Staff Engineer at Axle

Axle is building the first universal API for insurance, unlocking access to a core financial data primitive that impacts almost every industry and transaction. Our mission is to completely transform the communication layer for insurance. As a Staff Engineer, you’ll be directly involved in guiding our core platform that pairs complex data structuring (using LLM inference) with durable data acquisition pipelines (using agentic workflows). The work you do will impact every customer we work with, across foundational use casees such as asset lending and business contracting. We’re looking for individuals who think creatively about problems, push for real-world customer impact (not only theory), keep up to date on the latest in AI research, and are excited about helping financial data reach full connectivity. Our team is based in-person in New York City (Flatiron/NoMad). We have a product loved by customers and being used in mission-critical flows at Fortune 500 banks and leading brands like Hertz, Avis, and Audi. We're punching well above our weight, supporting customer and revenue metrics with half the team size of other startups — everyone joining at this stage will have outsized impa