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# Software Development Engineer 2 (Startup - Series A) at Venteur

- **Company:** Venteur
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Compensation:** $130k–$180k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2025-06-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/venteur/0a515bc9-57e4-4d0d-97bd-afee0406c73e

## Job description

## About Venteur

At Venteur, we're dedicated to transforming healthcare in America. Our mission is to empower individuals to take control of the trillions of dollars spent on their behalf but often decided by human resources and brokers. We believe this will lead to better outcomes for all individuals.

The market transformation is just starting.  As we saw 40 years ago with the transition from company-controlled retirement (pensions) to individual-empowered retirement (401ks), new regulation has enabled healthcare to make the same transition from group plans to an individual focused solution – an Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA).  Through our technology-led offering, our platform changes how businesses offer health benefits, and how employees are empowered to truly prioritize wellness and longevity.

We're seeking passionate individuals who thrive on exploration and learning to join us on this journey.  With an early-stage startup, opportunities for career growth and advancement are immense along with the financial benefits of being an early employee of a future giant in technology.  If you're a problem solver with empathetic communication skills, we want you to help us pave the way towards a healthier, more personalized future. Join Venteur and be part of something truly transformative!

## Our Values

At Venteur, we believe that our culture is our strength. That's why we encourage the following values across our entire organization.

- Approach Every Situation with Kindness
- Bias for Action
- Say “Yes” to the Hard Things
- Insist on the Highest Standards
- Strive for Empathy and Create Shared Understandings
- Leave the Campsite Better than When You Found it
- Earn Trust — and Keep It
- Have Each Other’s Back

Read more about it here

About your Role: We are seeking a Full-Stack Software Engineer to join our passionate team. As a Software Engineer 2 at Venteur, you will play a crucial role in driving the delivery of our products and applications, directly impacting the lives of thousands of individuals who rely on Venteur for their health insurance needs.

You will collaborate directly with our CEO and other members of our Engineering, Product, Finance, Growth, and Customer teams in-person at our office near San Francisco's Financial District.

Your Responsibilities:

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement technical, operational, and business requirements for our platform.
- Design and build end-to-end experiences for the Venteur platform, focusing on usability, scalability, and performance.
- Architect efficient and scalable systems to meet customer demand and enhance user experiences.
- Work closely with designers, engineers, operations, and customers to understand requirements and deliver solutions that exceed expectations.
- Continuously analyze and improve the efficiency, scalability, and stability of our systems.

Who you are:

- We highly value engineers who emphasize engineering excellence and for us that means:
- Technical Mastery
- Analytical Problem Solving
- Collaboration & Communication
- Adaptability & Resilience
- Growth Mindset & Continuous Improvement
- …with these specific skills:
- Strong technical background, including 3+ years of experience building impactful products at scale.
- Both front-end and back-end experience coupled with anything it takes to solve problems and delight users both internally and externally.
- Commitment to high-quality code that is tested thoroughly, supported by clear documentation, and has appropriate production observability.
- High degree of empathy for both internal and external customers.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills that allow you to work effectively on a remote team.
- Strong computer science fundamentals and knowledge of data structures, OOP, algorithms, distributed systems, and information retrieval.
- …bonus points if at least one of these is true:
- You have a background in fintech, payments architecture, or accounting principles, having navigated financial regulatory requirements while delivering technological solutions.
- You have a proven track record of building and maintaining technical integrations or APIs, particularly around healthcare or financial transactions.
- You possess solid ML fundamentals and demonstrable experience with generative AI models.

What We Offer:

- Competitive salary: $130,000 - $180,000 per year depending on experience
- Generous equity compensation
- Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Unlimited paid time off
- Opportunities for professional development and growth
- Offsite company trips

Equal Opportunity Employer: Venteur is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and identities, and we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected status.

How to Apply: If you're excited about the opportunity to join our team and help shape the future of healthcare, please submit your resume and include a cover letter that explains how your experience has impacted customers or end users, and why you're interested in working at Venteur.

Please note that we can only consider applicants who are located within the United States due to strict compliance requirements related to our industry.

## About Venteur

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Venteur builds an ICHRA-based health benefits platform that gives employers a defined-contribution alternative to traditional group health plans, with AI-powered plan selection for employees.
- **Entity Type**: Private (formerly Series A; **acquired by Thatch in April 2026**, terms undisclosed)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States (offices also listed in Berkeley, Seattle, Chicago, and NYC in recent job postings)
- **Founded**: 2020 (formerly known as BeneSwyft)
- **Founders**: Not publicly available from search results

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Healthcare technology / Health insurance administration (ICHRA)
- **Target Customers**: B2B — employers of all sizes (from small businesses to enterprise) looking to offer personalized, portable health benefits; B2B2C — employees who select individual plans funded by employer contributions
- **Mission**: "Rebuilding health insurance from the ground up—making it more affordable, portable, and human-centered" — using "the best health benefits model, AI powered by 30 years of health data, and human decency."

