Cytora Limited

A pioneering technology firm in the UK is seeking a skilled backend engineer to join their team. This role offers the opportunity to work on innovative features in a collaborative environment. Candidates should be experienced in Python and AWS, particularly with Lambda functions. The company supports a remote-first approach, fostering flexibility and professional growth. If you thrive on challenge and are passionate about technology, this could be the next step in your career.

Shape the Industry and Your Career At Cytora, now an Applied Systems company, we're transforming how insurers and brokers connect, operate, and grow. Our AI-powered platform is driving smarter decisions, greater efficiency, and seamless collaboration across the global insurance ecosystem. As we accelerate digital transformation, we're looking for curious, collaborative minds ready to help shape what's next. If you're energized by innovation and inspired by impact, your future starts here. Position Overview Position Overview As backend engineer at Cytora, you will be joining a backend functional team. As such, the teams are small (maximum 4/5 people) and work independently of each other. Each team has a technical lead and a product owner steering the team to make sure we deliver the right features. Regardless of team you join, you will be prototyping, implementing, shipping and supporting features that are changing the insurance industry. The core of our product is to digitize risks and to accomplish that we rely heavily on Generative AI. Our engineering and product teams are distributed across Europe. Below you can find the required and preferred qualifications. We made this list quite extensive so that you also get a taste of our tech stack! This role requires experience with: Git (we use GitHub) Python (buzzwords: msgspec, httpx, pydantic, fastapi, structlog, sqlalchemy, alembic, jinja2, pytest, ruff, mypy) Mypy (we use mypy, a lot. We also welcome candidates with experience with other static type checkers!) Rest APIs (we use openapi spec to document our apis) Relational Databases (we use Postgres) Docker (we use Docker to package our code, and docker-compose to run it locally) AWS Lambda (The vast majority of our backend code is deployed as AWS Lambda functions) AWS S3 AWS RDS AWS API Gateway AWS SQS AWS SNS AWS SES This role benefits from experience with: Redis GCP VertexAi (we use gemini a lot) GCP BigQuery (we use it to power our analytics) OCR engines (we use AWS Textract, GDocAI, and we have used tesseractOCR in the past) Prompt Engineering Kubernetes CircleCI DataDog Auth0 Role Based Access Control JsonSchema Pusher (we use it to push notifications to our Frontend Web App) LocalStack (we use it to mock AWS services locally) Terraform Why Cytora We're building the future of insurance and we're doing it together. At Cytora, now an Applied Systems company, we're driven by a shared mission to transform the industry through AI-powered solutions that deliver smarter decisions, stronger connections, and better outcomes. We foster a culture that values who you are and recognizes that you're more than your role: you're a teammate, and you matter. We thrive on the strength of our diverse experiences and celebrate the uniqueness each person brings to work every day. We believe flexibility fuels performance. Whether remote, hybrid, or in-office, we empower our teams to work in ways that work best for them. Here's what you can expect when you join us: Competitive salary Flexible working and remote options Professional development budget & conference access Annual company retreats A mission-driven culture that puts people first Location Cytora are a remote-first company. For this role you can be based anywhere in the UK provided you have fluent spoken and written English, and have the permanent right to work without requiring visa sponsorship. EEO Statement Applied Systems is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Diversity and Inclusion is a business imperative and is a part of building our brand and reputation. At Applied, we don't discriminate, and we are committed to recruit, develop, retain, and promote regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

A leading provider of insurance technology seeks an AI Engineer (LLM) to develop and optimize LLM-powered solutions for risk processing. This remote position allows candidates to work from anywhere in the UK, provided they have fluent English and the right to work without sponsorship. The role includes collaboration with experts and monitoring task performance. Benefits include a competitive salary, private health insurance, and a vibrant work environment.

