Full-Time

Senior Software Engineer

Backend

Posted on 10/31/2025

Gradient AI

Gradient AI

51-200 employees

AI-driven insurance underwriting and claims analytics

Compensation Overview

$125k - $165k/yr

+ Annual performance bonus + Equity grant

Remote in USA

Remote

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Bash
Kubernetes
Python
Git
Pytorch
Apache Spark
SQL
Machine Learning
Docker
AWS
Pandas
Flask
NumPy
Linux/Unix
Requirements
  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant backend development in Python and libraries (Pandas, NumPy; PyTorch)
  • Strong SQL skills, plus familiarity with Bash scripting and Git
  • Exposure to cloud environments (AWS preferred) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes a plus)
  • Experience with service-oriented architecture and building scalable, reliable systems
  • Comfortable balancing new feature development with maintaining/extending existing systems
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions to diverse stakeholders
  • Excited to work in a startup environment: proactive, adaptable, and eager to take ownership
Responsibilities
  • Contribute to any and all parts of our flow for developing and deploying our high-volume predictive models, including API development
  • Utilize our tech stack that includes Python (Pandas, NumPy and PyTorch), Kubernetes, Git, Flask, Docker, SQL, and more in a Linux environment
  • Be involved in high-level design and architecture decisions, as well as hands-on development
  • Integrate Gradient AI’s propriety and 3rd party data and Machine Learning models into high-performance client-facing APIs and analytics.
  • Work closely with our data science and data engineering teams to design and develop robust ML Ops pipelines
Desired Qualifications
  • Prior experience partnering with Data Science teams and productionizing ML models

Gradient AI builds AI-powered software for insurers to improve loss ratios and profitability by predicting underwriting and claims risks with greater accuracy. Its platform leverages a data lake containing tens of millions of claim records and outcomes, enriched with third-party data, to identify trends, outliers, and interrelationships across insurance processes such as group health underwriting and general liability claims management. Insurers use the software to guide growth and profitability decisions, integrating insights into their existing workflows. A key differentiator is the scale and insurance-specific focus of its analytics engine, which combines extensive claim history with external data to deliver actionable risk predictions. The company’s goal is to help insurers balance growth with profitability by providing precise risk forecasts and decision support across underwriting and claims operations.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$86.8M

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Founded

2018

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • $56.1M Series C led by Centana Growth Partners funds product development.
  • CIBC growth capital supports platform expansion without equity dilution.
  • Terra partnership integrates analytics into cloud-native Workers' Comp platform.

What critics are saying

  • Shift.ai's 100M+ claims data erodes Gradient's Workers' Comp edge in 6-12 months.
  • Shift Technology detects 15% more fraud, prompting insurer switches in 12-18 months.
  • NY DFS Jan 2026 AI audits expose biased models, causing client exodus in 3-6 months.

What makes Gradient AI unique

  • Gradient AI leverages data lake of tens of millions of claims for precise risk predictions.
  • ClaimVoyant achieves over 90% claimant match rates at FNOL for Workers' Comp triage.
  • ClaimVector provides brokers real claims-based benchmarks beyond market averages.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Stock Options

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Flexible Work Hours

Remote Work Options

Paid Parental Leave

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-3%

1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

-2%
WorkCompWire
Mar 18th, 2026
Gradient AI launches new Workers' Comp triage solution.

Gradient AI launches new Workers' Comp triage solution. March 18, 2026 - WorkCompWire Boston, MA - Gradient AI recently introduced a new AI tool allowing Workers' Comp (WC) carriers, third-party administrators (TPAs) and self-insured employers to flag claims likely to be expensive, complex or involve delayed recovery periods. The company's ClaimVoyant(TM) solution provides early indicators that create opportunities for thoughtful intervention, leading to appropriate staff assignment and proper care management planning. Expenses for claimants with pre-existing physical comorbidities and psychological conditions can be three to four times as high as those without such conditions. Early identification of these claims enables proactive treatment that better manages the recovery trajectory for an injured worker, giving AI tools like ClaimVoyant(TM) a clear, commonsense path to expedient return on investment. With a claimant match rate exceeding 90%, Gradient AI's ClaimVoyant(TM) solution parlays data captured at First Notice of Loss (FNOL) into actionable insight for program managers. In doing so, the AI-driven triage tool provides a gateway to deeper intervention for injured workers, including recommendations on whether to obtain ClaimVoyant(TM) detailed reports, available with medical authorization. ClaimVoyant(TM) is available at an accessible price point and offers a variety of delivery options - including portal, application programming interface (API), computer system validation (CSV), and core system integration. "Our new ClaimVoyant solution delivers powerful insights at FNOL that enables carriers, TPAs and self-insured employers to take meaningful action before a claim trajectory takes a negative turn," said Brook Rosenbaum, General Manager, Property & Casualty for Gradient AI. "Notably, ClaimVoyant's ease of use and flexibility allows for integration in virtually any claims handling workflow." Gradient AI's ClaimVoyant(TM) triage tool is currently available for Workers' Comp insurance settings. The company has plans to expand the solution's purview to additional lines of business in the future.

