Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Assured is on a mission to modernize insurance, focusing on claims processing through innovative software solutions. The Staff Backend Engineer will lead the design and development of core systems for a rapidly growing B2B SaaS platform, emphasizing reliable infrastructure and AI-assisted engineering practices.
Responsibilities
- Own major areas of backend architecture, including APIs, distributed systems, data models, infrastructure, and core business logic
- Use AI-assisted engineering tools (e.g. Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, ChatGPT, Devin, or similar) as part of your daily workflow to accelerate development, debugging, testing, documentation, and operational efficiency
- Identify opportunities to integrate AI into both internal engineering systems and customer-facing platform capabilities
- Design, build, test, deploy, and iterate on production systems end-to-end with a focus on reliability, scalability, and maintainability
- Architect systems capable of supporting increasing scale, complexity, and evolving customer workflows
- Define and implement modern testing, observability, and operational practices that improve system resilience and developer velocity
- Build scalable abstractions, internal frameworks, and platform capabilities that enable faster product development across teams
- Drive technical direction and contribute to long-term architectural decisions around performance, security, scalability, and platform evolution
- Mentor engineers across the organization, sharing best practices and helping raise the technical bar for backend engineering and system design
Skills
- 8+ years of backend or full-stack engineering experience, ideally in SaaS or high-scale distributed systems environments
- Proven experience designing, scaling, and operating complex backend systems from early-stage growth through maturity
- Deep expertise in distributed systems, APIs, data modeling, infrastructure, and backend architecture patterns
- Strong proficiency with modern AI engineering workflows and tooling. You actively use AI to improve development speed, problem solving, system understanding, and operational efficiency
- Strong execution mindset with the ability to balance rapid iteration against long-term reliability and maintainability
- Experience building secure, observable, fault-tolerant systems in production environments
- Collaborative and pragmatic approach. You work effectively across engineering, product, infrastructure, and data teams
- Adaptability and engineering judgment matter more to us than specific frameworks or languages
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity packages for all employees
- 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
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