Software Engineer, Modern Life
$150-180k
Tech-enabled insurance brokerage
Job no longer available
Tech-enabled insurance brokerage
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$150-180k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To help everyone protect what matters most through advanced technology and tailored advice.
Role
Who you are
- You have 5+ years of experience as a builder shipping to production
- You’re product-minded and deeply curious and empathetic about your users
- You have excellent self-management, sense of ownership, and organization
- You thrives in a dynamic and fast-growing environment with a high degree of ambiguity
- You’re genuinely excited about tackling hard technical and product problems
Desirable
- You’ve worked as (and loved being) a founding or early engineer
- You have experience at an insurtech, healthtech or broader fintech company
- You’ve helped build a successful, fast-growing, product-focused startup
- You’re excited to share your side projects with us and what you learned from them
What the job involves
- Write high-quality, well-tested code that runs smoothly in production
- Contribute to and lead complex projects, and make business vs technology trade-offs during all phases of the project lifecycle
- Weigh trade-offs and focus on value delivery. A fast-paced startup demands making trade-offs that balance the near term and long term value add of solutions. At Modern Life, we aim to design robust systems, but try not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good
- Help create and uphold our engineering standards and bring consistency to the codebases and processes you build and encounter
Our take
Life insurance is deeply human in purpose, yet historically slow and complex in practice. It's a massive US market still driven by advisors, but burdened by manual processes and fragmented systems. As expectations shift toward speed and better client experiences, the industry is being pushed to evolve, not by removing advisors, but by finally modernizing the tools they rely on.
So, Modern Life was built for this shift. As an AI-powered life insurance brokerage, it embeds intelligence across the advisor-client journey, from underwiting and quoting to recommendations and poicy delivery. By analyzing medical and financial data quickly and bringing insurance, tax, and planning considerations into one platform, it reduces friction and complexity, giving advisors more time to focus on their client relationships.
The company's $2OM Series A, bringing total funding to $35M, reflects strong confidence from both investors and major insurers. And with regulatory foundations in place and plans to expand partnerships and product capabilities, the company is very well positioned to scale further.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Nov 2025
$20m
SERIES A
Aug 2022
$15m
SEED
Total funding: $35m
Company benefits
- Unlimited PTO: Whether it’s surfing, family trips, or your garden that’s calling – life is for living, so we give you more time for it
- Hybrid office culture: You get the best of a modern office environment, plus the flexibility of working from home when you want to
- Team events: Get to know the crew at team meals, events, happy hours, offsites, and group celebrations.
- Great benefits: Enjoy quality health insurance and benefits including, of course, life insurance – and we’ve got just the people to help you with that.
Company HQ
Nolita, New York, NY
Leadership
Michael Konialian
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked at US Department state as Foreign Affairs Officer. Later joined McKinsey as Engagement Manager. Also, worked at CoverWallet, first as Director of Product and then as VP and General Manager.
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