Backend Engineer
Yuzu
Backend Engineer
Yuzu
Streamlines employer health insurance administration
At Yuzu, we’re building the next-generation health insurance company. We are NOT building a digital brokerage or an AI wrapper - we are going deeper to build the foundational infrastructure required to power tomorrow’s health plans. We believe that software can unlock the ability to build health insurance that is affordable, adaptable, and scalable. Yuzu’s platform will be core to this future.
So how does this actually work? Over 70% of employer-sponsored health plans are self-funded, meaning the employer acts as the insurer and directly covers employees' healthcare costs. This allows companies to customize benefits, gain flexibility, and save money. Self-funded employers partner with a Third-Party Administrator (TPA) to handle the behind-the-scenes plan administration, like processing claims and managing benefits.
The TPA industry is a $500bn sleeper industry that has historically been seen as a services business, bogged down by manual processes and legacy systems (for context, our team couldn’t even access these on our Macs).
Yuzu is a vertically integrated & tech-enabled TPA, currently servicing thousands of employees. We differentiate by helping innovative health plans come to life by facilitating new ways to pay for and access healthcare covered by insurance. Yuzu’s goal is to make it as easy for any business to create and manage a custom health plan as it is to create a storefront on Shopify.
We’re backed by top VC firms and 10+ unicorn founders, including leaders at Stripe, OpenAI, Brex, Deel, Mercury, and Notion, and we’re building a formidable team to tackle the massive opportunity ahead.
Write in Typescript using modern frameworks like SvelteKit and Nestjs
Design data structures to tackle the intricacies of healthcare.
As an early employee you will
Contribute across the entire codebase
Set a large part of Yuzu’s company culture
Direct the focus of our product from an engineering perspective
Experience building successful software projects, ideally independently or as a part of a small team or early-stage startup
In-person 5 days/week in Flatiron NYC office required
Self-directed, curious, fast-paced personality with strong communication skills
Nice to Haves
Experience with Typescript, CDK, and/or AWS
Experience in healthcare or fintech infrastructure
You will have significant ownership. Both equity and autonomy.
We will invest in your learning and forgive your mistakes along the way.
We will trust you and tell you everything you want to know about the business.
$140k to $260k annual salary, plus a meaningful equity component commensurate with the level of role at a Series A company in NY/SF.
If we interview you, you can expect the following process
Initial 30 minute intro call
A 45 min - 1 hr technical interview
A 30 minute project deep dive
An onsite loop incorporating a practical programming exercise, a system design interview and a product interview
We may speak with 1-2 references you provide.
Yuzu Health offers an employer-focused health insurance platform in the U.S. that streamlines how employer plans are managed and provides traditional network-based options plus reference-based pricing, direct primary care, and cash-pay models. The platform helps employers obtain competitive quotes and lowers admin work by combining care navigation with direct cash payments, and it is licensed to adjudicate claims in most states. It differentiates itself by delivering cost savings through a simple, user-friendly interface and proven quotes for about 60% of groups, while preserving data protection and vendor privacy. The goal is to make employer health insurance more affordable, easier to administer, and widely available nationwide through a compliant platform.
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