Senior Staff or Principal Software Engineer (AI Insurance Tech)

TL;DR

Senior Staff or Principal Software Engineer (AI Insurance Tech) (AI Insurance Tech): Architecting agentic, event-driven systems for insurance claims at massive scale with an accent on RAG, embeddings, and reliability while bridging platform and product execution. Focus on accelerating the SDLC with AI/agentic tooling and driving technical strategy alignment across leadership and engineering.

Location: New York, NY

Salary: $275-330K base (level-dependent)

Company

hirify.global builds AI for more accurate, fair, and efficient insurance claims handling.

What you will do

• Lead the transition from traditional data pipelines to event-driven, agentic systems processing tens of millions of unstructured documents.
• Bridge the platform and product teams by ensuring platform tools solve real problems for product engineers.
• Accelerate the software development lifecycle by leveraging AI/agentic tools across testing and deployment while maintaining high throughput.
• Partner with CTO and EVP of Product & Technology to align technical strategy with business outcomes and influence adoption of modern technologies.
• Turn ideas into designs with clear options and trade-offs, driving iterative “1 to 10” progress.

Requirements

• Experience scaling systems from startup pace to enterprise reliability (“1 to 10” journey).
• Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and write PRDs; strong stakeholder communication and technical pushback.
• Deep software engineering foundation with credible expertise in agentic/AI concepts such as embeddings and RAG.
• Demonstrated leadership and ability to break down silos across engineering and executive stakeholders.
• Must be in the U.S. and open to visa sponsorship for candidates with an active U.S. visa.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, and AD&D; 401k matching.
• Paid time off and sick leave; 100% paid parental leave (16 weeks primary, 12 weeks secondary).
• Flexible schedule for new parents returning to work.
• Monthly technology stipend and opportunities for professional development ($1,000/year) plus tuition reimbursement.
• Catered lunches, happy hours, and pet-friendly office spaces.

Hiring process

• Interviews focused on technical depth, system design, and ability to bridge strategy with engineering execution.
• Discussion of experience scaling systems and leading through iterative “1 to 10” progress.