Staff Software Engineer (SF)

WHAT WE DO Yesterday's insurance wasn't built for today's risk. We see it in the data and we feel it in the field. Emerging technology can reinvent how risk is priced and managed, faster and smarter, anchored in proven expertise. First-movers will define the next era of commercial risk management, and Shepherd is building it. Shepherd is a technology-driven Managing General Underwriter (MGU) transforming commercial Property & Casualty insurance for high-hazard industries. Our mission is to make risk frictionless for the builders and operators shaping the physical world, protecting progress from concept through construction and into decades of operation. We're building the fastest, smartest commercial risk platform, where underwriting expertise, data, and automation work together to deliver: - Faster decisions - Smarter, more accurate pricing - Better risk outcomes With Shepherd, safety, speed, and quality no longer trade off against one another. They compound. We're not just modernizing insurance products. We're building the risk infrastructure for the next generation of financial services, where technology, underwriting, and partnerships operate in harmony to support the world's most important industries and the progress they make possible. OUR INVESTORS In March 2026, Shepherd raised a $42M Series B https://www.linkedin.com/posts/justindlevine29_today-were-announcing-our-42m-series-b-activity-7442200922291630080-z1gw?rcm=ACoAAAkOMEwBRnAAXmdnQcaOJeioCu6VCqR6Gzc&utm_medium=member_desktop&utm_source=share — bringing total funding to over $60M — led by Intact Private Capital, the investment arm of one of the largest insurers in the world. Intact is not only our lead investor but also a carrier partner, a testament to the confidence the incumbent industry has in what we're building. Our investors: - Intact Private Capital https://www.intactfc.com/about-us/intact-ventures, led our Series B round - Costanoa Ventures https://costanoa.vc/, led our Series A round - Spark Capital https://www.sparkcapital.com/, led our Seed round - Susa Ventures https://www.susaventures.com/, lead our Pre-Seed round - Y Combinator https://www.ycombinator.com/ - And several others OUR TEAM We're a team of technologists and insurance enthusiasts, bridging the two worlds together. Check out our About https://www.shepherdinsurance.com/about page to learn more. THE ROLE We're looking for a talented staff software engineer who's passionate about what we're building and ready to do the best work of their career. You thrive on ownership, drive results, and care deeply about both technical excellence and customer impact. You would be our dream candidate if... - You aren't afraid of ambiguity, and it may even excite you - You enjoy shipping product every day (maybe multiple times a day) while maintaining high quality standards - You enjoy wearing multiple hats while solving problems; as an engineer, product manager, and designer - You take end-to-end ownership of features and systems, from conception through release - You care about the built-world and how to improve construction safety and productivity - You care about others' growth and welcome mentoring other engineers — you've led or been a major contributor on significant projects - You have strong opinions, weakly held — you advocate for your ideas but adapt when presented with better solutions - You communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders - You have some experience with insurance – either from a prior InsurTech role or actuarial role - You have experience working with Javascript/Typescript (backend and/or frontend) - You have at least 8+ years of working experience (preferably as a full-stack engineer) with a track record of delivering high-impact products About the Role Shepherd's platform consists of three primary elements: data collection, automated underwriting, and policy administration. - You will lead major initiatives and own a large area of Shepherd…