Senior Software Engineer -AI Products at Herald
New York, NY
$200,000–$230,000
Jul 17, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-stack senior engineering role focused on building an AI-driven platform that helps commercial insurance brokers manage submissions and quotes directly from their email inbox. The work spans frontend interfaces, backend APIs, and integration with LLMs and ML models, with direct involvement across the full product lifecycle — from early design through production — at a Series A insurtech startup.
Senior level · 4+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
Pay in the description: $200,000–$230,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,500 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,100–1,900
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
Python and JavaScript/TypeScript are listed as a paired requirement ('Proficiency in Python or JavaScript/TypeScript') — Python is treated as the primary with TypeScript as the named alternative. JavaScript is also emitted separately as a preferred skill since the JD references it independently in context.
LLMs and vector databases are listed together under 'What you bring' as 'Hands-on experience with LLMs, vector databases, or other emerging AI technologies' — LLMs is treated as the primary hard gate; vector databases is emitted as preferred since the phrasing is disjunctive ('or') and the alternatives are open-ended.
GCP is the company's stated cloud platform ('Google Cloud Platform-based architecture'), but the requirements section lists GCP, AWS, and Azure as interchangeable options — GCP is the primary with AWS and Azure as alternatives.
CI/CD appears only in the 'Improve Developer Experience & Internal Tools' responsibilities narrative, not in the explicit requirements section — treated as preferred.
The role is described as hybrid-flexible in the Northeast (NYC and Boston); it is not fully remote. The New York pay range is the only compensation figure provided.
The posted compensation ($200K–$230K) is stated as base pay only; variable compensation (equity, bonuses) is noted as possible but not quantified.
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