## Products & Services
- **ICHRA Platform**: Core employer-side platform for setting up Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements, including contribution grouping, employee onboarding, payroll integrations, compliance, and reporting.
- **AI-Powered Plan Recommendation Tool**: Decision-support engine backed by 30 years of healthcare data that helps employees compare and choose individual health plans that best fit their needs.
- **Venteur Marketplace**: Personalized marketplace where employees can browse plans, get broker support, and manage benefits.
- **Certified Broker Network**: Venteur-certified brokers assist employees in selecting the right plan while unlocking health savings for employers.
- **Payroll & Workflow Integrations**: Integrations with payroll, email, and payment systems to automate administration and reduce manual errors.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (acquisition price by Thatch not publicly reported)
- **Key Metric**: Conflicting reports —
  - ~$1.1M annual revenue with 23 employees (LinkedIn/Growjo data, reflecting post-acquisition shrinkage)
  - A recent Series A engineering job posting cites ~$10M revenue "on pace for $30M by year-end" and a team of ~60
- **Total Funding**: ~$27.7M across 6 rounds (per LinkedIn), including:
  - Pre-Seed (Sep 2021): $120K, led by Techstars
  - Seed (Aug 2023): $7.6M, led by GSR Ventures (7 investors)
  - Series A (May 2025): $20M, led by Informed Ventures and American Family Ventures (9 investors)
  - Grant (Mar 2022): led by Health Engine
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Techstars, GSR Ventures, Informed Ventures, American Family Ventures, Health Engine
- **Key Event**: **Acquired by Thatch in April 2026**; Venteur's website states: "In April 2026, we closed our doors and joined forces with Thatch."
- **Growth Signals**: Reported 20–30% employer cost savings versus group plans; strong LinkedIn follower growth (+44.2% YoY to ~5,177 followers); nationwide plan coverage; prior to acquisition, expansion to multiple US offices and hiring for engineering leadership roles.

## Competitive Advantages
- **ICHRA-first positioning**: Unlike group-plan-centric administrators, Venteur's platform is built specifically for the ICHRA model, enabling unlimited plan selection and portability for employees.
- **Proprietary AI decision support**: Plan-recommendation engine trained on 30 years of healthcare data, giving employees confidence and reducing employer administrative burden.
- **Cost savings at scale**: Claims of 20–30% savings for employers and reduced out-of-pocket costs for employees versus traditional group plans.
- **Full-service admin & compliance**: Handles plan administration, reporting, compliance, onboarding, and change management — not just a comparison tool.
- **Integration ecosystem**: Deep integrations with payroll, email, and payment systems reduce friction for HR teams.

## Strategic Focus
- **Post-acquisition**: As of April 2026, Venteur has joined Thatch; strategic direction is now driven by the combined entity. The core technology and ICHRA mission are expected to fold into Thatch's broader health benefits platform.
- **Pre-acquisition trajectory**: Scaling personalized, portable health insurance through ICHRA adoption; expanding AI-driven decision support; growing engineering and fintech capabilities (ledgers, financial rails, autonomous payment workflows); and expanding across US markets.

## Why Work Here
- ⚠️ **Important context for job seekers**: Venteur was acquired by Thatch in April 2026. The company's own site says it "closed our doors and joined forces with Thatch." The Lever careers page and job postings may reflect pre-acquisition roles or roles being transitioned into Thatch — verify current hiring status before applying.
- **Mission-driven work**: Direct impact on making health insurance more affordable and human-centered; engineering teams work on products "directly impacting the lives of thousands of individuals."
- **Engineering culture**: Recent job postings emphasize collaboration with the CEO, in-person work near San Francisco's Financial District, ownership of end-to-end experiences, and leading/memoring engineers.
- **Compensation (per recent posting)**: Principal/Lead Engineer salary of $190,000–$265,000, generous equity, comprehensive health/dental/vision, 401(k), unlimited PTO, professional development, and offsite company trips.
- **Culture**: "We're not just looking for 'culture fits,' we're looking for 'culture adds'" — emphasis on diversity, inclusion, and bringing "your whole selves to work."
- **Flexibility**: Recent postings indicate in-person collaboration expectations; location footprint has included San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, and NYC.

## Sources
1. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/venteur)
2. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/venteur-inc)
3. [jobs.lever.co — Principal/Lead Fintech Engineer](https://jobs.lever.co/venteur/72a33b73-ce28-4ebb-8de5-1b21cb64c28d)
4. [discover.venteur.com](https://discover.venteur.com/)
5. [venteurai.com/careers](https://venteurai.com/careers)

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