Axle · 1 month ago
Tech Lead, Platform
New York, NY, US
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$200K/yr - $275K/yr
6+ years expAxle is building Plaid for Insurance - a universal API for accessing insurance data. As a Tech Lead, Platform, you will guide the core platform that pairs complex data structuring with durable data acquisition pipelines, impacting every customer across foundational industries such as asset lending.
B2BDeveloper APIsFinTechInsurTech
Responsibilities
Build, and maintain, durable, scalable systems capable of processing millions of data transactions per month
Define the interfaces (API-driven) to enable turn-key usage of our data platform across varied applications
Design novel AI-led techniques for increasing the accuracy and reliability of our data integrations
Have complete ownership over the work you do — as an early team member, you’ll have the opportunity to truly own large areas of product and engineering and have direct relationship with customers
Work directly with the CTO and other founding members to help build out our team
Qualification
Required
6+ years of experience
8+ years of experience (or equivalent) building complex systems in high-scale environments
A perspective when approaching common system patterns (e.g., state machines, event brokers, etc.) as well as API design and maintenance
A desire to define ways to increase observability, simplicity, and velocity across our engineering processes
Experience deploying AI/ML systems into production environments
Ability to take abstract projects end-to-end, operating with high agency
You've been at high-growth startups and know what 'high velocity' looks like
Preferred
Experience in fintech or data aggregation is a plus
Benefits
Great compensation and equity
Full benefits & 401k
Unlimited time-off
Annual team offsite
Company
Axle
Axle is Plaid for insurance - a universal API for insurance data.
2-10 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$4.5MKey Investors
GradientY Combinator
2023-04-10Seed· $4M
2022-05-18Pre Seed· $0.5M
Leadership Team
Cameron Duncan
Co-Founder & CEO
Nihar Parikh
Co-Founder, CTO
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