The Role:

We're hiring a Member of the Technical Staff - Product Engineer with engineering excellence - someone who has owned large product surfaces, navigated tradeoffs, and is comfortable being accountable for outcomes, not just implementations.

This role is not narrowly scoped. You'll own critical systems across the insurance lifecycle, from core workflows (policy, underwriting, claims, payments) to entirely new products like wildfire preparedness inspections, risk monitoring, and customer-facing mitigation tools.

You'll work closely with applied scientists, product leaders, and stakeholders to:

• Translate complex domain problems into shippable systems
• Decide what to build, not just how to build it
• Productize models, pipelines, and tools that directly impact risk, revenue, and customer behavior

This is a high-leverage role with broad surface area and real influence over product direction.

How we build:

This role carries engineering leadership expectations:

• System Ownership: You take responsibility for entire problem spaces - architecture, quality, reliability, and long-term evolution.
• Product Judgment: You partner with stakeholders to shape scope, define success metrics, and make informed tradeoffs under uncertainty.
• Execution at Scale: You move between zero-to-one builds and hardening existing systems, knowing when speed matters and when rigor matters more.
• Technical Leverage: You use modern tools, including LLMs and agents, to increase team velocity and reduce operational drag, not to chase novelty.
• Clear Communication: You explain decisions, surface risks early, and create shared understanding across technical and non-technical partners.

This is a high-leverage role with broad surface area and real influence over product direction.

Who This Role Is For:

This role is a strong fit if you've been a:

• Technical Lead (Tech Lead / Eng Manager / Senior IC) who still codes and wants full ownership from product hypothesis through implementation and iteration.
• Engineer who has moved closer to product and believes staying hands-on accelerates outcomes rather than creating handoffs.
• Early-stage startup builder who has shipped and scaled real systems end-to-end and thrives in ambiguity and high accountability.

...and you're energized by ambiguous problems, real responsibility, and building durable systems that matter.

Must-Have Qualifications:

• Proven experience owning and shipping production systems using a modern programming language (Python, Ruby, Rust, etc.)
• Experience deploying, operating, and monitoring applications on modern PaaS or cloud platforms (Heroku, Vercel, Railway, etc.)
• Track record of end-to-end project ownership, including direct work with stakeholders and end users
• Comfort learning new tools, frameworks, and domains quickly
• Practical experience using LLMs to improve engineering workflows, system design, or developer productivity
• Genuine interest in Stand's mission and the real-world impact of the work

Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience in regulated or risk-sensitive industries (insurance, fintech, health, climate, infra)
• Experience operating in early-stage or scaling startups
• A pragmatic agile mindset focused on outcomes over ceremony

Compensation:

The annual base salary range for full-time employees in this position is $235,000 to $295,000 + meaningful Equity Grant.

Compensation decisions are dependent on several factors, including, but not limited to, an individual's qualifications, location where the role is to be performed, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Benefits:

• Above-market Health, Dental, and Vision coverage
• Weekly lunch stipend
• Flexible time off + holidays
• 401(k) plan
• Commuter benefits
• PAT & MAT Leave
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Monthly team gatherings
• In-office perks

Work Authorization

Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. Stand does not sponsor new work visas. We can consider candidates on TN visas, O-1A visas, or H-1B transfers with three years or more remaining.