Algorithm Engineer - ML-Driven Insurance Risk Platform

Ki Insurance; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ki Insurance is seeking algorithm engineers to join our Algorithm Engineering team in London. You will work at the intersection of underwriting and algorithm development, building ML-enabled products for risk assessment across 25+ classes of business.

You will help evaluate risks quickly and build a profitable, sustainable portfolio. Expect collaboration with tech and insurance teams, with emphasis on scalable, maintainable Python code and cloud-native infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Understanding of Machine Learning approaches and algorithms.
• Understanding of the control and management of data products and machine learning algorithms.
• Experience with Python programming and various software design patterns.
• Direct experience with at least one cloud provider required.
• Experience working in regulated industry, especially financial services and insurance would be a plus.
• Commercially minded, knowledge of the insurance market would be ideal or an aptitude/interest to learn more about the industry and how it operates.
• Experience using project management and workflow tools (e.g. Jira).
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Circle CI, Jenkins.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain new features for Ki’s underwriting algorithm for risk assessment and portfolio management.
• Improve the robustness of the Ki algorithm by digitising the governance and control of our underwriting, actuarial and software processes, reducing our time to live.
• Ensure the Ki algorithm is always online and available to generate line sizes.
• Design and implement enabling services that makes the Ki algorithm more efficient, flexible and scalable.
• Exercise software engineering best practice to ensure our algorithm product is built in line with Ki’s broader engineering standards.
• Support the integration of the Ki algorithm into the other core components of the broader platform.
• Guide junior members to help them improve their engineering skills and understanding of the insurance market.

Skills

Machine Learning

Python programming

Cloud computing

Tools

Jira

CI/CD (GitHub Actions/CircleCI/Jenkins)

Job description

Ki Insurance is seeking algorithm engineers to join our Algorithm Engineering team in London. You will work at the intersection of underwriting and algorithm development, building ML-enabled products for risk assessment across 25+ classes of business.

You will help evaluate risks quickly and build a profitable, sustainable portfolio. Expect collaboration with tech and insurance teams, with emphasis on scalable, maintainable Python code and cloud-native infrastructure.