Full stack Software Engineer (San Francisco)

Our mission is to make construction safe and sustainable through innovative insurance products.

Shepherd is a tech-enabled MGU writing casualty insurance for middle-market construction. Our mission is to incentivize a safe and sustainable construction industry through innovative insurance products. Shepherd is creating a digital end-to-end insurance procurement experience, leveraging new sources of underwriting data and providing the construction industry with valuable benchmarking metrics. We're backed by Y-Combinator and have raised a Seed Round led by Spark Capital.

About you

We're looking for a talented full-stack engineer who's passionate about what we're building and ready to do the best work of their career.

You would be our dream candidate if...

• You aren't afraid of ambiguity, and it may even excite you
• You enjoy shipping product every day (maybe multiple times a day)
• You enjoy wearing multiple hats while solving problems; as an engineer, product manager, and designer
• You care about the built-world and how to improve construction safety and productivity
• You have some experience with insurance either from a prior InsurTech role or actuarial role
• You have experience working with Javascript (backend and/or frontend)
• You have at least 3-4+ years of working experience (preferably as a full-stack engineer)

About the role

Shepherd's platform consists of three primary elements: data collection, automated underwriting, and policy administration.

• You will own a large area of Shepherd's product experience, in each vertical
• 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
• You will collaborate closely with us (Justin, Mo, and Steve) on shaping future roadmaps and making company decisions.

Our tech stack

Frontend

• React & Next.js
• Typescript
• GraphQL w/ Apollo
• Cypress.js & Jest

Backend

• Node.js
• Postgres & Redis
• Typescript
• GraphQL APIs

Benefits

• Paid lunch, snacks, and craft coffee in the office every day
• 100% employer contribution to top-tier health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K Retirement Planning
• Unlimited PTO
• Fidi Office with a beautiful patio and dog-friendly
• We workout, ski, hike and do many activities together

Team

Meet the team over here: