Software Engineer

Cara

$120K — $160K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of full-stack software engineering experience
  • Proficient in Golang, Typescript, and React
  • Strong foundation in computer science and software development
  • Familiar with AI concepts, APIs, workflows, and tools
  • Adaptable and able to deliver impactful features in fast-paced settings
  • Comfortable working in ambiguous environments to create solutions

Responsibilities

  • Develop and refine autonomous digital workers for insurance workflows
  • Ideate, design, implement, and ship features across the stack
  • Collaborate with customers to design tailored enterprise solutions
  • Strengthen core systems, including AI and compute infrastructure
  • Measure and optimize production systems for speed and performance
  • Research cutting technologies and assist in product roadmap development

Benefits

  • Hands-on role with broad ownership
  • Direct collaboration with founders and customers
  • Opportunity to shape product and technology roadmaps
  • Involvement in transforming complex workflows into automated experiences
  • Focus on long-term impact within the organization
Full Job Description
About the Role

As a Software Engineer at Cara, you'll work across the stack to design and build the systems that power our AI platform-from intuitive user interfaces to backend services and AI infrastructure. You'll develop product features, build tailored solutions for mid-market and enterprise clients, and strengthen our platform to ensure performance, reliability, and security. This is a hands-on role with broad ownership, where you'll collaborate closely with product, AI, and go-to-market teams to turn complex insurance workflows into simple, automated experiences. You'll be working directly with the founders and customers to shape the roadmap, product, and technology.

What You'll Do
  • AI Agents & Workflows: Develop and refine autonomous digital workers that automate insurance workflows end-to-end.
  • Full-Stack Product Engineering: Ideate, design, implement, and ship new features across the stack-from frontend user interfaces, to backend APIs and services, to critical infrastructure.
  • Enterprise Solutions: Collaborate directly with customers to design and deliver solutions tailored to their business processes while integrating those features seamlessly into the broader platform.
  • Platform Development: Strengthen our core systems, including AI and compute infrastructure, asynchronous processing, observability, and operations.
  • Performance: Measure, optimize, and reinvent production systems to deliver best-in-class speed and performance for AI workflows.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Research cutting technologies and partner with the go-to-market team to break down customer requirements, prioritize and build product roadmaps, and deliver impactful solutions.


What You Have
  • 3+ years of full-stack software engineering experience-designing and shipping features through the complete product lifecycle.
  • Proficiency in Golang, Typescript, and React with a strong foundation in computer science and software development.
  • Proficiency in AI concepts, APIs, workflows, and tools.
  • Proven ability to learn, adapt, and ship impactful features in a fast-paced environment.
  • Thrives in ambiguous environments to deliver robust, thoughtful solutions.

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