About the Role

Join a small, product-focused team as its first full-time engineering hire, shaping the technical direction of an early-stage company in the insurance sector. You will build AI agent systems and help turn meaningful product and infrastructure challenges into solutions for users.

What You'll Do

• Build and improve AI agent systems that power the core product.

• Own full-stack development across backend services, APIs, and frontend interfaces.

• Make product decisions with the founding team, balancing technical feasibility with user needs.

• Design scalable backend systems that support AI workloads.

• Contribute to platform infrastructure as the team grows.

What We're Looking For

• At least 3 years of experience building and shipping full-stack products, with strong backend and product engineering skills.

• Hands-on experience building AI agents, ideally with AI or machine learning systems in production.

• Experience with infrastructure and distributed systems, and the ability to own work from product decisions through delivery.

• A strong academic foundation or startup experience, along with experience at an established company.

• Insurance or financial services experience is helpful.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $150,000 to $190,000 annually, depending on experience, plus 1% to 3% equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

Hybrid in New York City, with in-office work expected most days and some flexibility.