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title: 'Software Engineer at Strala Group, Inc.'
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# Software Engineer at Strala Group, Inc.

- **Company:** Strala Group, Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-18
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/strala-ai/4c234cbb-477d-4caf-b35f-6518f5eb244e

## Job description

TL;DR: Strala is rebuilding the foundation of the world’s largest industry - insurance.

In less than a year, we reached a high seven-figure ARR and are growing 50% MOM. We raised two rounds from Tier 1 funds 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, you figure shit out, you 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.

## About Strala Group, Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Strala is an AI-native end-to-end third-party claims administrator (TPA) that combines artificial intelligence with seasoned claims professionals to deliver optimal outcomes for insurers, captives, and MGAs.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Pre-Seed Stage)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: Not publicly available
- **Founders**: Timon Gregg (CEO) and Armando Schmid (CTO)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Insurance Technology (InsurTech) / Financial Services
- Target customers: B2B — large insurers, captives, self-insured entities, and Managing General Agents (MGAs), with deep knowledge in auto, property, and general liability.
- Mission or purpose statement: "Deliver optimal claims outcomes" by combining AI-native technology with seasoned claims professionals, acting as an integrated claims partner rather than a software vendor.

## Products & Services
- **End-to-End TPA Platform**: A fully auditable, AI-powered system that handles the entire claims lifecycle from first notice of loss (FNOL) to resolution and subrogation. Includes AI FNOL intake, coverage verification, claims file set-up and triage, estimating, claims adjustment, resolution, subrogation and recovery, and QA/oversight.
- **Subrogation & Recovery**: A proprietary subrogation model that identifies and pursues accounts with the highest chance of recovery at scale.
- **Fraud Detection**: Real-time fraud detection and prevention integrated into the claims workflow.
- **Real-Time Data Dashboard**: Provides carriers with live data visibility to set accurate reserves and predict future exposure.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Raised a Pre-Seed round on 2025-03-25 from 1 investor (investor name not publicly disclosed).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by "one of the best investors in the world" per the company's Built In profile; specific investor name not listed in public sources.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 442.9% year-over-year (currently 22 employees); 7 active job postings; monthly job posting growth of +75.0%; expanding presence in Germany and Canada.

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-Native TPA Model**: Unlike traditional TPAs that bolt on technology, Strala is built from the ground up as an AI-native platform, giving it a data advantage that gets smarter with every claim.
- **Deep Domain Expertise**: Leadership team includes seasoned claims professionals from carriers like Progressive and Travelers, combined with technologists from Palantir, DRW, Optiver, and top AI labs at Oxford, Berkeley, and Cambridge.
- **Outcome-Based Partnership**: Positions itself as an integrated partner that "only wins when you do" — aligning incentives with clients rather than selling software.
- **Full Visibility & Auditability**: Provides carriers complete transparency into every decision made during the claims process, a key trust factor in a regulated industry.

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling the team and technology to handle more claims volume across auto, property, and general liability.
- Expanding geographic presence (already in US, Germany, and Canada).
- Deepening AI capabilities to further reduce cycle times, improve loss ratios, and strengthen underwriting and actuarial decisions for clients.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as outcome-driven with a focus on solving hard problems in a legacy industry. The team brings together "seasoned claims professionals, technologists, and researchers" who are building something the industry has never had.
- **Work Policy**: In-office required. Offices located in San Francisco, CA (HQ) and New York, NY.
- **Notable Perks/Engineering Culture**: Opportunity to work at the intersection of AI and insurance with a team from top-tier tech firms and AI labs. Fast-growing startup environment (442% headcount growth YoY) with high autonomy and impact.
- **Talent Sources**: Employees come from Amazon, Pear VC, Optiver, Entrepreneurs First, Xceedance, and others — indicating a blend of tech and insurance talent.

## Sources
1. [strala.ai](https://strala.ai/)
2. [strala.ai/company](https://strala.ai/company)
3. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/strala-group)
4. [Built In](https://builtin.com/company/strala)
5. [Jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/strala-ai)

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