The Associated Press
Mar 3rd, 2026
CIBC Innovation Banking backs insurtech Gradient AI with growth capital

CIBC Innovation Banking has provided growth capital financing to Gradient AI, an enterprise software provider specialising in artificial intelligence solutions for the insurance industry. The financing will support Gradient's expansion plans and platform development efforts. Gradient's AI solutions help insurers improve loss ratios and profitability by predicting underwriting and claim risks more accurately, whilst reducing quote turnaround times and claim expenses through intelligent automation. The company's software-as-a-service platform leverages a vast industry data lake comprising tens of millions of policies and claims, combined with economic, health, geographic and demographic information. Gradient is backed by Centana Growth Partners, MassMutual Ventures, Sandbox Insurtech Ventures and Forte Ventures. CIBC Innovation Banking manages over $11 billion in funds across North America.

Gradient AI
Feb 19th, 2026
The AI-powered ClaimVector solution provides brokers with claims-based performance benchmarks grounded in real data.

The ai-powered ClaimVector solution provides brokers with claims-based performance benchmarks grounded in real data. Gradient AI (Boston) has launched ClaimVector for Workers' Compensation, an artificial intelligence-powered benchmarking solution designed to help brokers analyze claims performance using real data. Gradient AI says the platform transforms limited claims information into metrics that enable brokers to compare portfolio performance, identify risk drivers and support advisory discussions with clients and prospects. The company describes the tool as an alternative to market-average benchmarking, using claims-level data to generate explainable comparisons. According to Gradient AI, ClaimVector is built to integrate into broker workflows, supporting repeatable benchmarking processes rather than one-time or manual competitor analyses. The company says the system provides transparent metrics intended to strengthen claims oversight and renewal strategies. "By mining and dashboarding real data, the ClaimVector benchmarking solution helps Workers' Comp brokers substantially improve key portfolio differentiators, as well as build and enhance credibility, consistency, and defensibility," says Brook Rosenbaum, General Manager, Property & Casualty, Gradient AI. "The insights this solution provides translate directly to strengthened claims stewardship and renewal strategies." Gradient AI says the benchmarking tool refines its comparisons over time as it processes additional data from a broker's book of business. The company provides artificial intelligence solutions for property/casualty insurers and other risk-bearing organizations.

Business Wire
Feb 19th, 2026
Gradient AI launches ClaimVector for workers' compensation claims benchmarking

Gradient AI has launched ClaimVector for Workers' Compensation, an AI-powered benchmarking solution for insurance brokers. The platform transforms limited claims data into actionable insights, enabling brokers to compare performance, identify risk drivers and support client advisory conversations with verifiable metrics. The solution moves beyond abstract market averages by applying workers' compensation expertise to broker workflows, delivering transparent benchmarks and standardised portfolio assessments. It becomes more effective over time as it adapts to a broker's specific book of business. Gradient AI's platform leverages a data lake comprising tens of millions of policies and claims, incorporating economic, health, geographic and demographic information. The company serves insurance carriers, managing general agents, third-party administrators and self-insured employers across major insurance lines, helping predict underwriting and claim risks whilst reducing quote turnaround times.

Insurance Innovation Reporter
Aug 22nd, 2025
Terra, Gradient AI Partner on Workers' Comp Claims Intelligence

Terra (College Station, Texas) has announced a partnership with Gradient AI (Boston) to integrate predictive analytics into its cloud-native workers' compensation claims platform.

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