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Founding Software Engineer

150k – 200kNew York, NYOnsite4+ YOE
Summary

Builds and owns core agent execution platform for AI systems automating insurance tasks, including tool orchestration, reliability infrastructure, evals, and developer tools. Requires 4+ years experience with TypeScript/SQL in regulated environments; NYC-based.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Own the agent execution platform: turn handling, tool orchestration, session lifecycle.
  • Build provider routing, multi-provider failover, cost optimization, latency-aware model selection.
  • Develop eval platform: per-run evals, canary deployments, automated regression detection.
  • Own developer platform: coding agent workflows, internal tooling, CI/CD.

Requirements

  • 4+ years building production software.
  • TypeScript, SQL proficiency.
  • Experience building reliability infrastructure: retries, circuit breakers, graceful degradation, observability.
  • Regulated or security-sensitive environment experience.
  • High agency, full ownership; comfortable in founding role shaping platform and product.
  • Based in NYC or willing to relocate.

Benefits

  • Lunch and dinner every workday.
  • 100% medical, dental, vision covered; gym stipend.
  • Quarterly offsites.
  • Unlimited token budget.
Skills
TypeScriptSQLRetriesCircuit BreakersObservabilityCI/CDTool OrchestrationProvider RoutingEval PlatformCoding Agents
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