform
  • Make architectural decisions that optimize for scale, performance, and maintainability
  • Partner with product, design, and other engineering leaders to define roadmaps and scope technical investments
  • Identify and unblock high-risk areas across teams, diving deep when needed
  • Raise the bar for engineering excellence through mentorship, modeling, and thoughtful code review
  • Help establish engineering culture, norms, and hiring standards as we grow

You Might Be a Fit If You…

  • Have 8+ years of experience building and scaling complex software systems
  • Have led architecture or technical strategy for a product or platform team
  • Are comfortable working across backend, data, and infra layers (and diving into frontend when needed)
  • Think in systems and excel at finding pragmatic solutions to messy problems
  • Are excited to shape the technical direction of a growing company
  • Have strong communication skills and enjoy working across disciplines
  • Are energized by ambiguity, real-world data, and building for scale

Our Stack

Languages: Go, TypeScript
Frontend: React, Tailwind
Infra: K8s, ArgoCD, Kargo, Temporal, Dagster
Data: Postgres, Dynamo, Snowflake

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity, with 10 year exercise window for stock options
  • Remote-first culture built on trust, autonomy, and high performance
  • Team offsites for all of us to bond
  • Take what you need vacation policy
  • Top notch health, dental, and vision insurance subsidized by us

Skills

Go, TypeScript, React, Tailwind, Kubernetes, Argo CD, Temporal, Dagster, Postgres, Snowflake

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