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# Staff Software Engineer at SafeLease

- **Company:** SafeLease
- **Location:** Austin, TX / New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/safelease/7f67f0ae-295c-47a0-a622-50f5323cb9fb

## Job description

## About SafeLease

At SafeLease, we're rethinking how P&C insurance is sold in an age of technological change. We believe the industry's biggest inefficiencies aren't technical problems — they're structural ones. And we're building the team to tackle them.

SafeLease is a profitable insurance business that designs, underwrites, and distributes specialty coverage for commercial property owners and their tenants. Most insurance companies either distribute products or bear the risk — we do both. We back our policies with our own capital, which means we control the full stack: product design, tech, and the speed at which we move. That end-to-end ownership lets us offer customers real flexibility, saving time and money for more than 4,000 properties insured for billions in value nationwide.

We're a team of 85, growing over 100% annually, and we've done it without sacrificing profitability or culture. Here, you'll get high discretion and a wide aperture of problems to solve. We embrace the newest technologies, move fast together, and operate with the intensity of a small company where every person's work is visible. If you're looking for a place to sharpen your craft alongside people who take their work seriously, you'll fit right in.

SafeLease is looking for a driven Staff Software Engineer. In this role, you’ll work across the entire stack building, testing, and shipping features. You'll collaborate closely with company leadership, playing a key role in solving high-impact technical challenges and shaping the future of our platform.

## ABOUT THE ROLE

Joining our Engineering team at this stage means your work will have a huge influence on future engineers, the codebase, and company culture. This role is based out of our downtown Austin office, hybrid schedule, after onboarding.

To drive our mission forward, this role will:

- Lead development across products — Architect, build, and ship high-quality code across our entire platform, setting the standard for technical excellence
- Design scalable, elegant solutions — Collaborate with Product to solve complex problems with simple, customer-centric features
- Own issue resolution — Triage, prioritize, and resolve system level issues while guiding others on best practices for quality and reliability
- Champion continuous improvement — Proactively identify opportunities to improve system performance, code health, and team efficiency
- Advocate for the user — Build with empathy and a deep understanding of customer needs, ensuring every solution adds meaningful value
- Mentor and elevate others — Share expertise, coach teammates, and help shape a culture of learning, growth, and technical rigor

## ABOUT YOU

A collaborative and innovative thinker who has experience shipping code in a fast-paced, agile environment will make a huge impact at SafeLease!

Your experience:

- 7+ years in a full-stack software development role with a track record of owning and delivering complex features or systems at scale
- Degree in CS/EE
- Deep proficiency with Frontend (TypeScript, JavaScript, React), Backend (Node.js, Express.js, REST APIs), and Infrastructure (Relational databases, Git, AWS) systems and languages
- Track record of learning best-in-class tools, including but not limited to: Linear, Claude Code, and other rapidly advancing AI tools
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with a proven ability to lead discussions with cross-functional stakeholders, drive alignment, and mentor peers
- DevOps-related experience is a plus—skills that go beyond just writing code and own how that code runs in production
- Desire to work in-person or hybrid from our beautiful downtown Austin office

Why SafeLease?

The tech: Our prospects convert fast because we’re solving real problems and delivering serious value to commercial real estate owners.

The team: We’re a team of seasoned pros and sharp operators who know how to move fast and build smart. High standards, low ego.

The stability: We’re well-funded, growing fast, and we make sure our team shares in that success with competitive pay and equity.

The employee experience: We also offer unlimited PTO, full health benefits, flexible work setups, and the kind of culture where people want to show up to do their best work.

If you don't have all the qualifications listed, don't worry! We understand everyone's career path is unique and still encourage you to apply if you feel this role is aligned with your career trajectory.

Employment at SafeLease is contingent upon a satisfactory verification of a general and criminal background check.

