Staff Backend Engineer

Assured is on a mission to modernize insurance. Claims processing (i.e. should we pay this claim?), while often overlooked, is the foundation of the entire industry. It’s currently highly manual, involving phone calls, faxes, and gut instinct—costing tens of billions of dollars a year. We can do better.

At Assured, we provide large insurers with the software solutions they need to win in a modern, technology-driven world. From self-service claim filing software to backend fraud detection, we’re the engine that powers claims processing for some of the largest insurers in the world.

The challenges we face are deep and diverse—from creating digital experiences that provide comfort and clarity to claimants at their most stressed and vulnerable to orchestrating large-scale ML-driven decision-making on billions of dollars of claims payments, life at Assured is dynamic, collaborative, and rewarding.

We are looking for experienced Staff Backend Engineers to join our growing team!

You will...

🌎 Own large areas of the Assured platform, from business logic to data modeling to infrastructure

👩‍💻 Write lots of code: Conceptualize, build, test, and ship new products and features for our customers

👷 Architect and implement large-scale infrastructure improvements

🔍 Design and utilize new testing mechanisms and procedures

🏎️ Create reliable systems and high-leverage abstractions that enable faster product velocity

🤝 Lead, mentor, and learn from other engineers on our growing team

You have...

📅 Minimum 8 years of relevant work experience preferred

📈 Experience building and scaling high-quality products and codebases from early stages to maturity

🧑‍🔬 A strong engineering background and history of designing systems

❌ Not required: Specific technology or programming language background. We are relatively technology-background agnostic. We believe great engineers are great engineers, and that the technologies we use will continue to evolve with the team and challenges we face. In Assured’s codebase today, you’ll find: Node.js (Typescript), Docker, PostgreSQL, GraphQL

In your first month at Assured, you may...

⚙️ Launch a migration to IaC-based infrastructure that will support easy creation and destruction of unique, isolated environments for each customer

🔌 Implement a new integration with a third-party vendor to correlate traffic light data with new insurance claims

👾 Design and implement a new anomaly detection system to proactively detect potential production incidents

🪂 Build reusable test harnesses and then utilize them when developing a new product feature

Benefits:

🤑 Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a competitive salary and equity package!

🏥 Comprehensive Health Care: Access to multiple medical plans with an HSA option and minimal out-of-pocket expenses. Certain plans covered 100%.

🦷 Dental Insurance: We protect those pearly whites

👀 Vision Insurance: Everyone can see clearly now at Assured

🌧 Life Insurance: It's on the house! Provided at no cost to you

🏄 Paid Time Off: Uncapped vacation days and paid holidays. Take that vacation!

👶 Family Leave: Maternity and paternity leave options

📈 Financial Wellness: 401(k) contribution with Assured contributing 3% of your income, even if you don't contribute

👪 Flexible Spending Accounts: Health and dependent care FSAs for pre-tax flexible spending

Our Commitment:
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.