
Shepherd
Shepherd is a technology-driven managing general underwriter that provides casualty insurance and risk management tools for commercial construction and other high‑hazard industries. It sells through brokers and pairs underwriting with software to help contractors manage safety and claims. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in San Francisco, Shepherd is privately held and partners with carriers including Intact; it announced a Series B round in 2026 led by Intact Private Capital.
Open Positions at Shepherd
7 open positions
Staff Software Engineer leading major full-stack initiatives for Shepherd’s AI-native commercial insurance platform. The role combines technical ownership, product collaboration, architectural leadership, and engineering mentorship.
Own major full-stack initiatives at Shepherd, building AI-native commercial insurance products across underwriting, data collection, and policy administration. You’ll be the first engineering team member in NYC, partnering closely with underwriters and actuaries while shaping architecture, product strategy, and team culture.
Build Shepherd’s first ML function from the ground up and develop production machine learning systems that advance autonomous commercial insurance underwriting. You’ll own the full lifecycle while combining LLM-based agentic workflows, evaluation, feedback loops, and close collaboration with underwriters.
Build production AI systems that power Shepherd’s underwriting and pricing engine, including LLM features, agents, and retrieval-augmented workflows. You’ll own high-impact AI products end-to-end at the intersection of backend engineering, AI infrastructure, and commercial insurance.
Build Shepherd’s AI-powered commercial insurance platform and help advance autonomous underwriting from submission to pricing. This full-stack role combines hands-on engineering, AI product experimentation, architectural ownership, and close collaboration with insurance and product teams.
Build foundational full-stack and backend systems that automate underwriting, pricing, and policy workflows for an AI-native commercial insurance platform. You’ll work closely with actuaries and underwriters to turn complex business logic into reliable production software.
Own major backend and cross-stack initiatives powering Shepherd’s AI-native commercial insurance platform. You’ll shape architecture and product strategy, ship high-impact features, and help scale the engineering team.