## About SafeLease

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: SafeLease provides an integrated insurance and technology suite for self-storage operators to boost revenue, cut costs, and protect tenants and facilities.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series stage not publicly disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Austin, Texas, United States
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Steven Stein (CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Insurance Technology (Insurtech), Commercial Real Estate, Self-Storage
- **Target customers**: Self-storage facility owners and operators (SMB to enterprise), commercial real estate property managers
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To bring big company capabilities to small- and medium-sized commercial real estate businesses by leveraging technology and a partner-centric business model to create new revenue channels that maximize the value of commercial property assets.

## Products & Services
- **Tenant Protection & Insurance**: Automatically enroll tenants into a property protection plan with flexible coverage options and an industry-leading revenue share model.
- **Property & Casualty Insurance**: Commercial property and general liability insurance purpose-built for self-storage, offering 15-20% lower costs, coverage limits up to $20M per location, and flexible deductibles.
- **Reputation Management**: A strategic tool for online review management to build trust and drive occupancy.
- **Analytics Platform**: Monitor key metrics across all properties to make data-driven decisions that optimize operations and fuel revenue growth.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Over $2 billion in property covered; protects 3,000+ storage facilities nationwide; earned up to 3X more revenue compared to competing programs.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed. Partners include The Storage Center, Self Storage Manager (API integration).
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid headcount growth (+31.5% YoY, from 44 to 61 employees); launched SafeLease Facility Insurance (commercial property and liability program) in April 2025; launched Reputation Management tool in June 2024; reported a case study showing a 239% surge in tenant protection enrollment and over $191,000 in additional annual revenue for one client.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Vertically integrated insurance model**: Brings distribution, underwriting, and reinsurance under one roof, allowing for faster and cheaper insurance delivery.
- **Highest revenue share in the industry**: Claims to offer up to 3X more revenue than competing programs, boosting property NOI by up to 12%.
- **Purpose-built for self-storage**: All products are tailored specifically to the self-storage industry, not generic commercial insurance.
- **SOC2 compliant**: Meets the highest standards for data security and practices.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expand product suite**: Rapidly expanding offerings beyond tenant protection into commercial insurance (launched April 2025), reputation management, and analytics.
- **Deepen market penetration**: Already the largest tenant protection and insurance provider in the self-storage industry, with 3,000+ facilities protected.
- **API and integration strategy**: Partnering with management software providers like Self Storage Manager to create seamless workflows.

## Why Work Here
- **Hybrid work environment**: Austin-based employees typically work on-site 3 days a week, but complete flexibility is offered to work remotely. 50% of the team is in Austin, 50% work remote full-time across various states.
- **Growth trajectory**: High-growth company (31.5% headcount growth YoY) with active hiring across engineering, sales, finance, and operations.
- **Culture**: Described as an innovative, tech-driven environment focused on disrupting a traditional industry. Offers 401(K) and retirement benefits.
- **Team composition**: Small but growing team of ~61 employees with a flat-ish structure (41% specialists, 14% managers, 8% directors, 2% C-level). Strong sales (31%) and technical (14%) functions.
- **Current open roles (as of mid-2025)**: Data Engineer, Controller, Account Executive (P&C Insurance), Statutory Accountant, Operations Summer Intern, Business Development Manager, Full Stack Software Engineer, Strategy & Operations Manager, Agency Development Manager.

## Sources
1. [SafeLease.com](https://www.safelease.com/)
2. [SafeLease Company Page](https://www.safelease.com/company)
3. [LinkedIn - SafeLease](https://www.linkedin.com/company/safelease)
4. [Built In - SafeLease](https://builtin.com/company/safelease)
5. [Built In Austin - SafeLease](https://www.builtinaustin.com/company/safelease)
6. [PR Newswire - SafeLease Facility Insurance Launch](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/safelease-launches-safelease-facility-insurance-commercial-property-and-liability-insurance-program-for-the-self-storage-market-302418186.html)
7. [PR Newswire - Reputation Management Launch](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/safelease-launches-reputation-management-tool-for-self-storage-302183268.html)

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