Software Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 1, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 18, 2026. Strala scores B on the Alion truth index.
TL;DR: Strala is rebuilding the foundation of the world’s largest industry - insurance.
In less than a year, we reached high seven-figure ARR. We raised two rounds from Tier 1 VC firms 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, figure things out, and 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.