Staff Software Engineer

Steadily Insurance Company; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free snacks

Team lunches

Collaborative office culture

Job summary

Steadily Insurance Company is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to develop a seamless experience for insurance purchases and claims processing in our Austin office. You'll design and build systems that prioritize usability and efficiency in an innovative, collaborative environment.

This role offers a top-market salary plus equity, annual PTO, and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and a 401(k). Join us to leverage your tech skills in a meaningful way!

Qualifications

• Ability to dive into complex codebases and lead teams.
• Experience in thoughtful user experience design.
• Balancing speed and quality with impactful delivery.

Responsibilities

• Build a simple and intuitive insurance purchasing experience.
• Create customer damage documentation processes for claims.
• Design engines for policy cost calculations.
• Integrate property intelligence API sources for risk assessment.

Skills

Web application development

Service-oriented architecture

Team leadership

User experience design

Problem-solving

Learning new languages/frameworks

Tools

Python 3

Kotlin

TypeScript

React (Next.js)

Django

FastAPI

Postgres

Kafka

AWS (EKS)

GitHub Actions

Job description

Location: Austin, TX

Employment Type: Full-time, In-Office

Department: Engineering

Salary: Top of market salary + equity

We're hiring a Staff Software Engineer with experience building web applications and service oriented architecture to help us build the core of our stack. This is a full‑time, in‑office position based in Austin, TX.

Responsibilities

• Build an experience for people to buy insurance that is so simple and intuitive your least‑tech savvy relative could use it without help, regardless of device or platform.
• Create a way for customers to document damage, making the claims process smarter and easier–no matter how they access our services.
• Design rating engines for calculating how much an insurance policy should cost.
• Combine property intelligence API sources to flag flood, fire, and vandalism risks.

Qualifications

• Experienced: This isn't your first rodeo. There's no specific minimum number of years requirement, but we expect you to be able to dive into a complex codebase without too much spin‑up. Past experience as a team lead is definitely a plus.
• Builder: You like the product‑side of engineering and have thoughtful opinions on what the user experience should be. You're not the type of engineer who wants a fully‑fleshed out spec thrown over the wall for you to code.
• Pragmatic: We prioritize impact and delivery. You balance speed and quality, making thoughtful trade‑offs to solve problems effectively. You leverage off‑the‑shelf solutions so we don’t re‑invent the wheel but understand when a custom solution is appropriate. You’ll be deploying code to production within hours of starting and working with us to iteratively build solutions.
• Specific languages: We don't really care if you've worked in our stack before as long as you're happy to learn it. If you're sharp enough to be on this team, you're sharp enough to learn any language or framework quickly.

Stack And Tools

• Python 3 / Kotlin
• Typescript
• React (Next.js)
• Django / FastAPI
• Postgres
• Kafka (we build on an event driven architecture)
• AWS (EKS)
• GitHub Actions with a full CI/CD Pipeline

Compensation And Benefits

• Compensation: Top of market salary + equity
• Time Off: 3 weeks PTO + 6 federal holidays
• Insurance: Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, HSA, FSA
• Retirement: 401(k)
• Perks: Free snacks, team lunches, collaborative office culture