Job Specifications
Job description
About the Role
Location: Paris or Mexico City preferred (remote possible)
Type: Full-time
Start Date: ASAP (Q1 2026)
Reports to: Stella Choi (Chief AI Officer)
About MincaAI
We're revolutionizing insurance through AI. Founded 1year ago, we automate underwriting and management processes for insurers and brokers. We're GenAI-native, fast-executing, and blend deep insurance expertise with cutting-edge AI.
The Opportunity
We're looking for a seasoned engineer to lead our technical execution and scale our AI agent platform. You'll architect production-ready AI systems, build robust infrastructure, and grow a high-performing engineering team as we expand across insurance markets in Europe and Latin America.
We work with major insurance groups who demand the highest standards of quality, security, and reliability.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Engineering (40%)
Design and implement technical architecture for AI agents (underwriting, claims, product recommendation)
Establish development best practices (code review, testing, documentation)
Make strategic technology choices and ensure code quality at scale
DevOps & Infrastructure (30%)
Build and maintain cloud infrastructure for AI agent deployment
Implement CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, logging, and alerting
Manage security, performance, and cost optimization (especially LLM API costs)
Management & Delivery (25%)
Lead and grow the engineering team (currently: AI Engineer, Fullstack freelance + future hires)
Ensure on-time, high-quality delivery of client projects
Partner with Chief AI Officer on technical strategy and product roadmap
Serve as technical point of contact for enterprise clients
Growth (5%)
Contribute to product strategy and technical vision
Recruit and develop world-class engineering talent
What We're Looking ForMust-Have
7+ years in software engineering, including 3+ in lead/senior roles
Production experience deploying and scaling AI/ML applications
Experience working with enterprise clients or large organizations with high quality and security standards
Strong DevOps/MLOps expertise: CI/CD, containerization, cloud, monitoring
Software architecture skills: microservices, APIs, distributed systems
Experience managing or mentoring developers
Autonomous decision-maker with strong ownership mindset
Attention to detail and commitment to excellence in delivery
Fluent English required
Nice-to-Have
Spanish and/or French (big plus for LATAM and French market, even if daily work is in english)
Early-stage startup experience
Insurance industry knowledge
Production experience with LLMs (GPT, Claude, etc.)
Open-source contributions or visible side projects
Soft Skills
Pragmatic: balance quality with speed
Collaborative: ego-free team player
Growth mindset: curious, loves learning and sharing
Resilient: comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change
Languages: Python (primary), TypeScript/JavaScript
AI/ML: LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI API, Anthropic Claude API, RAG architectures, prompt engineering
Backend: FastAPI, Node.js, RESTful APIs
Data: PostgreSQL, Pinecone/Weaviate (vector DBs), data pipelines
Cloud & Infra: AWS (Lambda, S3, ECS), Docker, container orchestration
DevOps: CI/CD (GitHub Actions), monitoring & logging, infrastructure as code
Tools: Git, Notion, Slack, Linear
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Send to contact@mincaai.com:
Resume + LinkedIn
GitHub/GitLab (or project portfolio)
Short paragraph: "Why MincaAI? What excites you about this role?"
(Optional) An AI production project you're proud of