Software Engineer

Higher People
  • San Francisco, California
    23 days ago

    Job Description

    Title: Software Engineer


    Location: San Francisco, CA (On-site)


    Reporting Structure: Reports directly to the Engineering Leadership Team and works closely with founders, product, and early customers.

        

    Company Description


    This venture-backed startup is building the agentic operations layer for the Property & Casualty insurance industry. The team is transforming highly manual, fragmented workflows into intelligent, automated systems that help modernize one of the largest and most underserved sectors in the economy.


    Quick facts:

    • Post product-market fit startup experiencing rapid growth
    • Backed by leading fintech investors, former Plaid operators, and insurance industry experts
    • Focused on solving complex backend automation challenges
    • Building AI-powered workflow and operations infrastructure for insurance agencies
    • Small, high-impact team with significant ownership opportunities


    Responsibilities

    • Design, build, and deploy end-to-end workflows that power a next-generation agentic platform
    • Collaborate closely with customers to understand challenges and translate them into scalable technical solutions
    • Solve complex backend engineering and automation problems from the ground up
    • Own projects throughout the entire development lifecycle, from architecture to deployment
    • Help shape technical architecture, tooling, and engineering best practices
    • Contribute to team culture, internal processes, and long-term company direction


    Is this you?

    • 4+ years of professional backend or full-stack software engineering experience
    • Experience building AI-powered products, data processing pipelines, or integrations with external systems
    • Comfortable operating autonomously in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
    • Strong problem-solving skills with a track record of owning technical projects end-to-end
    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
    • Startup experience or experience thriving in highly unstructured environments
    • Based in the Bay Area or willing to relocate for an in-office role


    Preferred Qualifications

    • Experience with web scraping, email parsing, browser automation, or data extraction
    • Strong TypeScript and JavaScript expertise
    • Contributions to large-scale open-source projects or substantial technical side projects
    • Experience integrating with legacy systems, poorly documented APIs, or operationally complex industries
    • Familiarity with low-tech or highly regulated industries


    #Perks 

    • Competitive compensation package ($180,000 to $260,000 base salary)
    • Meaningful equity ownership
    • Opportunity to join as a foundational engineering team member
    • Direct impact on product, technology, and company direction
    • Challenging backend and automation engineering work from day one
    • Exposure to a massive market undergoing significant technological transformation
    • Close collaboration with founders and early customers

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSan Francisco, California

    Skills

    • Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • Automationunmatched
    • Automation Engineeringunmatched
    • Best Practicesunmatched
    • Computer Scienceunmatched
    • Data Managementunmatched
    • Data Processingunmatched
    • Engineeringunmatched
    • Insuranceunmatched
    • JavaScriptunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Machine Toolunmatched
    • Open Sourceunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Product Lifecycleunmatched
    • Property and Casualty Insuranceunmatched
    • Software Engineeringunmatched
    • Startupunmatched
    • System Integration (SI)unmatched
    • Web Browsersunmatched

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