Senior Back End Engineer Remote

Quanata is on a mission to help ensure a better world through context‑based insurance solutions. We are an exceptional, customer‑centered team with a passion for creating innovative technologies, digital products, and brands. We blend the best Silicon Valley talent and cutting‑edge thinking with the long‑term backing of leading insurer, State Farm. Learn more about us and our work at

Our team ranges from data scientists and actuaries to engineers, designers and marketers. We’re a world‑class group of tech‑minded professionals from some of the best companies in Silicon Valley and around the world, united to create the context‑based insurance solutions and experiences of the future. We know that the key to our success isn’t just about nailing the technology—it’s hiring talented people who will help us continue to make a quantifiable impact.

We’re seeking a senior backend engineer to build and enhance the critical services that power our business. You’ll be developing systems that manage core financial and underwriting operations, coordinating dynamic machine learning models to increase the intelligence of our industry‑leading policy management solution, and optimizing our application’s architecture and observability to meet the performance and reliability demands of our customers.

• Design and implement client‑facing and internal APIs
• Orchestrate data flows between backend systems
• Create and manage database schemas
• Build automated test suites
• Lead the design and implementation of substantial product features end‑to‑end
• Evaluate and integrate with third‑party services and tools
• Help to mentor mid‑level and junior engineers on your team

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 5–7 or more years of experience in a full stack or backend role

• Experience designing, developing, debugging, and deploying high‑performance client / server systems for mission‑critical applications
• Familiarity with a wide variety of database and messaging systems, with opinions on which to use when
• Comfort working with cloud‑based infrastructure providers and modern CI / CD
• Knowledge of security and testing best practices
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Growth mindset, and the humility to model it for others
• Willingness to take initiative and accountability

Familiarity with Graph

QL, gRPC, Postgres, Mongo, Snowflake, Kafka, Python, Type Script, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS

Experience in a financial sector such as insurance, banking, or investing

• The final salary offered will be determined based on the candidate’s skills, experience, and the internal salary structure at Quanata.

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance and supplemental income plans;
  Headspace app subscription; monthly wellness allowance; 401(k) with company match.

• One‑time payment of $2,000 to cover in‑home office equipment and furniture;
  Mac Book Pros will be delivered fully provisioned.

• Four weeks of PTO in the first year; twelve weeks of fully paid parental leave for new parents.

• Up to $5,000 annually for professional learning;
  Linked In Learning subscriptions; coaching opportunities through Better Up.

Remote‑first company; work from anywhere in the U.S. (excluding U.S. territories). Employees in the San Francisco Bay Area or Providence, Rhode Island may commute to local offices as desired. Occasional travel may be requested or encouraged but is not required.

Core meeting hours from 9AM to 2PM Pacific Time for collaboration across time zones.

Quanata, LLC is an equal‑opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

This role is employed by Quanata, LLC which is a separate company in the State Farm family of companies.

If you require a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to your Talent Acquisition Partner for assistance.

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