Founding AI Engineer: Shape AI Workflows for Insurance

David Joseph & Company; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

David Joseph & Company is a venture-backed startup building an AI platform for the commercial insurance industry. As a founding engineer, you will shape the product from day one, owning customer-facing features end-to-end in a fast-moving environment.

You’ll build AI agents and workflows, ship features end-to-end, and iterate quickly with the founding team, using Python, React, and AI coding tools. Location is San Francisco, on-site, with compensation of $145,000–$240,000 plus equity.

Qualifications

• 2 to 5 years of experience as a full stack engineer with exposure to AI-powered applications.
• Recent track record 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; able to pick up new tools and switch 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 with the founding team in a fast-moving, high-growth setting.
• Use modern AI coding tools as a core part of daily workflow.

Skills

Full stack engineering

AI-powered applications

Customer-facing product shipping

Python

React

Education

CS degree or equivalent

Tools

Claude Code

Codex

Job description

David Joseph & Company is a venture-backed startup building an AI platform for the commercial insurance industry. As a founding engineer, you will shape the product from day one, owning customer-facing features end-to-end in a fast-moving environment.

You’ll build AI agents and workflows, ship features end-to-end, and iterate quickly with the founding team, using Python, React, and AI coding tools. Location is San Francisco, on-site, with compensation of $145,000–$240,000 plus equity.