Senior Software Engineer, Sana Benefits
$190-210k
+ Equity
Employee health benefits & insurance plans
Be an early applicant
Employee health benefits & insurance plans
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$190-210k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make quality healthcare understandable, accessible and affordable for all.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of backend or full-stack software engineering experience, with 1+ years leading AI/ML systems in production
- Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, or HuggingFace
- Deep understanding of ML fundamentals, LLM fine-tuning/inference, and MLOps best practices
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker, K8s)
- Strong communication and ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment
- Bonus points if you have experience with healthtech, insurtech, claims data, eligibility rules, etc…
- Eager to join a high-powered startup
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help lead the architecture, development, and deployment of production-grade AI systems across the business
- You’ll work closely with Sana’s data science, product, engineering, and operations teams to design workflows that will enhance the experience of our members and internal users
- If you’re a hands-on engineer with deep expertise in machine learning systems and a pragmatic approach to delivering value quickly in a startup environment, let’s talk!
- Architect and implement scalable AI systems for core business functions (e.g. , claims processing, underwriting, customer support)
- Lead end-to-end ML pipelines, from data ingestion to model training to inference in production
- Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to identify high-leverage AI use cases
- Translate ambiguous problems into well-defined projects with measurable outcomes
- Ensure explainability, fairness, and regulatory compliance in AI applications
- Partner with data engineering to improve data infrastructure for training and inference
- Contribute to a culture of engineering excellence, knowledge sharing, and experimentation
Our take
Health insurance benefits are essential for employers to remain competitive. But it can be difficult for small businesses to offer high-quality benefits at a reasonable rate, and without paying for things they don't need. Sana Benefits provides self-financed health insurance benefit plans which allow small businesses to pick and choose the services that they offer.
The company aims to provide options that are more affordable to small businesses than the insurance giants of the US. For example, Sana touts partnerships with Meditech startups such as Beam for dental coverage and Calm for mental wellness, and has intelligently partnered with small medical businesses and insurance startups.
Following investment from some top names in insurtech, the company has pursued expansion into new states and is set to be an industry leader. The economic situation caused a round of layoffs early in 2023, but Sana Benefits has remained positive - stating that by "re-orienting", it will be able to deliver on its mission well into the future.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jun 2022
$60m
SERIES B
Oct 2021
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $106.8m
Company benefits
- Equity
- 100% remote
- Monthly stipend to work away from home
- Flexible PTO
- Medical, life, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid maternity and parental leave
- Annual Learning Stipend
Company HQ
East Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX
Leadership
Will Young
(Co-Founder & CEO)Having worked in Motion Picture and Business Development, and with YouTube Content Partnerships, they took an MBA at Harvard Business School. They then spent 2 years as Director of Justworks before co-founding Sana in June 2017.
Nathan Hackley
(Co-Founder)They started their career at Dynosaur Creative, before working in Web Development for Rogue Fitness and Barrel. They left their position as Engineer at Justworks to co-found Sana with Will in 2017.
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