About Chestnut
Chestnut, backed by a16z, is applying modern solutions to transform a $7B industry. Our customizable, easy-to-use producer management and compensation platform is purpose-built to address the insurance industry’s unique challenges.
We help customers break free from legacy constraints, static compensation models, and manual processes—turning commissions into a dynamic revenue driver that unlocks growth.
We’re tackling one of the hardest problems in insurance. If you love solving complex challenges and want to work directly with a founding team building something groundbreaking, let’s chat!
Engineering at Chestnut
Chestnut is, at its core, a technology company, and we are building the best team! We are looking for engineers who are excited to be part of our early story and who want to build a transformational company. We hire engineers who have a broad set of technical skills, are highly cross-functional, and are eager to solve a wide range of engineering challenges. Our ideal candidate has a strong sense of ownership and enjoys owning projects from inception to scaling it in production. We value people who take pride and ownership in their work and who show an aptitude for learning quickly. As an early employee, you will be working with a nimble team of committed and talented engineers and will have a large, long-term impact on technical design and engineering culture.
Our team is inclusive, transparent, and takes large ownership in driving features from 0 to 1. As part of the our team you will:
Collaborate: Work closely with product and design to ensure expectations and deliverables are met.
Attain Technical Alignment: Clearly communicate technical concepts via concise technical specs for internal feedback and external buy-in.
Optimize Performance: Identify and fix performance bottlenecks, improve application performance, and ensure the application can handle high traffic and load.
Ensure Security: Implement security measures to protect the application from attacks and ensure that user data is secure.
Our tech stack includes: Golang / TypeScript / Docker / React / Tailwind / AWS / Git
About Your Role
We are looking to expand our founding engineering team. We are looking for someone who is equally interested in developing robust APIs to stand the test of time and in developing innovative solutions to solve immediate customer pain points, be that through SQL queries, hacky scripts, or small services.
Your Responsibilities
Manage Data: Design, implement, and maintain data schemas to ensure data is stored and accessed efficiently.
Design Sensible APIs: Implement and deploy APIs that properly balance business concerns (ship quickly), simplicity (satisfies short-term requirements), and flexibility (adaptable to a long-term vision).
Code: Develop the backend application using Golang to both build out business logic and define workflows utilizing Temporal. Develop frontend features in TypeScript using React.
Your Qualifications
3+ years of experience as a backend and/or full-stack engineer
Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles
Expert-level knowledge of Golang programming language and ecosystem
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
Experience working with Git and writing technical specs
Experience working with gRPC and Protocol Buffers
Bachelor’s and or Master’s degree in Computer Science or another STEM field (or equivalent work experience)
An entrepreneurial spirit - you have or have always wanted to start a company
Bonus Points
Worked at an early stage (Seed or Series A) company, and/or a company that services the insurance industry
Familiarity with TypeScript / React or similar frameworks
Experience managing ETL data pipelines
Experience with general ledgers and double entry accounting
Experience developing mobile applications
Benefits
Competitive salary and equity, with 10 year exercise window for stock options
Remote-first work culture
Quarterly offsites for all of us to bond
Unlimited PTO with 4 weeks recommended per year
Top notch health, dental, and vision insurance subsidized by us