Shape the Industry and Your Career At Cytora, now an Applied Systems company, we're transforming how insurers and brokers connect, operate, and grow. Our AI-powered platform is driving smarter decisions, greater efficiency, and seamless collaboration across the global insurance ecosystem. As we accelerate digital transformation, we're looking for curious, collaborative minds ready to help shape what's next. If you're energized by innovation and inspired by impact, your future starts here. Position Overview As a Senior Front End Engineer at Cytora, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our product. You will be working closely with UX designers, frontend and backend engineers, and product managers to help build our main product offering in Insurtech. Your responsibilities will extend to managing stakeholders, like CX/BA, taking initiative where necessary, influencing product roadmaps and direction, and collaborating with our UX designer function to establish best practices. What you'll do: Collaborate within a growing team to develop and maintain full-stack Typescript production grade web applications. Utilize your expertise in JavaScript frameworks and libraries such as React and Redux to deliver features on time and of high quality. Demonstrate a strong understanding of agile fundamentals, contributing to an efficient and collaborative development process. Work with backend engineers, consulting on the contract design amongst other things, to ensure the API's are fit for purpose. Having an eye for detail and empathy for the end user, putting yourself in their shoes, and working with UX to deliver impactful user experiences. What you bring: Significant experience building and maintaining full stack JavaScript production grade web applications. Hands on commercial experience with JavaScript frameworks and libraries. Understanding of the functional programming paradigm and its real world usage, as well as other patterns, e.g., the "singleton pattern", where appropriate. A team player who can work with various people across the business, as well as being comfortable with autonomy. An understanding that success is not a lone wolf activity, the whole team succeeds together, so team cohesion and maintaining a good culture, which will also be your responsibility, is just as important as your technical proficiency. Experience working with APIs and services and 3rd party providers / SDKs. Able to operate with limited information, the ability to identify where there are gaps and close them, with a focus on delivery, as well as ensuring any risks are properly communicated. Nice to have: Experience in UX/UI design to enhance user interactions and experiences. Start up experience: Proven ability to rapidly build and deliver working products. Why Cytora We're building the future of insurance and we're doing it together. At Cytora, now an Applied Systems company, we're driven by a shared mission to transform the industry through AI-powered solutions that deliver smarter decisions, stronger connections, and better outcomes. We foster a culture that values who you are and recognizes that you're more than your role: you're a teammate, and you matter. We thrive on the strength of our diverse experiences and celebrate the uniqueness each person brings to work every day. We believe flexibility fuels performance. Whether remote, hybrid, or in office, we empower our teams to work in ways that work best for them. Here's what you can expect when you join us: Competitive salary Flexible working and remote options Professional development budget & conference access Annual company retreats A mission driven culture that puts people first Location Cytora is a remote first company. For this role you can be based anywhere in the UK provided you have fluent spoken and written English, and have the permanent right to work without requiring visa sponsorship. EEO Statement Applied Systems is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Diversity and Inclusion is a business imperative and is a part of building our brand and reputation. At Applied, we don't discriminate, and we are committed to recruiting, developing, retaining, and promoting regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

Cytora, now part of Applied Systems, combines cutting-edge innovation with global scale to transform commercial insurance. Founded in 2012, Cytora enables insurers digitise risks, unlock the value of external data, and automate risk intake across SME, Mid Market, and Specialty lines whereas Applied Systems are a global leader in insurance technology since 1983, powering more than 18,000 agencies and 160,000+ users across North America and Europe with its cloud-based software solutions. Together, Cytora and Applied Systems are accelerating digital transformation across the insurance industry-driving greater efficiency, data-driven insights, and connectivity between insurers and brokers worldwide. The Role As an AI Engineer (LLM), you will play a critical role in developing our core Large Language Model (LLM) service. Our LLM service underpins our Generative AI powered risk digitization platform, providing a unified interface for internal services to leverage the power of LLMs at scale, regardless of the underlying foundational model. You will be responsible for building, deploying, and optimizing LLM-powered solutions that directly impact our customer's ability to understand and process risk in commercial insurance. What you will be doing Problem Solving & Collaboration: Engage deeply with domain experts and product managers to understand and define key business problems within risk processing in commercial insurance that can be solved with LLMs. Collaborate closely with consuming service teams to define clear, efficient, and scalable interfaces for LLM tasks. Development & Deployment: Design, develop, test, and deploy domain-specific LLM tasks (e.g., information extraction, risk assessment, document summarization, etc.) that are readily consumable by other Cytora services. Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in LLM technology and actively explore new models, techniques, and tools to enhance our capabilities e.g. Agentic AI. Evaluation & Optimization: Develop and implement comprehensive evaluation metrics and tools to rigorously assess and iterate on the performance of LLM tasks. Analyze task performance, identify areas for improvement, and implement strategies to optimize accuracy, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Production & Monitoring: Monitor the performance of deployed LLM tasks in production, proactively identify and address issues, and ensure high reliability and accuracy. A successful candidate will likely have: Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to address complex AI challenges. Collaboration: Strong communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams. Enthusiasm: A passion for using AI to solve complex problems and a willingness to learn. Experience in and strong knowledge of using AI/ML and more particularly LLMs e.g. Prompt engineering techniques Agentic systems Multiple LLM models Experience in using LLMs for document processing tasks would be beneficial Proficiency in Python and specifically with mypy and asyncio Location Cytora are a remote-first company. For this role you can be based anywhere in the UK. provided you 1. have fluent spoken and written English, and 2. have the permanent right to work without requiring visa sponsorship. Benefits Competitive salary Remote first Fun, vibrant and energetic environment with people that want to make a difference Opportunity to learn and build new skills in an expanding business Private health insurance Choice of laptop Flexi-working Company trips Equal Opportunities We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, political affiliation, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.