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# Staff Software Engineer (SF) at Shepherd

Department: EPD

Compensation

$225,000 – $260,000/yr

**Setup**
: On-site

**Location**
: San Francisco, California

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: staff+

**Posted**
: Aug 3, 2026

## Description

Shepherd is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to lead major product initiatives across its data collection, automated underwriting, and policy administration platform. The role owns large areas of product experience, drives technical decisions, works across the full stack, contributes to product strategy and architecture, collaborates with product management, engineering, and insurance teams, and mentors other engineers. Candidates should have at least 8+ years of experience, preferably as a full-stack engineer, some insurance or InsurTech/actuarial experience, and experience with JavaScript or TypeScript. The role is based in Shepherd's offices in San Francisco, New York City, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, or Los Angeles.

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