Software Engineer
This Software Engineer role at an early-stage AI technology company involves full-stack development to build and refine AI-powered digital workers automating insurance workflows. The position requires ownership of end-to-end product features, infrastructure, and customer-facing solutions, with a focus on scalable, reliable AI systems in a fast-paced startup environment. The role is on-site in the San Francisco Bay Area and demands strong technical execution and collaboration across teams.
About Careertakes
👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, an early-stage AI technology company building software solutions for the insurance industry.
Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.
About the Role
This is an early engineering opportunity with a confidential client building an AI platform to automate complex insurance workflows. As a Software Engineer, you'll work across the full stack to design, build, and operate systems that power AI-driven digital workers used by agencies, brokerages, and MGAs. This role offers broad ownership across product features, backend systems, infrastructure, and customer-facing solutions in an early-stage environment.
What You’ll Do
- Develop and refine autonomous AI-powered digital workers that automate end-to-end insurance workflows.
- Design, implement, and ship product features across the full stack: frontend interfaces, backend APIs, services, and infrastructure.
- Build reliable, scalable systems to support AI workflows and production workloads.
- Partner directly with customers to map business processes and deliver tailored technical solutions.
- Strengthen core platform capabilities: asynchronous processing, compute infrastructure, observability, and operational systems.
- Measure and optimize system performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Collaborate with product, AI, and go-to-market teams to translate customer needs into technical priorities.
- Own projects from design through implementation, deployment, and iteration.
What We’re Looking For
Experience
- 3+ years of professional experience in full-stack software engineering, shipping production software end-to-end.
- Experience in early-stage or high-growth environments is a plus—especially within AI, B2B SaaS, FinTech, or related sectors.
- Track record of taking ownership of meaningful technical projects and delivering them to production.
- Evidence of strong technical execution via shipped products, open-source contributions, side projects, or entrepreneurial work.
Technical Skills
- Strong full-stack engineering ability; comfortable with both frontend and backend responsibilities.
- Experience with React, TypeScript, and Golang is preferred; strong proficiency in another systems or web language is acceptable.
- Practical understanding of AI concepts, APIs, workflows, and AI development tooling.
- Experience or familiarity with platform/infrastructure engineering, including:
- Asynchronous processing
- Observability and monitoring
- Compute infrastructure
- Performance optimization
- Production systems and reliability
Education
- Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field preferred; strong equivalent technical experience will also be considered.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- High ownership and accountability for technical outcomes.
- Comfortable taking ambiguous problems from concept to production.
- Strong engineering fundamentals and sound technical judgment.
- Quick learner who can work across multiple areas of the stack.
- Experience building customer-impacting products where engineering decisions matter.
- Demonstrated growth in technical scope and responsibility over time.
Location & Schedule
This position is on-site five days per week in the San Francisco, CA area. Candidates must be currently based in the area or willing to relocate.
Compensation
- Base Salary: $160,000–$230,000 USD per year.
Additional compensation, equity, and benefits (if applicable) will be discussed during the recruiting process.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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