Our mission is to make construction safe and sustainable through innovative insurance products.
Shepherd is a tech-enabled MGU writing casualty insurance for middle-market construction. Our mission is to incentivize a safe and sustainable construction industry through innovative insurance products. Shepherd is creating a digital end-to-end insurance procurement experience, leveraging new sources of underwriting data and providing the construction industry with valuable benchmarking metrics. We're backed by Y-Combinator and have raised a Seed Round led by Spark Capital.
About you
We're looking for a talented full-stack engineer who's passionate about what we're building and ready to do the best work of their career.
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)
- You enjoy wearing multiple hats while solving problems; as an engineer, product manager, and designer
- You care about the built-world and how to improve construction safety and productivity
- You have some experience with insurance – either from a prior InsurTech role or actuarial role
- You have experience working with Javascript (backend and/or frontend)
- You have at least 3-4+ years of working experience (preferably as a full-stack engineer)
About the role
Shepherd's platform consists of three primary elements: data collection, automated underwriting, and policy administration.
- You will own a large area of Shepherd's product experience, in each vertical
- You will work across the stack, even across different disciplines (e.g. underwriting, design, product management)
- You will play an integral role in building our culture as the company grows
- You will collaborate closely with us (Justin, Mo, and Steve) on shaping future roadmaps and making company decisions.
Our tech stack
Frontend
- React & Next.js
- Typescript
- GraphQL w/ Apollo
- Cypress.js & Jest
Backend
- Node.js
- Postgres & Redis
- Typescript
- GraphQL APIs
Benefits
- Paid lunch, snacks, and craft coffee in the office every day
- 100% employer contribution to top-tier health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401K Retirement Planning
- Unlimited PTO
- Fidi Office with a beautiful patio and dog-friendly
- We workout, ski, hike and do many activities together
Team
Meet the team over here: https://withshepherd.com/team
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