Founding AI Engineer: Build Customer-Facing Insurance AI

davidjoseph-co; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

davidjoseph-co, a venture-backed startup, is seeking a founding engineer in San Francisco to build AI agents and end-to-end workflows that power the product. You will work directly with the founding team to shape the roadmap from day one.

You will ship customer-facing features, iterate in a fast-growing environment, and leverage AI coding tools daily. This on-site role offers equity and substantial ownership from the start.

Qualifications

• 2 to 5 years of experience as a full stack engineer with exposure to AI-powered applications
• Recent track record (within the last 1 to 2 years) of shipping customer-facing products end-to-end
• Hands-on, daily use of AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or similar
• Experience at an early-stage startup during a high-growth phase
• Strong Python skills
• A computer science degree or equivalent technical foundation
• A language-agnostic mindset, comfortable picking up new tools and switching between languages as needed

Responsibilities

• Build AI agents and workflows for real insurance use cases
• Ship customer-facing product features end-to-end
• Iterate quickly alongside the founding team in an ambiguous, high-growth setting
• Use modern AI coding tools as a core part of your daily workflow

Skills

Python

React

AI coding tools

Full stack

Education

BS CS or equivalent

Tools

Claude Code

Codex

Job description

davidjoseph-co, a venture-backed startup, is seeking a founding engineer in San Francisco to build AI agents and end-to-end workflows that power the product. You will work directly with the founding team to shape the roadmap from day one.

You will ship customer-facing features, iterate in a fast-growing environment, and leverage AI coding tools daily. This on-site role offers equity and substantial ownership from the start.