Senior Software Engineer

Accelerant

AI EngineerseniorremotefulltimeInsuranceNode.jsTypeScriptReactAWSPostgreSQLRedisLLMsRAG systemsposted
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Senior Software Engineer – AI \& Product Engineering Location: UK / Remote Level: Senior / Staff We’re looking for senior, hands-on software engineers to join an AI-first engineering environment building the next generation of products for the insurance industry. This is an opportunity for an engineer who enjoys ownership, autonomy and solving complex technical problems — from initial idea through to production. What you’ll be doing * Building and owning production-grade software across backend and frontend * Designing scalable APIs, distributed systems and event-driven services * Working with AI, LLMs and agentic technologies to build intelligent products and platforms * Contributing across the full development lifecycle, from architecture through to deployment and operation * Working closely with product and engineering teams to turn ambiguous problems into scalable solutions * Using AI meaningfully throughout your engineering workflow to improve how you build, test and ship software What we’re looking for * Strong experience as a Senior or Staff Software Engineer * Excellent backend engineering experience, ideally with Node.js and TypeScript * Experience with React or a modern frontend framework * Strong experience with AWS and cloud-based production systems * Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, APIs and distributed systems * A genuine understanding of AI/LLMs and modern AI engineering * Experience building or shipping AI-powered products, agents, RAG systems or GenAI features is highly desirable * A hands-on mindset with the ability to take ownership and operate effectively in ambiguity Why join? This is an AI-first engineering environment , where AI is embedded into both the products being built and the way engineers work. You’ll have the opportunity to work on areas including AI agents, AI platforms, data workflows and core insurance technology , with the scope to make a meaningful technical impact at Senior or Staff level — without having to move into pure management.