Forward Deployed 'Actuarial' Engineer
Forward Deployed 'Actuarial' Engineer at Tesora — San Francisco, CA, US
- Company: Tesora
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Employment type: FULL_TIME
- Salary: USD 100000–200000 / year
- Posted: 2026-07-17
About this role
Tesora is building agents for actuaries, starting with our AI-native actuarial workbench for specialty P&C carriers and MGAs. We are backed by Y Combinator and leading AI investors, and we work hands-on with carriers and MGAs to rebuild the underwriting and actuarial workflows that the industry still runs on spreadsheets.
As a Forward Deployed Actuarial Engineer, you sit at the intersection of our product and our customers. You will embed with design partners, translate messy real-world actuarial problems into product, and ship the workflows that get used in production. This is a high-ownership role for someone who wants to be close to both the customer and the code.
What you will do:
Work directly with actuaries and underwriters at specialty carriers to map their rating, reserving, and pricing workflows
Build and customize models, data pipelines, and product features that solve those workflows
Turn customer feedback into product direction alongside our founding team
Own deployments end to end, from first conversation to production usage
What we look for:
Strong engineering fundamentals and comfort moving fast across the stack
Genuine interest in insurance, actuarial science, or quantitative modeling (actuarial exam progress is a plus, not a requirement)
Excellent communication and the confidence to be in front of customers
Bias toward ownership and shipping
You will work closely with our founders and former chief actuary.