Staff Backend Engineer, Trellis
Conversational AI
$220-235k
+ Bonuses & equity opportunities
P&C insurance data services
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P&C insurance data services
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$220-235k
+ Bonuses & equity opportunities
21-100 employees
Company mission
To build industry-leading solutions that make insurance easy for everyone, from consumers to partners to insurers.
Role
Who you are
- Meticulous: You pay attention to detail and take pride in what you deliver
- Articulate: You succinctly and effectively communicate verbal and written technical and non-technical ideas and topics
- Kind, not (just) nice: You provide tough feedback in a clear and concise manner that does not diminish or belittle the recipient
- Opinionated: You bring strong opinions to discussions but are willing to change your mind when presented with new or better information
- Product-minded: You focus on the “why” just as much as the “what” or “how”
- Collaborative: You work within your team and cross-functionally to build consensus and achieve results
- Autonomous: You are self-motivated, able to hold yourself accountable, and can generate high-value work with little direct supervision
- 7+ years’ experience developing software in a production environment
- 4+ years’ experience in a senior engineer role
- Ability to lead projects from conception through execution
- Production experience with Node.js and Typescript
- Proven experience working in backend systems, designing RESTful APIs and codifying business logic on top of data stores
- Familiarity with GCP, Looker, BigQuery are a plus
- Exceptional ability to communicate clearly and concisely, particularly in Slack and technical documents
- Experience in product development where you were a key decision maker
- Cross-functional leadership and collaboration experience
- While you don’t need all of these to be successful in this role, we think you’ll be more successful the more you have
What the job involves
- As a Staff Software Engineer on the Conversational AI team at Trellis, you’ll play a critical role in shaping the future of our AI-driven customer experiences
- You’ll architect and build intelligent systems that power natural, engaging conversations between users and our platform
- Working closely with cross-functional partners, you’ll transform high-level product initiatives into scalable, well-tested technical solutions
- You’ll lead the way on complex projects by defining scope, setting technical direction, and mentoring teammates along the way
- You’ll guide the team through tough challenges, offer thoughtful code reviews, and contribute to a culture of continuous learning and collaboration
- Whether you're onboarding new teammates or refining our LLM-driven infrastructure, you’ll be a key force behind our AI innovation
- You'll own the ideation and execution of high-impact projects that directly influence the user experience and business outcomes
- Flesh out and evolve the Conversational AI Engineering roadmap alongside product and technical leadership
- Incept projects: identify opportunities, design solutions, and lead implementation
- Guide integration efforts with external agencies and insurance carriers
- Normalize, rank, and evaluate results using ML-based predictions to determine optimal user paths
- Work closely with our Data Science team to leverage MLMs in tools like DataRobot for retention forecasting and decision logic
- Ensure scalability and performance across the platform as we continue to grow
Our take
Changing insurance providers can be a daunting and overwhelming process. Its a complex and lengthy undertaking, resulting in many people sticking to the same provider, even if it doesn't best suit their needs.
Recognizing the need for a better solution is Trellis, that delivers an API platform for consumers to compare insurance policies side-by-side. It also partners with digital banks and financial institutions to offer new insurance options to their existing customers - a feature which allows it to stand out from the competition.
Trellis has seen exponential growth since founding in 2019, and has secured strong funding from the likes of Amex Ventures. The company is now in a prime position to accelerate its offerings and further innovate the insurance market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
May 2022
$5m
EARLY VC
Jun 2021
$10m
SERIES A
Total funding: $15m
Company benefits
- Bonuses and equity opportunities
- Unlimited vacation time
- 100% employer-paid insurance for employee, 60% for dependents
- 401K plan
- Annual in-person retreats
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Daniel Demetri
(Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded the insurance company, Doma. Also worked as a Product Manager at Google as well as a Product Lead/Head of Product Management at Earnest.
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