Software Engineer

Compensation & Benefits

Salary: $150K – $220K

Equity: Competitive equity

On-site Work Policy: 5 days in-office in South Park, San Francisco

Visa Sponsorship Details: Not open to any visas (e.g. US citizen, Green Card holders)

Hiring Count: Looking to hire 3 candidates for this role

Location: San Francisco

Interview Process: 3 steps

About this Role

Hear the hiring manager explain what the role involves (01:25)

We are looking for Software Engineers with 1+ years of experience to join our early-stage team and help build the systems that power our AI platform. You will be a high-impact, early engineer shipping critical features that are impacting the daily lives of thousands of insurance professionals. We are looking for someone with high ownership, high growth potential, and the ability to solve complex technical problems.

What Will You Be Doing?

• Develop and refine autonomous digital workers that automate insurance workflows end-to-end.
• Ideate, design, implement, and ship new features across the stack—from frontend user interfaces, to backend APIs and services, to critical infrastructure.
• Collaborate directly with customers to design and deliver solutions tailored to their business processes.
• Strengthen our core systems, including AI and compute infrastructure, asynchronous processing, observability, and operations.
• Partner with the go-to-market team to break down customer requirements, prioritize and build product roadmaps, and deliver impactful solutions.

Why Candidates Should Join

Hear the hiring manager talk about why candidates should join (08:49)

Cara builds domain-specific AI for insurance—helping agencies automate workflows with a 24/7 digital workforce. They’re one of the fastest-growing AI companies in the industry.

Backed by top-tier VCs with customers ranging from enterprise top 100 to independent agencies. You’ll work with exceptional talent including a CTO from Stripe and ship features impacting thousands of insurance professionals daily.

Full-stack engineering role with massive ownership—you’ll build AI agents, work directly with founders and customers, and help shape the product roadmap. $120k-$220k based on experience, 5 days in SF office near South Park

Requirements

Role Requirements

Seniority

Required: 3+ years of experience in full-stack software engineering

Work Experience

Must have:

• Demonstrated ‘spike’ of excellence (e.g., top-tier company like Stripe, strong GitHub, founder experience).

Nice to have:

• Experience at a high-growth, early-stage AI, B2B SaaS, or FinTech startup.

Education

Nice to have:

• Degree from a top 20 Computer Science program.

Hard Skills

Required:

• Demonstrated ownership: shipped end-to-end features, side projects, or meaningful open-source contributions
• Full-stack capable: experience with both frontend and backend (50/50 to 70/30 backend split)
• AI proficiency required: experience with AI concepts, APIs, workflows, and tooling

Nice to have:

• Platform/infrastructure experience: async processing, observability, compute infrastructure, or performance optimization

Miscellaneous

Must have:

• Must be based San Francisco Bay Area and able to work in-person 5 days/week.

Traits to Avoid

Avoid:

• Frequent job hopping (less than 1.5 years per role).
• Experience exclusively at large, non-agile tech companies.

Application

Send us your updated CV/Resume to contact@remotetalents.website with the subject: “Software Engineer3000”

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