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title: 'Software Engineer at Cara'
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# Software Engineer at Cara

- **Company:** Cara
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-01-26
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cara-ai/d3adeda3-2c1e-486b-a317-0d3ece6b02b4

## Job description

## ABOUT CARA

Cara is a domain-specific AI platform purpose-built for insurance—a modular system that enables agencies, brokerages, and MGAs to automate servicing, accelerate sales, and scale operations with a 24/7 digital workforce.

We’re one of the fastest-growing AI companies in the insurance industry, attracting agencies and brokerages of all sizes with an expanding customer base. We’re a team of experts in engineering and insurance from Stripe, Blend, Strategy&, and Travelers, with backing from top-tier VCs, and are scaling our product and team quickly to meet market demand.

## ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Software Engineer at Cara, you’ll work across the stack to design and build the systems that power our AI platform—from intuitive user interfaces to backend services and AI infrastructure. You’ll develop product features, build tailored solutions for mid-market and enterprise clients, and strengthen our platform to ensure performance, reliability, and security. This is a hands-on role with broad ownership, where you’ll collaborate closely with product, AI, and go-to-market teams to turn complex insurance workflows into simple, automated experiences. You’ll be working directly with the founders and customers to shape the roadmap, product, and technology.

## WHAT YOU’LL DO

- AI Agents & Workflows: Develop and refine autonomous digital workers that automate insurance workflows end-to-end.
- Full-Stack Product Engineering: Ideate, design, implement, and ship new features across the stack—from frontend user interfaces, to backend APIs and services, to critical infrastructure.
- Enterprise Solutions: Collaborate directly with customers to design and deliver solutions tailored to their business processes while integrating those features seamlessly into the broader platform.
- Platform Development: Strengthen our core systems, including AI and compute infrastructure, asynchronous processing, observability, and operations.
- Performance: Measure, optimize, and reinvent production systems to deliver best-in-class speed and performance for AI workflows.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Research cutting technologies and partner with the go-to-market team to break down customer requirements, prioritize and build product roadmaps, and deliver impactful solutions.

## WHAT YOU HAVE

- 3+ years of full-stack software engineering experience—designing and shipping features through the complete product lifecycle.
- Proficiency in Golang, Typescript, and React with a strong foundation in computer science and software development.
- Proficiency in AI concepts, APIs, workflows, and tools.
- Proven ability to learn, adapt, and ship impactful features in a fast-paced environment.
- Thrives in ambiguous environments to deliver robust, thoughtful solutions.

## About Cara

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cara is a domain-specific AI platform purpose-built for insurance agencies, brokerages, and wholesalers, automating sales and servicing workflows with a 24/7 digital workforce.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage – raised $8M in March 2026)
- **Headquarters**: New York, NY, USA (also has an office in San Francisco, CA)
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Vic Yeh (CEO), Nikhil Kansal, Jonathan (Jon) Patel

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Insurance technology (InsurTech) / AI software for insurance operations
- **Target customers**: Insurance agencies, brokerages, and wholesalers (B2B, primarily SMB and mid-market, with enterprise-grade capabilities)
- **Mission or purpose**: “Bringing Domain-Specific AI to Insurance” — built by former insurance agents to help teams focus on premium production and customer relationships by automating up to 70% of daily manual tasks.

## Products & Services
- **[Copilot](https://www.getcara.ai/)**: AI command center for automating tasks, managing workflows, and collaborating — includes research & compare, COI generation, policy document exploration, email assistant, and call triage.
- **[Communication](https://www.getcara.ai/)**: Tools for seamless client and partner interaction across voice, email, and web AI.
- **[Servicing](https://www.getcara.ai/)**: Converts unstructured communication into actionable tasks by capturing intent and organizing workflows.
- **[Knowledge](https://www.getcara.ai/)**: AI memory that stores and references internal knowledge, documentation, and account data.
- **All modules** are purpose-built for insurance and integrate with existing Agency Management Systems (AMS) and CRMs.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: $8M in total seed funding (announced March 31, 2026); reached seven-figure ARR within seven months of launch.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**:
  - Seed round led by Kearny Jackson, with participation from Claire Hughes Johnson (former COO of Stripe), Kevin Mahaffey (founder of SNR), Sam Hodges (CEO of Vouch Insurance), and Colin Evans (Startups and Partnerships, OpenAI).
  - Trusted by leading brokerages: The McGowan Companies, Atlas Insurance Brokers, ISU Steadfast, Combined Agents of America, FirstChoice.
- **Growth Signals**: 16.7% monthly employee growth (LinkedIn); over 80% of customers come from organic word-of-mouth; thousands of agents and brokers across the U.S. using the platform; 24 employees as of mid-2026 with active hiring.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Domain specificity**: Built by former insurance agents who understand the industry’s pain points (ACORD forms, E&O reviews, COI generation, etc.).
- **Modular, integrated design**: Works as a full operating layer across the agency tech stack, automating workflows that consume up to 70% of an agent’s day.
- **Speed and accuracy**: What takes 90 minutes by hand takes roughly two minutes on Cara.
- **Enterprise-grade AI**: 24/7 availability, human-like chat, smart system integration, and support for complex insurance operations.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue insurance-specific AI research and product development.
- Deepen integrations with AMS and CRM systems.
- Expand the platform from smart assistance to a full operating layer for independent agencies, brokerages, and wholesalers.
- Scale the team across engineering, sales, and account executive roles.

## Why Work Here
- **Founding team** with strong operational backgrounds (Blend Labs, Stripe, Strategy&) and firsthand insurance experience — they built and sold a digital insurance brokerage before creating Cara.
- **Backed by top-tier investors** from Stripe, OpenAI, and Vouch, signaling strong credibility and growth trajectory.
- **Rapid growth**: Reached seven-figure ARR in seven months, serving thousands of agents; 80% organic word-of-mouth customer acquisition.
- **Culture**: Described as “built by agents, for agents” — a blend of insurance domain expertise and cutting-edge AI engineering. The company emphasizes “strong human relationships” and modern innovation.
- **Locations**: Offices in New York, NY and San Francisco, CA. Remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated but likely flexible given multiple office locations.
- **Open roles** (as of mid-2026): Software Engineer and Account Executive, with more positions likely opening as the team grows.

## Sources
1. [getcara.ai – Product Overview](https://www.getcara.ai/)
2. [getcara.ai – Company Page](https://www.getcara.ai/company)
3. [LinkedIn – Cara Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/caraai)
4. [PRNewswire – Seed Funding Announcement](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cara-raises-8-million-to-help-every-insurance-brokerage-grow-its-book-302730002.html)
5. [Careers Page – Ashby](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cara-ai)

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