Staff Artificial Intelligence Engineer, Newfront
$172.8-270k
+ Equity
Digital insurance brokerage
Open for applications
Digital insurance brokerage
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$172.8-270k
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Their mission is to bring insurance into the 21st century, innovating and transforming the industry on behalf of its customers.
Role
Who you are
- BS, MS or PhD in computer science, or related field, or equivalent work experience is required
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, machine learning, or AI/ML application development is required
- Strong programming skills in Python
- Experience with modern development and deployment practices (e.g., containerization, CI/CD)
- A track record of leading AI/ML projects
- Passion for staying up-to-date with the latest advancements in AI/ML and applying them to real-world problems
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to take a pragmatic and efficient approach to tackling challenges
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Desirable
- Experience deploying or leveraging machine learning models and Large Language Models (LLMs) to power business applications
- Knowledge of state-of-the-art LLM techniques, models, and vendors
- Familiarity with LLM and related frameworks, including extracting structured data from unstructured text
- Experience with popular AI/ML libraries and frameworks
- Familiarity with DevOps practices, cloud infrastructure, authorization, authentication, and search infrastructure
- Understanding of machine learning essentials and the ability to collaborate effectively with data scientists
- Experience with JavaScript backend frameworks such as Node.js, as well as knowledge of TypeScript
What the job involves
- This position is a salary, exempt, and full-time position and reports to the VP of Engineering, Dat
- Build 0-1 AI systems that transform core brokering workflows – from intelligent submission processing that auto-extracts data from 100+ page documents and routes complex commercial policies between AI agents and expert brokers, to autonomous AI that enables brokers to manage 1000+ client renewals simultaneously, owning the full stack from prototype to production
- Embed directly with brokering teams, underwriters, and operations to identify automation opportunities, building solutions side-by-side with the people who use them daily. You'll be acting as an internal FDE, where you're both engineer and business strategist
- Ship production-ready AI features that deliver measurable impact – reducing quote turnaround time by 80%, increasing broker capacity by 10x, and improving placement success rates through intelligent market matching and risk assessment
- Establish rigorous evaluation frameworks for AI in regulated insurance contexts, implementing comprehensive testing pipelines, hallucination detection, and accuracy monitoring to ensure our AI systems meet both compliance requirements and performance targets
- Drive rapid experimentation cycles using modern AI development practices, moving from concept to deployed solution in weeks while maintaining quality through automated testing and progressive rollout strategies
- Develop the next generation of AI talent by mentoring engineers on production AI systems, sharing learnings from real-world deployments, and establishing best practices for building reliable AI in financial services
- Pioneer the application of cutting-edge AI research to insurance challenges, from multi-agent systems for complex underwriting to advanced RAG architectures for policy knowledge management
- Own the complete product development lifecycle for AI initiatives, from initial problem discovery and technical design through frontend interfaces that make AI capabilities intuitive for non-technical users
Our take
Newfront Insurance is an insurance broker offering tech-driven risk management and insurance cover for businesses. It claims to provide fairer premiums using rich datasets to assess risk rather than the more traditional method of risk categories. The insurance industry has been slow to embrace digital innovation, but Newfront is a new insurtech firms aiming to transform the industry.
Spike Lipkin, CEO, was part of the original team at Opendoor and helped guide the start-up to a $3 billion valuation. At Opendoor, Lipkin experienced firsthand the difficulty of securing business insurance and recognized that the industry would greatly benefit from the use of AI. Newfront's ethos is customer-focused, and it aims to provide a fairer, more accessible experience for businesses.
Newfront merged with ABD Insurance, a B2B insurance provider focusing on employee benefits and financial services programs. Together, they are working to write $2 billion in premiums annually and occupy a more significant slice of the business insurance market. Funding is being invested into both US expansion and building the modern platform for clients, insurance professionals, and trading partners.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Apr 2022
$200m
LATE VC
Oct 2020
$100m
SERIES C
Total funding: $330.2m
Company benefits
- Insurance, Health & Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Financial & Retirement
- 401K Plan
- Family & Parenting
- Work From Home
- Vacation & Paid Time Off
- Gym Membership
- Commuter Checks & Assistance
Company HQ
South Beach, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Spike Lipkin
(CEO)After an MBA at Stanford, Spike spent a year as a Senior Consultant before 2 years at The Blackstone Group as an Investor. They left their role of 2 years at Opendoor.com in 2016 to co-found Newfront in 2017.
Gordon Wintrob
(CTO)Software Engineer at Cardspring, Engineering Manager at LinkedIn for 3 years.
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