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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** David Joseph & Company
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Google Cloud, Backend, Production Code, Graphql, Docker
- **Published:** September 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/3c46368a-5444-4c6e-8236-29334296bf96/software-engineer

## About the Role

* 2+ years of backend development
 * Strong Python and a production-grade code-shipping track record
 * PostgreSQL, vector databases, and core system-design ownership
 * REST, GraphQL, GCP, AWS, Docker fluency
 * High agency and an extreme-ownership mindset
 * Based in or relocating to San Francisco

Nice to Haves

 * A raw-intelligence signal (IOI, ICPC, NeurIPS, Putnam, or equivalent)
 * A background at a high-signal quant firm (e.g., Optiver, DRW, Citadel, Jane Street, or equivalent)
 * Has been a CTO, founding engineer, or early engineer at a startup
 * An exceptional new grad with a top-tier internship
 * Has shipped production-grade systems fast and takes full responsibility for their code
 * An agentic problem solver who identifies what needs building and builds it

## Description

The client is hiring a Software Engineer to own and build the core technical infrastructure of its AI-native insurance platform - deploying to production on day one and operating with extreme ownership from the start. This isn't a role where you wait for a spec; you create it, figure it out, and build it. Week one is orientation; from month one you're expected to be agentic and self-directing, with a leadership role expected a year out as the team scales.


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