Product Engineer

Code with context and deliver to customers

At Yuzu, we’re building the next-generation health insurance company. We are NOT building a digital brokerage or an AI wrapper - we are going deeper to build the foundational infrastructure required to power tomorrow’s health plans. We believe that software can unlock the ability to build health insurance that is affordable, adaptable, and scalable. Yuzu’s platform will be core to this future.

So how does this actually work? Over 70% of employer-sponsored health plans are self-funded, meaning the employer acts as the insurer and directly covers employees' healthcare costs. This allows companies to customize benefits, gain flexibility, and save money. Self-funded employers partner with a Third-Party Administrator (TPA) to handle the behind-the-scenes plan administration, like processing claims and managing benefits.

The TPA industry is a $500bn sleeper industry that has historically been seen as a services business, bogged down by manual processes and legacy systems (for context, our team couldn’t even access these on our Macs).

Yuzu is a vertically integrated & tech-enabled TPA, currently servicing thousands of employees. We differentiate by helping innovative health plans come to life by facilitating new ways to pay for and access healthcare covered by insurance. Yuzu’s goal is to make it as easy for any business to create and manage a custom health plan as it is to create a storefront on Shopify.

We’re backed by top VC firms and 10+ unicorn founders, including leaders at Stripe, OpenAI, Brex, Deel, Mercury, and Notion, and we’re building a formidable team to tackle the massive opportunity ahead.

Write in Typescript using modern frameworks like Svelte Kit and Nestjs

Talking to customers, translating their pains to actionable features

Dragging projects across the finish line

As an early employee you will

Contribute across the entire codebase

Set a large part of Yuzu’s company culture

Direct the focus of our product from an engineering perspective

Experience building successful software projects, ideally independently or as a part of a small team or early-stage startup

In-person 5 days/week in Flatiron NYC office required

Self-directed, curious, fast-paced personality with strong communication skills

Nice to Haves

• Strong portfolio and personal site
• Experience in healthcare or fintech infrastructure

You will have significant ownership. Both equity and autonomy.

We will invest in your learning and forgive your mistakes along the way.

We will trust you and tell you everything you want to know about the business.

$140k to $240k annual salary, plus a meaningful equity component commensurate with the level of role at a Series A company in NY/SF.

If we interview you, you can expect the following process

• A take-home assignment designed to be similar to on-the-job work
• We may speak with 1-2 references you provide
• Apply
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