You'll help design, build, and maintain the internal pricing service and data models that allow actuaries to deploy **Python-based rating engines** and insurance product heads to configure appetite as Shepherd grows. You'll write code 30-40% of the time and design systems the remainder, ensuring the platform serves actuarial and product use cases.
Senior Builders Risk/Inland Marine Underwriter
San Francisco, California, United States | New York, New York, United States | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Los Angeles, California, United States | Dallas, Texas, United States
You'll leverage **AI-driven underwriting** to evaluate complex commercial construction projects for a **fast-growing insurtech startup**. Your decisions will directly shape coverage and pricing for high-hazard industries like data centers and renewable energy. This role offers the chance to pioneer **fully autonomous underwriting** in commercial insurance.
GTM Engineer
New York, New York, United States
You'll own **paid media and ABM programs** for a fast-growing **AI-native insurance platform**, driving broker acquisition through technical growth marketing. You'll build the entire growth stack from scratch, including **automation, attribution, and conversion optimization**, in a market where standard B2B playbooks barely exist.
Senior Energy Underwriter
New York, New York, United States | San Francisco, California, United States | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Los Angeles, California, United States | Dallas, Texas, United States
You'll lead **energy underwriting** for an AI-native insurance platform, leveraging **real-time construction data** from partners like Procore and Autodesk. Your core impact: delivering faster, smarter pricing for high-hazard commercial projects while helping Shepherd achieve fully autonomous underwriting.
You'll lead **analytical deep dives** to inform Shepherd's **GTM strategy** and **resource allocation**. You'll partner with leadership to identify growth levers and translate data into actionable recommendations. This role offers high visibility and direct impact at an AI-native insurtech scaling rapidly.
You'll build and own the People Operations function at an **AI-native commercial insurance startup** that's transforming how high-hazard industries get covered. You'll design performance frameworks, compensation bands, and manager development programs that **scale the team from 60 to hundreds** while preserving a strong culture.
Software Engineer, AI Product + Agents
You'll build **AI-powered underwriting systems** for a commercial insurance platform serving high-hazard industries. Your work will directly enable **autonomous underwriting** that processes risk in seconds, transforming a legacy industry. You'll collaborate across engineering, product, and insurance teams to ship daily.
Senior|Full-time|Software
Founding Machine Learning Engineer
You'll be Shepherd's first ML Engineer, building ML systems for fully autonomous underwriting in commercial insurance. You'll define the ML function from scratch, working directly with underwriters to ship production models and close feedback loops. This is a high-ownership role at a well-funded startup revolutionizing a massive industry.
Business Development Representative
You'll drive broker partnerships for an **AI-native commercial insurance platform** targeting high-hazard industries. Your core impact is aligning Shepherd's **products and technology** with broker goals to unlock growth. This role is part of a well-funded Series B startup with **over $60M raised**.
Software Engineer, Backend
You'll join Shepherd, an AI-native commercial insurance platform, building the core backend systems that power automated underwriting. You'll lead major initiatives like data collection and policy administration, owning large areas of the product experience and driving technical decisions. This role offers the chance to shape the team culture and mentor engineers as we scale.
You'll lead underwriting for **complex commercial construction** projects at a **fast-growing AI-native insurance startup**. Your core impact is leveraging technology and data to make quick, informed decisions tailored to clients' needs. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of autonomous underwriting in a high-hazard industry.
Software Engineer, Full Stack
You'll build core infrastructure for underwriting, pricing, and policy workflows at an AI-native commercial insurance platform. Your work will directly impact **revenue and loss ratios** as you translate complex actuarial logic into production-grade systems. This is a high-leverage role where **ownership and speed** are critical.
You'll own **commercial auto pricing models** end-to-end at a **fast-growing insurtech startup**. Your work directly shapes underwriting decisions and portfolio quality by turning data into production models. This role combines **statistical rigor** with real-world product impact.
You'll join a small actuarial team supporting commercial lines like General Liability and Workers' Compensation, bridging market intelligence and data-driven product decisions. Your core impact will be ensuring competitive products while maintaining compliance across jurisdictions. This role stands out as you'll work at the intersection of **actuarial insights** and **insurance technology**.
You'll join Shepherd, an AI-native commercial insurance platform, to **underwrite complex construction projects** for high-hazard industries. Your core impact will be leveraging **real-time data from construction tech partners** to make fast, informed risk decisions. This role is central to building **fully autonomous underwriting** for the infrastructure behind the AI boom.
Software Engineer, Applied AI
You'll build intelligent systems that power Shepherd's underwriting and pricing engine at the intersection of product engineering and AI infrastructure. Your work will directly improve how we evaluate risk, price policies, and operate our business. This is a core role in **shaping the future of AI-native insurance**.
Marketing Engineer, Brokerage Growth
You'll build Shepherd's growth engine for brokers using **AI-pilled growth marketing** and **agentic workflows**. You'll own paid media, ABM, and marketing automation to drive broker submissions in a digitally underdeveloped market.
Brand, Experiences & Schemes Lead
You'll own Shepherd's event, brand, content, and social strategy, making our presence **unmistakable** in commercial insurance and AI infrastructure. You'll design broker experiences that feel like **great parties**, and ensure every surface—from web to swag—reinforces a frontier AI company vibe. This role closes the gap between our story and its visual, experiential, and social expression.