Established in 2021, Independence Pet Holdings is a corporate holding company that manages a diverse and broad portfolio of modern pet health brands and services, including insurance, pet education, lost recovery services, and more throughout North America.

We believe pet insurance is more than a financial product and build solutions to simplify the pet parenting journey and help improve the well‑being of pets. As a leading authority in the pet category, we operate with a full stack of resources, capital, and services to support pet parents. Our multi‑brand and omni‑channel approach includes our own insurance carrier, insurance brands and partner brands.

Clarus is a pioneering pet health technology company on a mission to transform the future of pet healthcare. We are dynamic entrepreneurs improving pet health by providing trusted and transparent information across the entire pet health landscape. Join us in shaping a smarter, healthier future for pets everywhere.

About The Role
Were looking for a Staff Engineer to serve as the technical backbone across 2–3 of our delivery pods. Youll lead 8–15 engineers, set the technical bar, and keep things shipping cleanly — all while still getting your hands dirty in the codebase. This isnt a people‑management role; its a technical authority role with real decision‑making power.

Youll own architecture compliance, quality gates, and merge authority for your pods. Youll partner closely with our Technical Program Managers (who handle capacity, velocity, and process) so you can stay focused on what matters most: making sure were building the right things the right way.

This is a remote position, with preference given to those located in eastern/central time zones US.

What Youll Do

Lead technically across 2–3 pods — provide day-to-day technical direction and oversight for contractor engineering teams

Author Technical Design Documents (TDDs) for complex features, setting the blueprint before code gets written

Own quality and architecture compliance — enforce standards, run code reviews, and hold merge/block authority

Shape the backlog — provide technical feasibility input during grooming so the team isnt chasing things that wont work

Write code — stay hands‑on (20–30% of your time) to keep context sharp and lead by example

Retain knowledge — build and maintain documentation so critical context doesnt walk out the door

Coordinate with TPMs on pod capacity and delivery health

Serve as the on‑call escalation point for your assigned pods

What You Bring

8+ years of software engineering experience, with meaningful time spent in technical leadership roles

Proven track record of leading teams of engineers through complex, multi‑system deliveries

Strong architectural thinking — you can zoom out to system design and zoom in to a code review without missing a beat

Experience writing technical design documents that actually get read and followed

Comfort working in a model with contractor engineering teams and cross‑functional partners

A bias toward clarity — in your code, your docs, and your decisions

Technical Stack Proficiency: Deep experience with C#/.NET and modern backend service development in Azure, including Azure Functions, Durable Functions, and Kubernetes‑based workloads. Strong understanding of event‑driven distributed systems built on Azure Service Bus, plus working proficiency in React for frontend application development. Comfortable operating across the full stack and making sound technical decisions in cloud‑native architectures.

Nice to Have

Experience in environments with dedicated TPM/engineering partnerships

Background scaling systems or teams in a high‑growth or enterprise context

Familiarity with compliance‑heavy or regulated industries

All of our jobs come with great benefits including healthcare, parental leave and opportunities for career advancements. Some offerings are dependent upon the location of where you work and can include the following:

Comprehensive full medical, dental and vision Insurance

Basic Life Insurance at no cost to the employee

Company paid short‑term and long‑term disability

12 weeks of 100% paid Parental Leave

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Retirement savings plan

Personal Paid Time Off

Paid holidays and company‑wide Wellness Day off

Paid time off to volunteer at nonprofit organizations

Pet friendly office environment

Commuter Benefits

Group Pet Insurance

On the job training and skills development

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

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