# Software Engineer, Applied AI at Shepherd

- Company: Shepherd
- What the company does: The all-in-one learning co-pilot. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.shepherd.study
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $170K to $225K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-02-24
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/shepherd/26959124-aab2-446e-aa4d-7265c83e0be5
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/shepherd-software-engineer-applied-ai/

## About the role

We are hiring a Software Engineer focused on Applied AI to build intelligent systems that directly power our underwriting and pricing engine. This role sits at the intersection of product engineering, AI infrastructure, and real-world insurance workflows. You will design and ship production AI systems that meaningfully improve how we evaluate risk, price policies, and operate our business.

## What they're looking for

- Strong backend engineering experience building scalable APIs and distributed systems
- Hands-on experience shipping AI-powered products into production
- Familiarity with LLMs, RAG architectures, embeddings, and vector databases
- Experience integrating AI systems into user-facing or workflow-driven applications
- Comfort with cloud infrastructure and deploying AI workloads at scale
- A product mindset and the ability to translate ambiguous business problems into concrete AI systems

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