Founding Engineer

New York

Development - Full Stack

Permanent

Our client, an early-stage InsurTech startup, is hiring a Founding Engineer to join the team in New York. The successful candidate will play a key role in developing the infrastructure, AI-driven workflows and software solutions that transform complex insurance data into meaningful insights and actionable intelligence.

Responsibilities

Design and build scalable systems that convert complex, unstructured insurance data into actionable insights.
Create data ingestion and enrichment pipelines to extract, process and structure information from sources including policies, schedules and loss runs.
Integrate and analyze data from 100+ external sources to develop a comprehensive insurance intelligence platform.
Develop AI-powered underwriting and risk modelling solutions that enhance pricing accuracy and improve decision-making.
Build intuitive customer-facing products that enable businesses to organize, analyze and optimize their insurance portfolios.
Contribute across backend engineering, infrastructure and product development as the platform and team grow.
Leverage modern AI engineering tools and techniques to improve productivity, accelerate delivery and build innovative solutions.
Partner closely with founders and senior engineers to shape technical strategy, architecture and product direction.

Skillset

At least one year software engineering experience with a proven ability to build, launch and iterate on real-world products.
Experience working as an early-stage or founding engineer or within a startup environment where you have taken ownership of complex challenges.
Strong full-stack engineering skills, with the ability to contribute across backend systems, infrastructure, and user-facing applications.
Experience developing data-intensive applications, including APIs, data pipelines, integrations, and asynchronous processing workflows.
Ability to work with complex, unstructured datasets and transform them into reliable, scalable solutions.
Familiarity with modern AI engineering tools and a track record of using them to enhance development speed and effectiveness.
A proactive, entrepreneurial mindset with a strong sense of ownership and a drive to deliver results.
Excellent problem-solving abilities with the confidence to work independently in fast-moving environments.