Principal Software Engineer / Tech Lead, Trellis
Head of Real-Time Bidding; ML Ops
$300-600k
+ Equity + Bonuses
Ebedded insurance provider
Job no longer available
Ebedded insurance provider
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$300-600k
+ Equity + Bonuses
101-200 employees
Company mission
To simplify and automate shopping for home and auto insurance by applying technologies to save time and money for shoppers and insurers alike.
Role
Who you are
- Extensive Backend Engineering Experience – This role will be nearly entirely focused on API-based customer acquisition, so the technical focus is on our backend. An ability to quickly ramp up on – and exercise best practices in – Python and NodeJS is required
- Experience productionalizing Machine Learning (ML) - You'll need a working familiarity with how to best collect, manage, and govern data, including both raw data as well as intermediate model predictions. You'll need familiarity with how to solve challenges like model versioning, split testing, and alignment of feature engineering between production and model training
- Product/Business Chops – You will have executive-level P&L responsibility. Thus, you will need to be able to bone up on our business, accurately model our product domain, effectively prioritize projects and tickets, and be able to converse about technical ideas and trade-offs from the perspective of a business owner
- Organization – Our team manages an incredibly wide surface area of software. Keeping tabs on everything requires the design and execution of systems and processes
- Motivational and Positive Attitude – As a people and hiring manager on the engineering team, building trust, respect, and rapport with staff, stakeholders, and prospective new hires will be essential
- Comfort with Data – The more comfortable you are with techniques for optimally storing, accessing, analyzing, and predicting data, the more effective you will be able to be in the role. This spans familiarity with how to store data for auditing, transform data for analysis, access and analyze large corpuses cost-efficiently, launch and maintain machine learning in production, scientifically analyze experiments, and more
- A Brisk Pace – We don’t need a “pre-seed” sprinter/prototyper, but we also can’t operate like FAANG molasses. We need a strong context switcher who can quickly ramp up on new types of problems, think on their feet, exhibit a bias for action, and avoid letting perfect be the enemy of the good
What the job involves
- Reporting directly to the CEO, the Principal Software Engineer / Tech Lead, Head of Real-Time Bidding will be directly responsible to:
- Maximize ROI on >$100 million per year of programmatic marketing spend – About $2 billion per year of insurance shopping leads are programmatically auctioned every year in the US. We expect to spend over $100 million next year on these API-based, real-time auctions
- Additionally, traditional digital media and other marketing channels offer additional programmatic customer acquisition opportunities
- This position will own and grow our efforts to programmatically bid and acquire insurance shoppers, ensuring maximum ROI
- Smarter and Smarter Customer Acquisition
- Increasingly intelligent, enabling increased precision, win rates and ROI/ROAS
- Expansion to new marketing platforms and channels (e.g. video advertising!)
- Responsiveness – e.g. fast adaptation to rapid shifts in marketplace supply or demand
- High-Quality Platform
- Low frequency and severity of errors, bugs, and regressions
- Low latency (auctions often timeout in a fraction of a second)
- High availability (outages cost us opportunity)
- Science friendly (we will often need to experiment to test various hypotheses about the market and our audience)
- High-Quality Team
- Hire, motivate, manage, and up-skill 1-2 top-quality Sr. Eng hires
Our take
Changing insurance providers can be a confusing and time-consuming process, which is why many people end up sticking with policies that aren't quite right for them. Trellis was built to make this easier, offering a platform that lets users compare insurance options side-by-side. It also works with digital banks and financial platforms to present relevant insurance choices directly to customers.
Recently, Trellis was acquired by Gen Digital, the company behind brands like Norton and LifeLock. As part of the deal, Trellis' technology will be integrated into Gen's "Engine" platform, which helps users find financial products tailored to their needs. Meaning Trellis' tools will now reach a much larger audience and play a role in offering more personalized insurance recommendations.
The acquisition highlights a broader trend in finance, where services like insurance are increasingly built into the apps and platforms people already use. With Gen's scale behind it, Trellis is now in an even better position to grow and improve how customers discover and choose insurance products.
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
- Competitive Salary: We target above-market base salaries (75th percentile, US-wide), along with performance bonuses and equity opportunities, so you’re rewarded for your contributions and invested in our shared success.
- Fully Remote: We’re fully remote because we trust great people to do great work wherever they are. We strive to find top performers and provide an environment that allows them to do their best work.
- Investment in You: From a new laptop to a budget for your home office setup, we ensure you have what you need to do your best work. Plus, with quarterly team-bonding events, we stay connected and have some fun, too.
- Health: We invest 100% in health, life, and disability premiums for our employees and contribute 65% for dependents, so you and your family can have peace of mind.
- Retirement: After one year of service, employees are automatically enrolled in Trellis’ 401(k) plan, including a non-elective contribution by Trellis of 3% of your earnings.
- Unlimited Vacation Time: Take the time you need. We believe in working hard, but also trust you to rest and recharge.
Company HQ
Potrero Hill, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Daniel Demetri
(Founder & CEO)Alongside serving as Trellis' CEO, Daniel is the VP/Head of Insurance Vertical at Gen. Previously, he co-founded Doma where he served as the CPO for 2 years. He also worked at Google for 3 years as an Associate Product Manager and Product Manager.
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