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Assured is a claims automation insurtech backed by leading Silicon Valley investors.

Staff Backend Engineer

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Location

United States

Posted

73 days ago

Salary

$210K - $240K / year

Seniority

Lead

Job Description

Staff Backend Engineer

Assured

• Own major areas of our backend architecture, from business logic and APIs to data modeling and infrastructure design. • Write and ship high-quality code, conceptualize, build, test, and deploy new features and products end-to-end. • Architect large-scale systems to handle increasing load, complexity, and new customer needs. • Define and implement modern testing and observability practices to improve reliability and speed. • Build scalable abstractions and frameworks that unlock faster product development. • Lead and mentor engineers across the team, sharing best practices and shaping our engineering culture.

Job Requirements

  • 8+ years of backend or full-stack engineering experience (SaaS experience strongly preferred).
  • Proven success designing and scaling robust, high-quality systems from early stage to maturity.
  • Deep engineering fundamentals in distributed systems, APIs, and data modeling.
  • Collaborative mindset, you enjoy partnering cross-functionally with product, design, and ops.
  • No specific stack required, we value great engineers over specific languages.
  • Our current stack includes: Node.js (TypeScript), Docker, PostgreSQL, and GraphQL.

Benefits

  • Competitive Compensation: Competitive salary and equity packages for all employees
  • Healthcare Plan: Platinum medical, dental, and vision
  • Free life insurance: Including long-term disability & short-term disability
  • Unlimited PTO: Uncapped vacation days & paid holidays
  • Family Leave: Maternity & paternity
  • 401(k) Contribution: Assured contributes 3% of your income, even if you don't contribute
  • WFH Benefits: Lunch on us 2x/week, monthly phone stipend & other home office perks
  • Health FSAs & HSAs: Pre-tax accounts for out-of-pocket medical expenses
  • Team events & Offsites: We're remote, but we regularly get together

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