Founding Engineer at Aviva-backed insurance infrastructure startup

As the first technical hire, you will architect and build an AI-native platform transforming insurance capacity management. Moving from manual 12-week workflows to real-time allocation, you'll design the canonical data model, integrate complex APIs, and ship the MVP. This is a high-impact, co-builder role shaping the technical DNA of a category-defining fintech.

• Architect and build the core platform from scratch, establishing engineering best practices, security foundations, and compliance-aware system design.
• Develop the canonical data model and integrate external data sources to power an intelligent, AI-native capacity allocation layer.
• Collaborate directly with the CEO to translate commercial goals into technical execution while shipping production code and onboarding early customers.

• Proven track record as a founding or early engineer in a startup environment, with the ability to build and ship products from the ground up.
• Deep full-stack development expertise combined with practical AI/ML experience, specifically in document extraction, NLP, or LLM integrations.
• Strong background in regulated industries like fintech or insurance, with experience building complex multi-party marketplace or orchestration systems.

• Significant equity stake (2-5%) and founding status, offering genuine ownership and influence over the company's technical vision and culture from day zero.
• Unrivalled industry advantage through backing by Aviva and Founders Factory, providing immediate market access and credibility that most pre-seed startups lack.
• Solve massive infrastructure friction in the specialty insurance market by building the "Stripe for underwriting capital" alongside a 3x founder with deep domain expertise.