Staff Backend Engineer: AI for Claims (Remote)

Assured; Palo Alto (CA); Remote; USD 210,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Healthcare Plan

Unlimited PTO

Family Leave

401(k) Contribution

WFH Benefits

Health FSAs & HSAs

Team events & Offsites

Job summary

Assured is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to design and build reliable backend systems that enable AI agents to handle complex insurance workflows at scale. You will own large parts of the claims processing backend, partner with product and data teams, and push forward a modern, AI-enabled claim ecosystem.

The role emphasizes building scalable services, improving reliability, and collaborating across teams to deliver high-impact solutions in a remote-first, US-focused environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend or full-stack engineering experience.
• Experience with modern backend systems and scalable architectures.
• Familiarity with cloud services and distributed data stores.
• Ability to collaborate across product, infra, and data teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve core backend services end-to-end.
• Design and operate reliable, scalable systems.
• Improve testing, observability, and deployment practices.

Skills

Backend engineering

System design

Distributed systems

SaaS platforms

Tools

TypeScript

Node.js

PostgreSQL

AWS

Kubernetes

GraphQL

LangGraph

LangChain

Job description

Assured is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to design and build reliable backend systems that enable AI agents to handle complex insurance workflows at scale. You will own large parts of the claims processing backend, partner with product and data teams, and push forward a modern, AI-enabled claim ecosystem.

The role emphasizes building scalable services, improving reliability, and collaborating across teams to deliver high-impact solutions in a remote-first, US-focused environment.