Staff Software Engineer, Nirvana
$230-266k
+ Equity
2 days a week in office
Commercial insurance & risk management
Job no longer available
Commercial insurance & risk management
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$230-266k
+ Equity
2 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To modernize commercial insurance and enable a safer world.
Role
Who you are
- You are a strategic thinker with a strong ability to architect, design, and lead the implementation of dynamic business requirements into innovative product solutions that drive top-line growth
- Comfortable with ambiguity, you tackle complex technical challenges with precision, employing data and analytics to guide design decisions
- Your ability to delve deeply into technical details while maintaining a clear articulation of the broader system architecture inspires and guides engineering teams
- With a proven track record in delivering 0-1 projects, you excel at leading engineering efforts, ensuring technical alignment and fostering collaboration to achieve shared objectives
- Deep expertise in designing and implementing highly scalable, fault-tolerant, and distributed systems
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and cloud-native technologies (containers, serverless, etc.)
- Proficiency in Go, Java, or other programming languages. Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, data warehousing, and data streaming technologies
- 8+ years of experience in system architecture and software development, preferably within the financial systems/lending/insurance sector
Desirable
- Experience in pricing engineering and/or insurance industry
- Proficiency in analyzing real-time data to guide decision-making
- Experience in building models to predict future risks and opportunities
What the job involves
- The Pricing Engineering team is at the forefront of developing and managing both the pricing strategies and the dynamic Pricing Platform within Nirvana's solutions
- Our platform not only supports new business lines but also enhances pricing accuracy and reproducibility for existing ones, all within a unified framework
- In the commercial insurance industry, where pricing is predominantly influenced by anticipated future risks, we leverage 15B miles of telematics data as our differentiator alongside traditional factors, collaborating closely with the Data Science organization and business teams
- To support business expansion, we facilitate controlled experiments to explore various risk scenarios, aiming to boost the top line while maintaining a healthy profitability
- This approach empowers the business to offer more competitive quotes, ultimately propelling our financial success
- We have ambitious plans to directly influence the company’s top-line growth
- Design and lead the implementation of scalable pricing strategies to help drive top line for the business
- Architect Pricing platform to support launching experiments, analytics and tracking
- Drive innovation: Navigate and resolve technical challenges, providing clear guidance and vision for team members to inspire and lead innovative solutions
- Guide cross-functional engineering efforts, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives
Our take
Nirvana's insurance and risk management offerings are built to transform the commercial insurance industry, which is worth over $850 billion. It delivers predictive models that use real-time data and automation to generate instant quotes.
Targeting commercial fleets, the platform is powered by sensors that are already onboard most heavy trucks. This means that Nirvana's offering is accessible without vast onboarding fees, giving clients of all sizes the opportunity to protect themselves and improve customer safety.
While its initial focus is fleet insurance, Nirvana's offering is uniquely built to be highly scalable should the company expand into new verticals. It has invested substantially in product optimization to further its ability to accurately assess risk, and is an attractive option for companies who want to streamline what has been a traditionally slow process.
Kirsty
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Mar 2025
$80m
SERIES C
Oct 2023
$57m
SERIES B
Total funding: $162m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive insurance
- HSA and FSA
- Paid parental leave
- Compassion leave
- 401(k) with employer match
- Flexible time off
- Paid holidays
- Continuous development opportunities
- WFH stipend
- Monthly wellness reimbursement
- Stock options
- Regular team events
- Region-specific perks
Company HQ
Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Rushil Goel
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked as VP of Product and Fleet GM at Samsara. Was also Senior Director/GM at Ola, and Co-Founder and CTO of AirCare Labs.
Abhay Mitra
(Co-Founder & CTO)Held a variety of senior level positions at Rubrik, including Data Platform Lead and Senior Software Engineer. Former Data Scientist at Bidgely and Co-Founder of Atomicles Technologies.
Alex Carges
(Co-Founder & Head of Insurance Product)Former Chief Actuary at Root Insurance and Associate Actuary at Allied World Assurance. Held a variety of roles at The Hartford - including FCAS, Director and Actuary, and Innovation Manager.
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