Axle is building the first universal API for insurance, unlocking access to a core financial data primitive that impacts almost every industry and transaction. Our mission is to completely transform the communication layer for insurance.
As a Staff Engineer, you’ll be directly involved in guiding our core platform that pairs complex data structuring (using LLM inference) with durable data acquisition pipelines (using agentic workflows). The work you do will impact every customer we work with, across foundational use casees such as asset lending and business contracting.
We’re looking for individuals who think creatively about problems, push for real-world customer impact (not only theory), keep up to date on the latest in AI research, and are excited about helping financial data reach full connectivity.
Our team is based in-person in New York City (Flatiron/NoMad).
We're a lean team, and our customer base is growing too fast for us to keep up. We're looking for talented engineers to join our early team ahead of our next round and execute on an ambitious roadmap.
We're powering mission-critical insurance data extraction, validation, and verification at companies where if we get things wrong, there are real world impacts (e.g., denied lending applications, modified compliance statuses, etc.).
Here's a few of the complex problems you’ll be working on:
Axle is an equal opportunity workplace—we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We believe in actively building a team rich in diverse backgrounds, experiences, and opinions to better allow our employees, products, and community to thrive.
Axle is the AI-native clearinghouse for property and casualty insurance. Our infrastructure and AI agents automate complex insurance workflows for third parties including verification, monitoring, and policy updates. We've helped Fortune 500 businesses like Rocket Mortgage, Avis, and Experian speed up workflows by 95% while recovering over $220M in potential losses. Axle is backed by Gradient, Y Combinator, and the founding team of Plaid.
Salary
$200,000 - $280,000
Equity
0.3% - 0.6%
Location
New York, NY, US
Experience
6+ years
Total raised
$4.6M
Last stage
Seed
Investors
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.