Staff Software Engineer
Core
Designing and building scalable platform services and systems that power Ethos's core life insurance technology platform.
Role type
Staff Backend Engineer (Platform)
Builds
Scalable backend services, API frameworks, and distributed systems for a three-sided life insurance platform.
Domain
Fintech / Insurtech / Life Insurance
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed systems, API design, data modeling, performance optimization, TypeScript, Go, Python, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, AWS, LLM integration patterns, end-to-end product development, team KPIs.
Preferred skills
Platform scaling, architecture modernization, observability, SRE practices, engineering automation.
Responsibilities
Own technical roadmap for key platform areas, lead design and development of complex backend systems, drive alignment across teams for multi-team initiatives, architect and evolve API frameworks, mentor engineers, establish engineering best practices and tooling.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with significant leadership and strategic influence.