Job Description

Software Engineer, Full Stack (Typescript)

The industry is broken. We're fixing it.

Auto warranties have been a racket for decades. Fine print designed to deny.
Coverage that disappears when you need it most. Customers left holding a
$4,000 repair bill they thought was covered. We built Fair Warranty because
that's wrong, and because we know exactly how to do it better.

We're a Series A company with a working platform, a set roadmap, and real
customers who trust us. Now we need engineers who can help us scale that
trust: one API, one integration, one flawlessly delivered feature at a time.
We're growing fast and expanding to Enterprise partners. The quality of what
flows into engineering needs to match that ambition.

What you'll own
This isn't a role where you wait to be handed tasks. You'll own our partner
facing platform end-to-end, the APIs our B2B partners depend on, the payment-
adjacent workflows that have to work every single time, and the developer
experience that determines whether partners choose us or walk away.

Concretely, that means:

Designing and shipping core backend services across pricing, payments-adjacent
workflows, accounting/reconciliation, and partner integrations
Hardening our B2B API platform (REST + GraphQL) for real-world partner use:
idempotency, versioning, webhook signing and replay, sandbox/production
separation, rate limiting, abuse protection
Owning API contract design with a typesafe-by-default mindset. OpenAPI +
codegen for REST, code-first schema for GraphQL, error contracts developers
can actually trust
Building for operability. Instrumentation, alerting, dashboards, runbooks. If
it goes sideways at 2am, we need to know before a partner does
Raising the quality bar through test coverage and CI gates that give real
confidence at release time, not just green checkmarks
Handling sensitive data the right way. Security, privacy, and compliance are
not afterthoughts here. SOC 2, access controls, audit logging. You take this
seriously because we do
Improving how we work, not just what we ship. Better issue scoping, sharper
estimates, cleaner release processes

Our stack
Node.js + TypeScript (NestJS), REST (OpenAPI + codegen), GraphQL (code-first +
codegen), React (Tanstack Start), MySQL, AWS (ECS, EventBridge, Lambda, S3,
SQS/SNS, SES), Git, CI/CD, Cursor, Claude, Gemini.

What you bring (Must haves)
5+ years experience building and operating production backend services. Real
users, real uptime requirements, real on-call lessons
Strong Node.js + TypeScript chops across APIs and backend business logic
Experience designing and maintaining external-facing APIs with backward
compatibility and documentation that partners can rely on
Real fluency with API platform fundamentals: auth patterns (API keys, OAuth),
idempotency, pagination, rate limiting, webhooks and event delivery
Solid relational database fundamentals. MySQL or Postgres, schema design, safe
migrations
A track record of improving system quality through testing and CI, not just
shipping fast
Ability to scope work into shippable slices, write clear technical tickets,
and give estimates that flag the real unknowns

What stands out
Fintech, payments, or insurtech experience. Pricing engines, transactional
logging, refunds, reconciliation
You've built or maintained a public B2B API with Stripe-level expectations
(versioning, docs, SDK)
Robust webhook systems. Signing, retries, delivery logs, replay,
deduplication, out-of-order handling
Security and compliance depth. SOC 2 controls, audit logging, secrets
management, least-privilege design
AWS depth. ECS/Fargate, EventBridge/Lambda, SQS/SNS, RDS, CloudWatch,
Terraform

What the first 6 months look like
You take ownership of our Agentic Sales, Customer Service, and Claims platform
modules. Partner API features become more robust and self-service. Better
docs, better debugging, fewer escalations. Release confidence improves because
the test coverage and CI gates are finally doing real work. Partners ship
faster because the platform gets out of their way.

That's the job. If that sounds like the right kind of hard, let's talk.

In order to reduce spam and bots: All applications must provide a public link
to a recorded video of yourself stating your full name, location and why you
want to work at Fair. You can provide the link in the application question,
cover letter, or dm on wellfound or linkedin. A Wellfound AI Interview will
also suffice.

Compensation and Equity
Competitive Base Salary: $100K – $200K yearly base salary range. Compensation
is dependent on leveling: mid-level roles will anchor toward the lower end of
the range, while senior+ engineers with significant architectural and B2B API
experience will scale toward the top.
Generous Equity Package: 0.05% – 0.5% equity grant (role-dependent), allowing
you to share in the long-term success of Fair.

Health and Wellness
Comprehensive Health Coverage: Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with
multiple options to fit your needs.
Paid Sick Leave: Dedicated time off for recovery and health maintenance
without impacting your vacation time

Work-Life Balance
PTO Policy: Standard 10 Days per year (accrued) plus 7 company holidays.
Onsite Collaboration: Work out of our PHX office designed for high-bandwidth
team collaboration, or remotely for well qualified candidates. Remote not
available to CA residents.