Software Engineer, Backend

About the role

We're looking for a talented software engineer who's passionate about what we're building and ready to do the best work of their career. You thrive on ownership, drive results, and care deeply about both technical excellence and customer impact. You would be our dream candidate if...

Responsibilities

• Lead major initiatives and own a large area of Shepherd's product experience, in each vertical while driving technical decisions for your domain
• Work across the stack, even across different disciplines (e.g. underwriting, design, product management)
• Play an integral role in building our culture as the company grows and mentor other engineers as we scale the team
• Balance innovation with pragmatic delivery — staying current with emerging tech while shipping quality products
• Contribute to product strategy and architectural decisions, not just implementation
• Collaborate closely with PM, Mo (CTO) and the insurance team (underwriters, actuaries and more!)

Requirements

• Not afraid of ambiguity, and it may even excite you
• Enjoy shipping product every day (maybe multiple times a day) while maintaining high quality standards
• Enjoy wearing multiple hats while solving problems; as an engineer, product manager, and designer
• Take end-to-end ownership of features and systems, from conception through release
• Care about the built-world and how to improve construction safety and productivity
• Care about others' growth and welcome mentoring other engineers — you've led or been a major contributor on significant projects
• Have strong opinions, weakly held — you advocate for your ideas but adapt when presented with better solutions
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Have some experience with insurance – either from a prior InsurTech role or actuarial role
• Have experience working with Javascript/Typescript (backend and/or frontend)
• Have at least 5+ years of working experience (preferably as a full-stack engineer) with a track record of delivering high-impact products

Qualifications

• Strong opinions, weakly held — you advocate for your ideas but adapt when presented with better solutions
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Skills

• Experience with Insurance
• Experience with Javascript/Typescript (backend and/or frontend)

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
• SF, NYC, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago and LA Offices
• Professional Development Access to premium coaching, including leadership development
• Competitive 401(k) Plan
• Dog-friendly office

Pay

Compensation Range: $170K - $220K

Schedule

Not specified