About Us
We are Nettle – an early stage Insurtech startup backed by leading European VCs and prominent insurance industry figures. Our mission is to build a pioneering application that will transform the risk engineering process worldwide.
Risk engineers are the cornerstone of commercial underwriting, providing invaluable expertise for multi-million-dollar decisions through meticulous risk assessments and detailed reports. Despite their critical role, the industry faces a significant challenge: an estimated 40% of risk engineers will retire in the next 5 years, making innovation in this space essential.
With Nettle, risk engineers can conduct assessments, write reports, and make decisions 5x faster. We combine cutting-edge AI technology with powerful data integrations to make risk assessment and underwriting more efficient than ever before. Ready to learn more? Apply here now
The Role
As the first hire, you will work directly with the founders to build our MVP and launch it to our first users. Your input will extend beyond just the product, you will shape our technical foundation, engineering culture and decision making processes.
As our founding engineer, you'll wear multiple hats and have end-to-end ownership of our technical infrastructure. We are working with long-standing industry giants, so you will need to be agile and client-focused.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and ship our MVP, working closely with founders
- Creating a great user experience that delights our customers
- Make critical technical decisions about frameworks, tools, and infrastructure
- Establish development workflows, testing practices, and deployment processes
- Interview and help hire future engineering team members
- Drive your own work-stream and product roadmaps
- Work directly with our users to drive improvements in the product
Who We're Looking For
- 5+ years of full-stack development experience
- Strong front-end expertise (JavaScript/TypeScript + modern frameworks)
- Solid understanding of back-end development and infrastructure, such as Flask and Django
- Experience launching products from scratch
- Experience delivering products and features to a production environment
- Track record of making good technical decisions under uncertainty
- Comfortable with rapid iteration and changing requirements
- Previous startup experience preferred
Technical Background
- Expert in React/NextJS ecosystem
- Strong TypeScript/JavaScript fundamentals
- Experience with Node.js and Flask/Django backend frameworks
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (Azure & AWS)
- Knowledge of database design and optimisation
- Understanding of security best practices
- Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices
Why Join Us
- ‘Founding team member equity stake
- Competitive salary ( 85k- 105k)
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Direct impact on company success
- Work directly with founders and users
- Shape company culture from day one
- Hybrid work environment
- Two years of runway with 1.45m secured in a pre-seed round
