Staff Software Engineer

QuoteWell; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries + equity

Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits

Flexible vacation policy

Paid membership to One Medical

Company-sponsored 401K plan

Paid parental leave

Home office reimbursements

Opportunity to redefine commercial insurance

Job summary

A modern insurance brokerage company is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to develop impactful products using a TypeScript stack. Responsibilities include shaping product direction, partnering with cross-functional teams, and leveraging AI to deliver innovative solutions for the insurance sector. Candidates should have strong experience with TypeScript, React, and Node, along with the ability to influence product and business outcomes. This role offers competitive salaries, equity, and benefits in a flexible, remote-first work culture.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with TypeScript, React, and Node (or a very similar stack).
• Ability to influence product direction through engineering insights.
• Familiarity with applied AI/LLM techniques is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver features in all-TypeScript stack (React + Node).
• Partner with Product, Design, and Data to define problems.
• Deliver innovative AI-driven solutions for insurance experts.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Node

Collaboration skills

AI curiosity

Job description

Join to apply for the Staff Software Engineer role at QuoteWell

QuoteWell is building a modern commercial insurance brokerage by combining technology with deep domain expertise. A key part of our vision is an AI assistant powered by emerging LLM techniques that helps brokers anticipate and automate tasks, making their workflows faster, smarter, and more intuitive.

Base pay range

$200,000.00/yr - $250,000.00/yr

We’re looking for an experienced engineer who wants to shape not just our technology, but also our product direction and business outcomes.

What You’ll Do

• Build impactful products: Own and deliver features in our all-TypeScript stack (React + Node).
• Shape product direction: Partner with Product, Design, and Data to define problems, break them down into incremental solutions, and validate with users.
• Leverage AI in practice: Deliver innovative AI-driven agentic solutions for our insurance experts, designed for a future MCP-driven world.
• Model complex data: Represent insurance data and relationships in intuitive, user-friendly tools that improve decision-making.
• Collaborate and grow: Work in a remote-first, flexible, and accountable engineering culture while learning from teammates (and maybe a bit about insurance too).

What You’ll Bring

• Technical depth: Strong experience with TypeScript, React, and Node (or a very similar stack), and a history of shipping production code.
• Product impact: A track record of influencing product and business direction through engineering insights.
• AI curiosity: Familiarity with or interest in applied AI/LLM techniques and how they can power real products.
• Collaborative skills: Ability to work across the full product lifecycle—specifying features, testing, iterating, and validating with users.
• Generalist mindset: Willingness to learn new technologies and adapt to what the business needs most.
• Flexibility to connect in person: Willingness to travel occasionally to Austin or team offsites.

Location: Austin, TX or Hybrid Remote.

What we offer Our Full-time Employees

• Competitive salaries + equity in the company
• Medical, Dental, and Vision healthcare benefits + FSA and HSA options
• Flexible vacation policy to recharge and live life
• Paid membership to One Medical for employees, spouses / domestic partners, and dependents
• Company-sponsored 401K plan (Roth & Traditional)
• Paid parental leave, generous family forming benefits and up to $5,000 of reimbursements through Carrot
• Up to $1,000 in home office reimbursements to build a productive space to work remotely
• An opportunity to work on solutions that are redefining the future of commercial insurance
• A culture driven by a focus on impact, a shared growth mindset, empowered individuals, and integrity

Compensation Range: $200K - $250K

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Insurance