Role Summary
We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer / Tech Lead who can operate as a senior individual contributor while also setting technical direction, establishing engineering standards, and mentoring the team as we grow.
This role is ideal for someone who has already worked as a senior/staff-level engineer or informal tech lead, and wants to take on more architectural ownership and long-term influence in a fast-moving AI-centric environment.
You will partner closely with the CPTO and collaborate with backend, AI, and product teams to deliver high-impact systems.
Design and own core backend architecture across multiple services
Build and scale distributed, event-driven systems
Establish patterns for reliability, performance, and observability
Own major technical decisions and ensure long-term maintainability
Architect integrations with LLM-driven components
Work on retrieval layers, inference pipelines, and structured output flows
Collaborate with AI engineers on evaluation, monitoring, and model integration
Oversee backend infrastructure using AWS, Terraform, CI/CD
Improve resilience, security, and operational excellence
Drive observability, monitoring, and instrumentation practices
Define and enforce code quality, architecture standards, and review practices
Guide backend engineers through complex problem-solving and design
Contribute to hiring, interviewing, and onboarding future team members
Work closely with product to drive technical planning and roadmap execution
Extensive experience building backend systems with Node.js / TypeScript
Strong architectural skills in distributed systems, async workflows, and service boundaries
Deep understanding of data modeling and relational databases (PostgreSQL)
Experience with AWS, Terraform, CI/CD, and modern DevOps tooling
Familiarity with AI/LLM system integration or strong motivation to learn quickly
Strong communicator who can articulate trade-offs and technical reasoning
Collaborative, low-ego and pragmatic - prioritizes outcomes over ego
Bias for action - comfortable shipping fast in ambiguous 0 1 environments
System thinker - sees the big picture while delivering incrementally
Natural mentor to other engineers, even without formal people management
Founding-level influence: shape architecture, engineering culture, and long-term system direction
Hands-on role with the opportunity to grow into leadership as the team expands
Direct collaboration with the CPTO and AI engineering
Build foundational infrastructure for an AI-native platform - rare and career-defining
High autonomy, fast iteration, immediate impact
Backed by world-class VCs (Sequoia Arc)
SureIn is building an AI-native backend automation platform for a highly complex and operationally heavy industry.
We are Sequoia Arc alumni, backed by top-tier investors, and we’re now building the next version of our platform - one that deeply integrates AI, automation, and distributed systems.
We’re hiring a Senior Backend Engineer /
Tech Lead who will work hands-on to design core architecture, guide engineering excellence, and grow into leadership as the team scales. This is a foundational role with significant ownership.
For small and medium-sized businesses, risk management is essential to keep their business safe. Today, SMB insurance is still offline, paper based, and difficult to understand.
At SureIn, you work on offering the solution by creating an entirely new OS of risk and insurance management to efficiently serve SMBs. Join the product & engineering team to build an independent platform that creates a single risk view by integrating into various data sources. Our search and matching engine finds the best coverage for every risk profile, and we keep track of risk changes and automatically adapt customers’ portfolios to make sure SMB always have the right protection.
Join us, shape the future of SMB insurance and become part of SureIn!
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