Staff Software Engineer
Federato
WorldwideremotePosted 21 days ago
Skill Required
Software-EngineerFullstack-DevelopmentBackend-EngineeringFrontend-EngineerStaff-Software-DeveloperStaff-Software-EngineeringSoftware EngineerSoftware Developersoftware engineeringCD pipelinesEngineeringJavaScriptTypeScriptPostgreSQLKubernetesObservabilityNode.jsbuildingTestNGPythonDjangodesignReactKafkaCI/CDAPIsandCICDAIFulltime
Key highlights
- Salary: $210,000 - $260,000 per year
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience required
- Total compensation includes stock options, benefits, and additional perks
- Tech stack: React, TypeScript, Python (Django), Node.js, PostgreSQL
- Company raised $180M including $100M Series D from Goldman Sachs
- Role may require 15-20% travel
Role overview
Federato is an AI-native platform bringing agentic AI to the full policy lifecycle, transforming how insurance work gets done. The company has raised $180 million, including a $100 million Series D from Goldman Sachs, has strong product-market fit, and is growing fast globally. The role offers the opportunity to work on complex problems with a highly advanced AI team, building software that fundamentally changes how insurance operates.
Responsibilities
- Lead a small team of engineers, providing technical mentorship, code review, and architectural guidance to ensure high-quality delivery.
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Designers to shape roadmap priorities and translate customer needs into scalable solutions.
- Architect and build complex features across the stack using React, TypeScript, Python (Django), Node.js, and PostgreSQL.
- Drive engineering best practices, including robust testing, code quality, and tooling improvements that elevate team productivity.
- Own technical delivery from design through deployment, including performance, reliability, and monitoring considerations.
- Champion engineering excellence by proactively identifying areas of improvement in the codebase, development workflow, and team processes.
- Serve as a thought partner to engineering leadership in scaling systems, reducing complexity, and mentoring others.
- Build deep empathy for our customers and help ensure our products are intuitive, impactful, and reliable.
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including substantial full stack development.
- Proven experience leading engineering teams or pods, including mentorship, task planning, and technical decision-making.
- Strong frontend skills with modern JavaScript/TypeScript and React.
- Significant backend experience with Python (Django) and Node.js with TypeScript, including building and scaling APIs and services.
- Experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL.
- Deep understanding of software design principles, testing strategies, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Track record of making pragmatic technical decisions that balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability.
- Ability to thrive in a highly collaborative environment, working closely with cross-functional peers in Product and Design.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to advocate for technical solutions across stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with infrastructure components like Kubernetes (K8s) and containerized deployments.
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures and tools like Kafka.
Benefits
- Stock options included in total compensation package
- Benefits and additional perks included in total compensation package
Additional details
- Salary: $210,000 - $260,000 a year
- Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location, experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above
- Total compensation package includes stock options, benefits and additional perks
- Role may require 15-20% travel
- Company values: move fast, eager to listen to users, take a first principles approach to solving problems, value learning and the ability to change minds, prioritize having fun
- Equal-opportunity employer; values diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status
- Will provide reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment
- Originally posted on Himalayas
- Company has raised $180 million total, including a $100 million Series D from Goldman Sachs
- Company is an AI-native platform bringing agentic AI to the full policy lifecycle in the insurance industry
- Company has powerful product-market fit and is growing fast globally