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Kay.ai

Founding Software Engineer

Company: Kay.ai

Location: New York, NY

Posted on: June 11

Why Kay.ai

Were Building AI Co-workers That Eliminate Repetitive Data Entry In Insurance Operations. Right Now, Were Riding The Wave Of Rapid Growth And Scaling Our Team Fast. Heres Why You Should Join Us

  • Pushing frontier tech everyday: Were solving some of the hardest challenges in LLM reliability, browser automation, and adaptive workflows.
  • Right Market Opportunity: The need for automation has never been more urgent in insurance (40% workforce bogged down in admin task, 400K worker shortage expected by 2026)
  • Demand Outpacing Supply: 120% MoM growth, strong word-of-mouth, saving >100/hr/mo and the right market positioning mean were growing faster than we can handle.
  • World-class team and advisors: Our team includes machine learning experts and insurance operators from Microsoft, Amazon, Twitter, AmWINS, Insureon, and IITs. Weve also assembled a top-tier panel of insurtech founders and insurance executives as advisors.
  • Strategic investors: Weve raised our seed round from investors with deep expertise in AI and insurance, incl. Wing VC, South Park Commons, and 101 Weston Labs

What You'll Build

  • Develop robust systems that coordinate multiple AI agents working together to complete complex insurance tasks.
  • Build services that reliably extract structured data from diverse insurance documents, including PDFs, images, and web forms.
  • Create efficient interfaces and workflows that allow our operations team to seamlessly take over when automation encounters edge cases or fails, ensuring consistent quality for customers.
  • Create comprehensive monitoring tools that provide visibility into automation processes and help identify failures before they impact customers.
  • Build connections with third-party systems and insurance platforms to extend our automation capabilities.

About You

  • 2+ years of experience with backend, data pipelining, and infra with strong familiarity of Python
  • Has an irrationally high bar for shipping fast, enjoys breaking things
  • Experience managing serverless infra, containerized environments
  • Hands-on experience with browser automation tools like Playwright/Cypress/Selenium (+ JS/Typescript)
  • Thrive in ambiguous environments, have high ownership and are not afraid to challenge the status quo

Compensation, Benefits, And Perks

  • Competitive salary and generous equity
  • Beautiful NYC office space right off the Domino Park in Wburg
  • 100% coverage health, vision, and dental insurance; 20% coverage for dependents
  • Very Visa friendly

If this isnt the right role for you

Please take a moment to reflect on the 1 or 2 most brilliant collaborators youve ever worked with and consider whether this might be a fit for them. We offer $10K for a successful referral. You can also let us know what youre looking for in your next role and we can try to connect you to other companies who might be relevantwere close with a wide network of frontier AI startup founders.