# Founding Engineer

About Fernstone: Fernstone is building a new kind of insurance company: we combine AI with expert advisors to place insurance faster and at better terms. We think AI will fundamentally reshape how insurance is bought and sold - and the new winners in this $1T category will compete directly with legacy insurers instead of selling software to them. We’ve raised $3M from Y Combinator and other notable investors, and have grown from 0 to 500+ customers since launching at the start of the year. Fernstone was founded byJames (BCG, Traba, UChicago), andBryant (Google, SentiLink, Vanderbilt). We work in-person in our NYC office. The role: As founding engineer (and engineering hire #2), you’ll have a substantial role in building our product. You’ll work directly with the operators using your product, own critical systems across the stack, and help set the technical direction of the company. Your work will have a direct impact on how we operate, serve customers, and grow. What you’ll work on: Own outcomes: partner with our operations team to learn how insurance work gets done, identify the biggest opportunities, and decide what to build. Build across the stack: Design and build complete fe

- **Id**: 1327557
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/fernstone-founding-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: New York, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-27T04:57:16Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-27
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T23:11:36Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 46
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2229
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Insurance Brokers & Agencies, InsurTech

## Company

- **Id**: 3779531
- **Name**: Fernstone
- **Domain**: fernstone.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/fernstone>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

## Salary

- **Min**: 120000
- **Max**: 180000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 180000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 46

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-27T05:32:46Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 15
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.533
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 46
- **Expected fill days**: 23
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:tail, crowd:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 180000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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