Entry Level Associate Software Engineer Jobs in California

Company: Koop

Position: Software Engineer

Type: Full-Time

Location: San Francisco, CA (in-person)

You must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident to qualify for the program

Koop lets B2B and B2G startups and growth-stage companies unlock growth by taking care of regulatory and contractual compliance, security, and insurance requirements in a single, AI-powered platform. Companies in AI, Robotics, Energy & Climate, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Fintech, and more industries rely on Koop daily to satisfy all kinds of requirements from enterprises and the government. Our value proposition is to help engineering, finance, ops, and legal teams at early-stage companies to speed up procurement, free up resources, and showcase trust within a single, easy-to-use platform that delivers an amazing user experience.

The world is accelerating: new products and services in AI & Software 2.0, Robotics, Energy & Climate, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, and other verticals are already getting adopted at an increasing rate. However, private enterprises and the government impose stringent contractual requirements on companies bringing those new products and services into the world. In turn, startups have to carry the burden of compliance certifications, custom security questionnaires, and high-limit insurance policies. Koop’s mission is to make it simpler to innovate while protecting the world from a new generation of risks that comes with new and highly technical products and services.

We are post-product-market-fit, post-traction, with a clear execution roadmap and strong support from our growing customer base. Koop is backed by leading investors, including Ubiquity Ventures, AlleyCorp, Fusion Fund, Bee Partners, and Hyundai and Kia. Currently, we are growing our insurance team to reach ambitious milestones over the next 12-24 months. We value a strong work ethic, meritocracy, the ability to think from the first principles, creative problem-solving, excellent communication skills, and technical mindsets.

More about Koop Technologies: website, LinkedIn, X.

We are looking for a Software Engineer who will have a rare opportunity to build market-leading products and dive into the depth of AI-first software development over the next 24 months. Working side-by-side with the founding team, this person will be a key contributor to turning Koop into a go-to brand for thousands of customers. Specifically, the candidate will:

• Work in a high pressure, no-BS environment
• Deliver results, not reports/diagrams/plans/presentations
• Learning is #1 priority. Learn to build and to ship
• No red tape, no bureaucracy, few meetings
• Use the latest AI tools in ways that no one thought of so far, and explore how software will be developed in the next 5+ years
• Gain real-world experience building products that ship to real customers
• Push the boundaries of latest tools and approaches

You will join a team of product builders, software engineers, quantitative modelers, insurance professionals, and emerging risks visionaries, all bound together by an incredible drive to define, build, and scale a powerful regulatory readiness platform.

• Develop new products while working alongside the experienced and highly motivated team
• Vibe code; prompt, generate, iterate, or otherwise deliver good quality production code
• We choose speed, quality and cost, not 2 out of 3
• Build full-stack software, work across multiple programming languages and frameworks
• Typescript, React, Python, Go and Terraform
• Mostly new products with little legacy code
• Explore new architectures, novel technologies and frameworks
• We have proprietary technologies that are super cool, we need help developing and improving them

• Required: some experience programming, in academic or professional setting
• Bonus: show us your side projects, something you’ve built
• Preferred: recently graduated or currently enrolled in a Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related program
• Bonus: background in Mathematics, Physics or related hard science field
• Experience using the latest tools and technologies: Bolt.new, Cursor, ChatGPT, Claude, etc.
• Strong interest in building the future of software engineering
• Thriving in a high pressure environment

• In-person job setting
• Competitive salary and generous equity
• Paid professional development (e.g. courses, materials, events, etc.)
• Tremendous growth opportunity (professionally, personally, and financially)

• We are building a category-defining platform that will uniquely protect the world of emerging technology companies
• Rare opportunity to join an early-stage company that is building for the exponential growth
• Work with an energetic team coming from diverse professional backgrounds in product development, software engineering, quantitative modeling, insurance, and sales
• Join a fast-paced, rewarding work environment that will bring the best out of you and experience tremendous professional growth in a short period of time
• Join the mission to help protect the world from a new generation of risks

Koop Technologies is an equal opportunity employer, inclusive of people from all walks of life who are willing and able to commit themselves to the required job in full.