Back End Developer

Senior Backend Software Engineer / Staff Engineer

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San Francisco (On‑site) | Series A Company

$180,000 – $260,000 + Equity

HireQ Talent are partnering with a recently Series A‑funded, high‑growth technology company building the agentic operations layer to disrupt a whole industry, a multi‑trillion‑dollar market still reliant on manual workflows, legacy systems, and fragmented data.

The company is scaling its engineering team and hiring multiple Senior Backend Software Engineers / Staff Engineers to help define its technical foundation.

The Opportunity

This is a foundational backend role in a small, high‑impact engineering team. You’ll own the design and implementation of end‑to‑end agentic workflows, working directly with customers to automate operations and modernise a traditionally low‑tech industry.

This is true zero‑to‑one engineering, high autonomy, high responsibility, and meaningful technical challenges from day one.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design and ship end‑to‑end backend workflows that automate core insurance operations (collections, renewals, carrier integrations)
• Integrate with disparate, low‑tech, and unreliable external systems, building robust abstractions on top
• Work directly with customers to gather feedback, iterate quickly, and translate technical concepts for non‑technical stakeholders
• Build greenfield backend systems, extending an existing browser automation platform
• Collaborate closely with the team through system design and whiteboarding in a high‑stakes, regulated domain

What We’re Looking For

Experience

• 4–15 years of backend engineering experience (ideal range: 7–15 years)
• Senior or Staff‑level engineer with a proven record of shipping production systems
• Recent experience in an early‑stage or Series A/B Start-up
• Background in insurance, fintech, healthcare, or other regulated industries is a plus

Core Technical Skills

• Strong backend engineering fundamentals
• Proficiency in modern backend languages (TypeScript preferred)
• Experience with automation, browser automation, web scraping, or creative data extraction
• Actively using modern AI‑assisted development tools such as Claude Code or Cursor
• Experience designing systems that interact with inconsistent or messy external data sources

Nice to Haves

• Experience with Python, Ruby, or JavaScript
• Familiarity with agentic workflows or AI‑driven automation
• Exposure to infrastructure or systems supporting high‑reliability automation

Ways of Working

• Highly autonomous, curious, and product‑oriented
• Comfortable owning projects end to end with minimal process overhead
• Enjoys working directly with customers
• Clear xywuqvp motivation for early‑stage Start-up environments
• Preference for depth, progression, and impact over frequent job changes

What’s On Offer

• $180K–$260K base salary
• 0.2%–0.4% equity
• Recently completed Series A funding round
• Founding‑engineer‑level scope and ownership
• Small, senior team with direct access to leadership
• 5 days on‑site in San Francisco
• Relocation support available
• Visa sponsorship available (H1B transfer, TN)

Why Join?

• Help define the agentic operations layer for an industry still running on manual workflows
• Join at a critical post Series‑A scaling moment
• Solve technically difficult, real world problems with immediate impact
• Build infrastructure that will shape the company for years to come

If you’re a senior level engineer who wants impact, ownership, and technical depth, this is one is for you ! Apply Now.