Transparent Search Group
Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, US
Role snapshot
Transparent Search Group is hiring a Software Engineer on a full-time basis. This is an on-site role based in San Francisco, California, US.
- Company
- Transparent Search Group
- Location
- San Francisco, California, US
- Work mode
- On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 2–7 years
- Posted
- Sep 24, 2026
Who this role suits
People with roughly one to three years of experience who can own small pieces of work with light guidance and want to widen their scope.
How to prepare your application
- Prepare two or three stories about work you owned end to end, including one thing that went wrong and what you changed.
- Read what Transparent Search Group publishes about its product or team, so you can say clearly why this role and this company.
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About the role
Software Engineer
Company: Confidential — rebuilding insurance claims as an AI-native operator
Location: San Francisco, CA (in person; full relocation support)
Compensation: $165,000 - $250,000 + 0.03% - 0.05% equity
Employment Type: Full-time
Visa Sponsorship: H-1B, O-1, OPT
About the Company
The client is rebuilding insurance claims as an AI-native operator, automating intake, fraud detection and settlement across the claims lifecycle. It reached multi-seven-figure ARR in under a year.
The client has raised two rounds from tier-1 funds including Founders Fund (about $51M within a year of its 2025 seed). The team of about 25, including 11 engineers, comes from Harvard, Berkeley, Oxford, Optiver, AMD and Palantir, and plans to reach 100 by year end.
The Role
The client is hiring Software Engineers to own and build the core infrastructure of an AI-native insurance platform. You will deploy to production on day one, write your own specs, and operate with extreme ownership. After a first week learning the insurance space, you will identify what needs building and build it, with a path to a leadership role as the team scales.
What You Will Do
- Ship to production from day one and own your code.
- Build core infrastructure, databases (PostgreSQL, vector databases) and architecture.
- Write specs, design systems and build features end to end.
- Scale the codebase to support rapid growth.
- Work directly with the founding team and help hire your next teammates.
What You Bring
- 2-7 years of backend development experience (exceptional new grads with top internships such as Optiver or Jane Street considered)
- Strong Python and backend fundamentals with a record of shipping production code fast
- System design depth: PostgreSQL, vector databases and scalable architecture
- Cloud fluency: REST, GraphQL, GCP, AWS, Docker
- High agency and extreme ownership
- Based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco
Nice to Have
- ICPC, IOI, NeurIPS or equivalent signal
- Experience at Optiver, DRW, Citadel or similar
- Regulated-industry or financial services experience
- Prior CTO or founding engineer role
Benefits
Top-quartile salary and equity, full relocation support, all meals covered, and productivity tools covered.
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