AACI Group, Inc. - Senior Software Architect / Engineering Lead
Requirements
• Still write code daily and lead by doing • Have worked across enough stacks to make sharp tradeoffs without belaboring them • Treat AI tooling as a force multiplier in both how you work and what you build • Take ownership of outcomes, not just architecture diagrams • Move quickly without sacrificing reliability or maintainability • We are building the ship as we are flying it, and we need a technical leader who can keep the platform stable today while compounding leverage for what we are building tomorrow. • 15+ years of professional software engineering experience • 5+ years of production Node.js, with fluency in at least one additional stack • Demonstrated architectural ownership of real systems built and operated end-to-end • Shipped products that use LLMs, agents, or other AI capabilities in production, not just prototypes • Strong system design fundamentals across scalability, performance, and reliability • Proven leadership experience driving technical direction across a team • Fluent written and verbal English • Comfortable in a startup environment where priorities and approaches shift
Responsibilities
• Own the architecture of AACI Group's platform end-to-end, including customer-facing products, internal operations tooling, and our suite of automations and integrations • Write production code daily as a working member of the engineering team • Lead technical direction across services, set the bar for code quality, and raise the engineering team's overall capability through review, mentorship, and example • Design systems that meet our scalability, performance, and reliability requirements while remaining simple enough for a small team to operate • Integrate LLMs, agents, and AI-native capabilities into real products in ways that move metrics, not demos • Partner with Product, Design, and Operations to translate ambiguous business problems into shippable systems • Document tradeoff decisions clearly so the rest of the company can move in lockstep • What Success Looks Like in 6 Months • Core platform decisions have been made and are documented in a way that anyone on the team can defend • You are shipping production code on critical paths, not just reviewing it • The engineering team is faster, the codebase is healthier, and the technical bar is visibly higher than when you started • AI-native capabilities are embedded in our products in measurable ways
Benefits
• US-Based$250K – $300K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus • International$100K – $120K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus • Senior Software Architect / Lead Engineer (Remote) • AACI Group, Inc. is dedicated to making insurance more accessible and affordable in catastrophe-prone regions. Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of wildfires and other natural disasters, while carriers are retreating from high-risk markets. Homeowners are being left with fewer and more expensive options. We are addressing this challenge by building AI-native insurance agencies and digital services that combine risk data, loss prevention, and innovative product delivery. • Remote, full-time, long-term engagement • Reports to our Engineering Leader • This is an opportunity to set the technical foundation for an AI-native insurance company addressing climate risk and housing affordability head-on. Your architecture decisions, and the code you write to back them up, will directly shape whether families in high-risk markets can stay in their homes.
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