Staff Software Engineer AI Systems
Federato
Remote
staff
April 29, 2026
$100k+
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Job Description
Federato is on a mission to defend the right to efficient equitable insurance for all.
We enable insurers to provide affordable coverage to people and organizations facing the issues of today - the climate crisis cyber-attacks social inflation etc.
Our vision is understood and well funded by those behind Salesforce Veeva Zoom Box etc.
Federato is the only AI-native platform that spans the full policy lifecycle and changes the way insurance work gets done.
Better decisioning is built-in not bolted on: insurers' unique portfolio goals strategies rules and appetite are part of the workflow so underwriters win the right deals faster.
From the moment a submission hits an underwriter’s inbox AI is put to work triaging submissions with a focus on high-appetite business delivering real-time feedback on the portfolio and consolidating workflows into a single proven system.
Federato drives better business outcomes.
Role Overview:
We are looking for an Software Engineer AI Systems to help build the backend architecture behind our emerging agent systems. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering data infrastructure and applied AI.
You will work across the stack to design and implement systems that power LLM-driven product capabilities — from orchestration and tool integration to evaluation and production deployment. You’ll collaborate closely with product managers designers and engineers to bring AI-powered workflows directly into our underwriting platform. This is a high-impact role with significant ownership over both experimentation and production implementation.
This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy working across layers of the stack and are excited about shaping how agent systems operate inside real production software.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Design and implement agent workflows and orchestration systems for AI-powered product features
- Build backend services that integrate LLMs with structured insurance data and platform APIs
- Develop infrastructure for tooling context management and agent execution
- Contribute to internal frameworks supporting prompt iteration evaluation and observability
- Partner with product and design to translate underwriting workflows into AI-enabled product experiences
- Help define architectural patterns for building reliable AI-native features in production
- Work across backend systems data infrastructure and product integrations to ship user-facing capabilities
Who We Hope You Are:
- 10+ years of experience in backend engineering data engineering or related roles
- Strong experience building production backend systems and APIs
- Professional experience working with LLMs agent systems or generative AI applications
- Hands-on experience with prompt design tool-based agent architectures or LLM workflows
- Proficiency in Python or similar backend languages
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure and distributed systems
- Comfort working across layers of the stack from infrastructure to product integration
- Strong curiosity about emerging AI architectures and agent patterns
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and working in a fast-paced collaborative environment
Bonus Points if...
- Experience building production systems involving LLMs agents or prompt pipelines
- Experience designing internal platforms or developer tooling
- Familiarity with insurance fintech or B2B SaaS
- Contributions to open-source AI or data infrastructure projects
- Experience with Typescript
Why This Role Matters
You will help build the core infrastructure that powers the next generation of Federato’s platform.
Your work will shape how AI systems interact with underwriting workflows and how intelligent automation is delivered to customers. This is an opportunity to work on foundational architecture for agent-driven software with real-world impact in one of the world’s largest industries.
Base Salary: $215 000 - $250 000 a year
Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.
Total compensation package includes stock options benefits and additional perks.
Here at Federato your capabilities are important but culture fit is essential.
We move fast are eager to listen to our users take a first principles approach to solving problems and value learning and the ability to change our minds.
Most importantly we're here to have fun.
Our ability to make a difference starts with our people.
We would love to work with you!
We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin sex gender expression sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status.
We will provide reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Please contact us to request accommodation at talent@federato.ai
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