Senior Staff Software Engineer – AI & Underwriting Platforms

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of large-scale, production-ready underwriting platforms, including AI and LLM-powered capabilities
• Architect highly available, secure, and scalable services that support enterprise-level workloads
• Drive end-to-end ownership of systems—from concept and architecture through production and long-term evolution
• Provide technical leadership across multiple teams, influencing architecture, design patterns, and engineering standards
• Mentor and grow senior and mid-level engineers, setting a high bar for engineering excellence
• Partner closely with Product, Operations, and Engineering Leadership to deliver measurable business outcomes
• Modernize legacy systems through cloud migration, automation, and digital transformation initiatives
• Champion best practices in observability, performance, reliability, and security
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including senior-level technical leadership
• 8+ years leading architecture and large-scale system initiatives
• 4+ years building and operating systems in public cloud environments
• 3+ years working on AI/ML-driven products or platforms
• Experience contributing to or leveraging open-source frameworks
• Deep experience with at least one modern programming language (Java, Go, or C++)
• Strong background in distributed systems and service-oriented architectures (REST, gRPC)
• Hands-on experience designing and building cloud-native systems on AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Fluency in Dev Ops and CI/CD, including infrastructure as code and operational best practices
• Advanced understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system design
• Proven experience with application monitoring, performance tuning, and observability tools