# Software Engineer - Company: [Strala Ai]() - Location: San Francisco - Team: Engineering - Employment type: Full Time - Posted: August 18, 2026 ## Job description **TL;DR:** Strala is rebuilding the foundation of the world’s largest industry - insurance. In less than a year, we reached a high seven-figure ARR and are growing 50% MOM. We raised two rounds from Tier 1 funds including Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, led by the partner who was early in OpenAI, Cognition and Scale AI. Our team comes from institutions like Harvard, Berkeley & Oxford and firms like Optiver, AMD & Palantir (+ICPC, NeurIPS backgrounds). **What we are looking for** * **Problem Solver** - You love solving hard problems (and have a history of doing so). * **High Agency & Ownership** - You take charge and force things into existence - bonus points if you've been a CTO or founding engineer. * **Proven Builder** - 2+ years in backend development and Python, with a track record of fast, production-grade code shipping. * **Core System Design** - You own and are responsible for our core infrastructure, databases, and software architecture. * **Cloud Mastery** - You know your way around GCP, AWS, Docker. **Your First Month at Strala** * **Ship from Day 1** - You deploy to production on your first day and take full responsibility for your code. * **Ownership** - You create specs, you figure shit out, you build features. * **Solve Every Problem** - Hiring your next teammate, designing core infrastructure, scaling the existing codebase. **Values** * **Ambition:** We want to win, and we need to be the best * **Performance:** Speed, system thinking, efficiency * **Ownership:** When we see a problem, we take ownership of it, and we solve it * **Spirit:** Clarity, optimism, meritocracy **We Offer** * **Impact** - Shape a company, redefine an industry, and make your code impact millions. * **Intensity** - Complex problems, ownership, in-person in SF - we are here to solve problems and win. * **Reward** - Interesting work, top quartile salary, top quartile equity. * **Team** - Everyone on our team considers themselves the most competitive and intense person they have ever met. * **Zero Barriers** - We want the best people and will do whatever it takes. That includes covering all meals and paying for any product that makes you more productive. ## Apply [Apply on Strala Ai]() Canonical job page: