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.
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Founding Engineer at Konduit
Join an Aviva-backed, Founders Factory-incubated startup as their first technical hire and build the 'Stripe for underwriting capital.' As Founding Engineer, you'll architect an AI-native platform from scratch to solve massive friction in the insurance market, replacing 12-week manual processes with real-time capacity allocation. This is a rare opportunity to secure significant founding equity (2-5%) and shape the technical DNA of a company with an unfair market advantage. If you are a hands-on builder with experience in regulated fintech and a passion for complex data models, this is your chance to lead a category-defining journey.
About this role
Role overview
About the company
Insurance
Konduit is the world's first AI native platform for capacity management in the E&S and Speciality insurance markets. It connects brokers, MGAs, carriers, and capacity providers on one AI-powered platform, automating submissions, surfacing live risk signals, and providing features like data extraction from PDFs/emails, capacity analytics, AI-powered process flows, and integrations with systems such as policy admin, CRM, and tools like Slack, Gmail, and Google Sheets.
What you'll do
What you will do
- 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.
Who you are
Who this is a fit for
- 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.
Why this role
Why this role is remarkable
- 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.
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How Jack & Jill work together
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