Software Engineer

Summary

Join Chestnut, a company building an AI-native operating system for insurance distribution, and be part of a team transforming the $1T+ insurance industry. As a Software Engineer, you will build the backbone of the AI-native platform, working with Go services, event-driven workflows, React UIs, and automation layers. Collaborate closely with product and design teams to deliver impactful features quickly. Take ownership of your work from architecture to deployment. Scale the foundation by shaping infrastructure like observability, permissions, and developer tooling. Chestnut offers a remote-first culture, competitive salary and equity, and excellent benefits.

Requirements

• Have 3+ years building and scaling production systems with Go , TypeScript , and React
• Strong CS fundamentals - you design thoughtfully and build systems that last
• Have hands-on experience with gRPC , event-driven architecture , and clean, versioned APIs
• Are fluent in containers and modern orchestration tools like Temporal , Dagster , and ArgoCD
• Thrive in fast-paced, high-agency environments and know how to navigate tradeoffs
• Are curious about AI , drawn to complexity, and motivated to shape foundational systems in a massive industry

Responsibilities

• Build the backbone of our AI-native platform — from Go services and event-driven workflows to React UIs and automation layers
• Work closely with product and design to ship fast, learn quickly, and iterate on high-impact features
• Own your work end-to-end — from architecture to deployment, with clear handoffs and strong accountability
• Scale our foundation — shaping infrastructure like observability , permissions , and dev tooling
• Move like a builder: stay unblocked, act with urgency, and focus on what matters most

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity, with 10 year exercise window for stock options
• Remote-first culture built on trust, autonomy, and high performance
• Team offsites for all of us to bond
• Take what you need vacation policy
• Top notch health, dental, and vision insurance subsidized by us