# Senior AI Software Engineer, Risk - Insurance Claims Management

**Company:** [Lyft](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/lyft)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $148k – $185k/yr
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** Python, React, Next.js, Spark, Kafka, Airflow, AI, Kubernetes, Distributed Systems
**Posted:** 2026-04-20

> Senior AI Software Engineer builds scalable claims management systems for insurance risk at Lyft, driving AI automation, architecture, and integrations. Requires 6+ years experience, Python proficiency, and collaboration with engineering, data science, and operations teams.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Define and drive the long-term technical roadmap for claims management systems, aligning priorities with Product, Claim Operations, Data Science, and other stakeholders.
- Provide architectural leadership, make informed design tradeoffs, and guide strategic decisions across multiple engineering teams.
- Understand claim handling workflows, identify bottlenecks and multiply their productivity by driving platform innovations and resolving pain points with **AI automation solutions**.
- Deliver scalable, reliable, high quality and well-tested solutions and code.
- Collaborate closely with Lyft internal teams and external insurance partners to ensure technical alignment and scalable integrations.
- Lead code reviews, design reviews, production on-call support and incident triaging process.
- Invest in the engineering community through knowledge sharing via brown bags, tech talks, and suggesting improvements to team processes and engineering practices.

## Experience
- B.S., M.S. in Computer Science or related technical field or relevant work experience.
- **6+ years** of professional experience building scalable distributed systems with high availability, observability and reliability requirements.
- Proven ability to build end-to-end products and platforms, collaborating effectively with various stakeholders e.g. Backend, Frontend, Data Engineering, Data Science, Claim Operations, and Product teams.
- Strong ability to reason about tradeoffs in system design, architecture, domain modeling, and operational cost.
- Experience driving **AI adoption** or automation initiatives to improve operational efficiency.
- **Proficiency in Python**. Knowledge of **React/Next.js** and data analysis is a plus.
- Experience with data processing frameworks and tools like **Spark**, **Kafka**, **Airflow** and cloud provisioning environments etc.
- Strong oral and written interpersonal skills.
- Prior experience in insurance, claims management, workflow orchestration or external vendors is a strong plus.

## Compensation
Expected base pay range in the San Francisco area: **$148,000 - $185,000**, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits.

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