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We use advanced physics and AI to model catastrophic risk at the asset level, then automate underwriting and mitigation before loss occurs. Insurance is simply the current delivery mechanism. The real product is a scalable risk engine, our Stand World Model.\nWe stay when traditional insurers exit. We model what others approximate. And we build systems that change outcomes, not just prices.\nOur leadership team includes former successful founders and CEOs from Metromile, PolicyGenius, WePay, and HotelTonight, bringing deep experience in building and scaling high-growth companies.\nBackground: The property insurance industry is built to price loss after it happens. It relies on coarse proxies, backward-looking data, and manual processes, then accepts damage as unavoidable.\nStand takes a different approach. We simulate how real-world catastrophes affect individual properties, translate that into actionable decisions, and automate the business around it. The result is a platform that can underwrite what others can’t and operate with far less friction.\nRole Summary:\nAs the Applied Science DevOps Lead, you’ll lead the platform sub-team within Applied Science that helps build, deploys, and supports Stand’s flagship physics simulations, digital twins, AI/ML models, and spatial intelligence. You’ll own the technical direction, planning, and execution of critical platform initiatives - ensuring they align with Applied Science and companywide stakeholders, ship on schedule, and deliver measurable outcomes. The role spans production AI training and inference, simulation pipelines, infrastructure and CI/CD reliability, geospatial data processing, annotation and QC systems, and new digital-twin capabilities that support Stand’s expansion into new geographies and perils (e.g., hurricane).\nThis is a player-coach role, combining direct technical work with the leadership around it: people management, project planning, cross-team coordination, and process. Reporting to the Chief Science Officer, you’ll own key projects yourself while ensuring the broader sub-team operates effectively, grows, and delivers real impact. You’re the person who looks around corners, sees what the business needs, and turns “the business needs X” into “the team builds Y.” You’ll partner closely with Physics Simulation Engineers, Machine Learning Engineers, and peril-specific SMEs to keep our simulation, AI, and geospatial pipelines reliable, observable, and scalable.\nWhat You'll Do:\nLead the platform sub-team: set priorities, coordinate execution, and unblock the team to deliver on critical software and infrastructure initiatives.\n\nManage and grow the team: run 1:1s and growth conversations, give direct and timely feedback, manage performance, and mentor engineers as the team scales.\n\nDesign, build, and scale core systems spanning physics simulation, AI, digital twins, computer vision, and spatial intelligence, contributing directly to core components.\n\nOwn production pipelines: debug, monitor, and resolve issues to improve uptime and reliability.\n\nBuild and support scalable ML infrastructure: data pipelines, training systems, evaluation frameworks, and production monitoring.\n\nDesign and operate geospatial pipelines that merge heterogeneous spatial datasets into reproducible, production-grade workflows.\n\nStrengthen CI/CD and infrastructure reliability across simulation, digital-twin, and ML pipelines.\n\nDrive cross-functional alignment and set direction: coordinate across Applied Science and the business, communicate modeling decisions and tradeoffs, and articulate a multi-year vision for how the team’s work moves the business forward.\n\nCore Skills (Must-Haves):\nTechnical leadership and ownership: managing and leading engineers and complex initiatives, delivering through others as well as hands-on, with strong planning, prioritization, and stakeholder coordination from concept through production.\n\n5+ years building production-grade data, simulation, or modeling pipelines with end-to-end automation, monitoring, and alerting.\n\nStrong DevOps ownership: cloud infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, containerization, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and incident response for systems your team runs.\n\nDepth in distributed, data-heavy systems: debugging across APIs, preprocessing, modeling, and downstream consumers; cluster compute (SLURM, Kubernetes) and orchestration (Prefect, Airflow).\n\nBusiness judgment and succinct communication: translate SME needs into platform capabilities and balance research depth, timelines, and impact.\n\nNice to Haves:\nStartup or zero-to-one technology development experience.\n\nHands-on data and ML infrastructure: ETL over large heterogeneous datasets, dataset construction, GPU training and inference, evaluation frameworks, and production model monitoring.\n\nBreadth across backend, AI pipelines, simulations, and digital twins, even if your background leans toward one area.\n\nExperience supporting physics-based or simulation-heavy workflows (e.g., CFD, multiphysics, digital twins) in production, with strong physical-simulation intuition.\n\nKnowledge of geospatial, remote-sensing, or Earth-observation datasets and systems.\n\nExperience working directly with business or product teams on customer-facing technology.\n\nExperience collaborating with MLEs on training pipelines and dataset construction for large-scale models.\n\nCompensation:\nThe annual base salary range for full-time employees in this position is $240,000 to $295,000 + meaningful Equity Grant.\nCompensation decisions are dependent on several factors including, but not limited to, an individual’s qualifications, location where the role is to be performed, internal equity, and alignment with market data.\nBenefits:\nAbove-market Health, Dental, and Vision coverage\n\nWeekly lunch stipend\n\nFlexible time off + holidays\n\n401(k) plan\n\nCommuter benefits\n\nPAT & MAT Leave\n\nShort-Term and Long-Term Disability\n\nMonthly team gatherings\n\nIn-office perks\n\nAI in the Interview Process\nThoughtful use of AI tools is expected and valued at Stand. Candidates should be prepared to discuss how they use AI, how they evaluate its output, and how it informs their work. Strong communication, sound judgment, and the ability to clearly articulate experience and decision-making remain core requirements.\nSome parts of the interview process are designed to assess independent thinking, communication, and problem-solving. If you plan to use an AI assistant or LLM during any portion of an interview, please discuss it with your interviewer in advance.\nWork Authorization\nCandidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. Stand does not sponsor new work visas. We can consider candidates on TN visas, O-1A visas, or H-1B transfers with three years or more remaining.\nEqual Opportunity Employment\nStand is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. We believe that diversity enriches the workplace, and we are committed to growing our team with the most talented and passionate people from every community.\nWe are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals. If you require assistance, please contact us at .\nPursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.\nAI Use in Hiring\nWe may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. 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