AI Platform Engineer, Homeprotect

Salary not provided

Annual discretionary bonus scheme

Docker

GCP

Python

Redis

Postgres

Azure

BigQuery

Git

JSON

REST API

Junior, Mid and Senior level

London

1+ day a week in office (New Malden, London)

Specialist home & property insurance

Open for applications

Specialist home & property insurance

101-200 employees

B2CPropertyMarketplaceInsuranceBig dataMachine Learning

Open for applications

Salary not provided

Annual discretionary bonus scheme

Docker

GCP

Python

Redis

Postgres

Azure

BigQuery

Git

JSON

REST API

Junior, Mid and Senior level

London

1+ day a week in office (New Malden, London)

101-200 employees

B2CPropertyMarketplaceInsuranceBig dataMachine Learning

Company mission

To provide protection to people underserved by the home insurance industry.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

We would love to hear from people with the following skills and experience:
Strong Python for backend services/SDKs; REST/JSON APIs, auth (OAuth2/service accounts), testing (pytest), async and resilience patterns
Hands‑on with LLMs/embeddings (OpenAI, Gemini, Llama, Claude), prompt and tool/function calling, RAG design; vector databases
GCP expertise: Vertex AI, Model Garden, BigQuery, Cloud Run/Cloud Functions; practical experience with Google’s ADK
Document/data handling: Apache Tika, text normalisation, chunking/dedup; metadata/ACL propagation; storage/caching with Postgres, Redis, GCS/BigQuery
DevOps and quality: Git best practices, CI/CD (Azure DevOps), Docker/container security, automated tests; observability, evaluation and A/B testing
Security/compliance and product mindset: GDPR, secrets management, RBAC/IAM, auditability; define success metrics and translate stakeholder needs into intuitive AI workflows

What the job involves

We recognise that you’ll do your best work when you have the right balance, which is why we’ve fully embraced hybrid working, giving our teams the flexibility to choose the right location and working hours for them
You'll design, build and operate AI‑first products that deliver measurable value, shaping roadmaps with the Head of AI and AI Product Manager
Develop and deploy production‑grade AI agents for end‑to‑end claims handling on GCP using Google’s ADK; integrate securely with policy/claims/CRM systems via REST/JSON APIs
Create and run agent evaluation and monitoring: offline/online tests, accuracy/completeness/safety metrics, A/B experiments, cost/latency dashboards
Integrate AI agent functionality with applications via MCP servers. Build and configure tools to ensure reliable application integration
Build robust RAG pipelines and ingestion: text normalisation, chunking, metadata/ACL propagation; vector search in GCP
Embed security and compliance (GDPR, PII redaction, secrets, RBAC/IAM, audit trails); document/demonstrate solutions with Claims Ops; support go‑live and BAU

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Homeprotect is run by insurtech group Avantia, which has been around since 2002 and seemingly stayed abreast of the rapid digitisation of the insurance industry. The company leverages big data and machine learning, as well as underwriting from AXA Insurance, to provide home insurance quotes in seconds.

While there is no shortage of insurance marketplaces like this, Homeprotect’s value differentiator is its focus on sourcing affordable quotes for customers with non-standard needs such as at-risk, listed, vacant properties, or properties containing rare valuables.

Having secured major investment from ECI Partners over a series of funding rounds, Avantia has been investing heavily in Homeprotect’s tech and predictive capabilities, which has led to consistent annual revenue increases as the company strives to hold its own in a competitive market.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

41% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.1)

Trustpilot (4.5)

Company

Company HQ

New Malden, UK

Leadership

Mark Eastham

(CEO)

Joined as CEO in 2015 after an 11 year spell at Dixon's Carphone, where they rose to become UK General Manager.

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