Software Engineer, Backend

Shepherd

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San Francisco, CA - USA

profile Monthly Salary: $ 170 - 220
Posted on: 16-10-2025
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

What We Do

We provide savings on insurance premiums for commercial businesses that are leveraging modern technology on their worksites.

While we began with commercial construction were expanding into adjacent sectors including Energy Agriculture and Real Estate.

Our Investors

To date Shepherd has raised over $20M from leading investors including:

Our Team

Were a team of technologists and insurance enthusiasts bridging the two worlds together. Check out our team page to meet some of us!

The Role

About You

Were looking for a talented software engineer whos passionate about what were 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...

  • You arent afraid of ambiguity and it may even excite you

  • You enjoy shipping product every day (maybe multiple times a day) while maintaining high quality standards

  • You enjoy wearing multiple hats while solving problems; as an engineer product manager and designer

  • You take end-to-end ownership of features and systems from conception through release

  • You care about the built-world and how to improve construction safety and productivity

  • You care about others growth and welcome mentoring other engineers youve led or been a major contributor on significant projects

  • You have strong opinions weakly held you advocate for your ideas but adapt when presented with better solutions

  • You communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

  • You have some experience with insurance either from a prior InsurTech role or actuarial role

  • You have experience working with Javascript/Typescript (backend and/or frontend)

  • You have at least 5 years of working experience (preferably as a full-stack engineer) with a track record of delivering high-impact products

About the Role

Shepherds platform consists of three primary elements: data collection automated underwriting and policy administration.

  • You will lead major initiatives and own a large area of Shepherds product experience in each vertical while driving technical decisions for your domain

  • You will work across the stack even across different disciplines (e.g. underwriting design product management)

  • You will play an integral role in building our culture as the company grows and mentor other engineers as we scale the team

  • You will balance innovation with pragmatic delivery staying current with emerging tech while shipping quality products

  • You will contribute to product strategy and architectural decisions not just implementation

  • You will collaborate closely with PM Mo (CTO) and the insurance team (underwriters actuaries and more!)

Our Tech Stack

Frontend

  • React &

  • Typescript

  • GraphQL w/ Apollo

Backend

  • Postgres & Redis

  • Typescript

  • GraphQL APIs

Benefits

Premium Healthcare
100% contribution to top-tier health dental and vision

Unlimited PTO
Flexibility to take the time off recharge and perform

Daily lunches dinners and snacks
We work together and enjoy meals together too

SF NYC or Dallas-Fort Worth Offices
Premium office spaces on both coasts with daily lunches provided

Professional Development
Access to premium coaching including leadership development

401(k) Plan
Competitive 401(k) plan offered

Dog-friendly office
Plenty of dogs to play with and make friends with in the SF office

What We DoWe provide savings on insurance premiums for commercial businesses that are leveraging modern technology on their worksites. While we began with commercial construction were expanding into adjacent sectors including Energy Agriculture and Real Estate. Our InvestorsTo date Shepherd has rais...
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Key Skills

  • Business Intelligence
  • Bidding
  • Accounts Assistant Credit Control
  • Account Development
  • Content Development
  • Lab Testing

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Commercial insurance for construction's middle market with industry leading speed-to-quote

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