Founding Engineer

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.