Staff Backend Engineer

About Assured

Assured is on a mission to modernize insurance. Claims processing, 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.

Staff Backend Engineer Role Overview

We’re looking for an experienced Staff Backend Engineer to help shape the future of our rapidly scaling B2B SaaS platform. As a key technical contributor on our engineering team, you’ll own critical systems end-to-end, from architecture and infrastructure to core business logic, while helping us scale reliably, securely, and fast.

You’ll work closely with product, infrastructure, and data teams to deliver new capabilities, improve performance, and evolve the platform that powers our customers’ most important workflows. This is a high-impact role with significant ownership, technical depth, and opportunities for mentorship and leadership.

What You’ll Do

• 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.

What You Bring

• 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.

Current Stack

• Node.js (TypeScript)
• Docker
• PostgreSQL
• 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

Important Security Notice

We have been made aware of individuals falsely posing as recruiters from Assured Insurance Technologies Inc. Please note that we only contact candidates from official @assured.claims email addresses and all interviews are conducted through verified company channels. If you are unsure whether a message is legitimate, please contact us directly at recruiting-ops@assured.claims before sharing any personal information.

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.

Key skills/competency

• Staff Backend Engineer
• SaaS Platform Development
• Distributed Systems
• API Design
• Data Modeling
• System Architecture
• Scalability
• Mentorship
• Engineering Culture
• Code Quality