Hiring: Senior Software Engineer, Insurance Company: Porch Group Location: United States Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 13:51:19 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : CI/CD, Event-Driven, GCP, Java, Kafka, LLM, Python, RAG, Regulatory Compliance, SaaS, Systems Design About the job Experience: •5+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating backend services in production. Required Skills: •AI-Native Engineering (How We Build) •Use agentic AI coding tools as your primary development methodology for the platform build, not as an experimental side channel. •Work within the team’s agent configuration patterns, custom skills, and CI/CD integration — and help improve them as you find rough edges. •Make sure the code you ship with AI assistance meets our standards: a green CI pipeline, passing evaluations, and clean pre-commit hooks are non-negotiable. •AI Capability In The Platform (What We Build) •Build agentic capabilities into the platform — agent-assisted configuration, AI-driven underwriting decisioning, document understanding for declarations and endorsements, and conversational interfaces for the operations team. •Contribute to the RAG pipelines, retrieval, and tool-use patterns that ground LLM behavior in regulated insurance content (rate manuals, underwriting guidelines, state-specific rules). •Implement the integration patterns (MCP, function calling, structured outputs) that expose platform capabilities to internal agents and external partners. Qualifications: •Exposure to homeowners or other personal-lines P&C insurance systems, or eagerness to ramp deeply on the domain. •Solid functional working knowledge of Model Context Protocol (MCP), function calling, and structured outputs, and patterns for grounding LLMs in regulated content. •Operational familiarity with regulatory frameworks: SERFF rate filings, NAIC data calls, state DOI requirements, and the NAIC AI bulletin. •Solid functional working knowledge of insurance data standards (ACORD, MISMO) and the open-source PCDM data model. •Background in cloud-native infrastructure (GCP preferred), event streaming (Kafka), and modern observability practices. •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. •The application window for this position is anticipated to close in 2 weeks (10 business days) from 7/1/2026. Please know this may change based on business and interviewing needs. •At this time, Porch Group does not consider applicants from the following states or jurisdictions for Remote positions: Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nebraska, Montana, New Hampshire, West Virginia, or the District of Columbia. •What You Will Get As A Porch Group Team Member •Please know your actual pay at Porch will reflect a number of factors among which are your work experience and skillsets, job-related knowledge, alignment with market and our Porch employees, as well as your geographic location. Compensation: •$168,800 - $236,300 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) •Our traditional healthcare benefits include three (3) Medical plan options, two (2) Dental plan options, and a Vision plan from which to choose Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!