Kalepa

Senior Machine Learning Engineer (USA)

New York, New York, United States

$185,000 – $225,000Compensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Insurance, Artificial Intelligence, Software DevelopmentIndustries

Position Overview

  • Location Type: Hybrid
  • Job Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $185k – $225k
  • Equity: 0.05% – 0.20%

Kalepa is upending the trillion-dollar commercial insurance industry with its state-of-the-art AI Copilot platform. This platform empowers underwriters to make smarter, faster, and more accurate decisions, resulting in significant improvements to insurers’ profitability. Kalepa’s team members come from top technology companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon, Mastercard, and Uber, and are backed by leading VCs like IA Ventures and Inspired Capital.

About Kalepa

Commercial insurance is a trillion-dollar industry run out of Microsoft Outlook. Kalepa is upending this. Our AI Copilot platform empowers underwriters to make smarter, faster, and more accurate decisions. Our AI is designed to deliver real results - insurers literally see massive improvements to their top and bottom lines as soon as they implement Copilot. That’s why our clients call Copilot “truly an underwriter’s dream” and proclaim that Copilot helps them “almost double the amount of accounts they can look at in the day." Kalepa’s team members bring experience from top technology companies, including Facebook, Google, Amazon, Mastercard, and Uber. Kalepa is backed by leading VCs like IA Ventures and Inspired Capital.

Our Values:

  • Hustle & Grit: We expect everyone at Kalepa to be excellent at what they do and relentless in pursuing their craft.
  • Customer Focus: We ruthlessly prioritize the work that drives our clients’ growth, profitability, and efficiency.
  • Meritocracy: Exceptional people excel and are rewarded with rapid promotions and compensation growth.
  • Transparency: We are honest with each other, avoiding back-office politics and keeping employees in the dark.
  • Experimentation: We quickly test, measure, and iterate to determine the path to success.

Kalepa has an office in New York and remote employees across the globe speaking 10+ languages. We regularly host regional meetups and global offsites (e.g., Playa Del Carmen, Rome, Buenos Aires, Lisbon).

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in Machine Learning Engineering.
  • Experience leading the framing, development, and deployment at scale of machine learning models.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the framing, development, and deployment at scale of machine learning models.
  • Understand the risk of various classes of business.

Application Instructions

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Skills

Machine Learning
AI
Data Science
Deep Learning
Python
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Model Deployment
Data Analysis
Insurance Industry Knowledge

Kalepa

AI decision support platform for underwriters

About Kalepa

Kalepa provides a platform called Copilot that helps underwriters in the commercial insurance market assess risks and exposures of businesses. By combining artificial intelligence with human insights, it enables more accurate pricing and underwriting, which helps insurance companies reduce losses and improve efficiency. The platform operates on a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, where clients pay subscription fees for access. Kalepa aims to enhance underwriting processes and improve the performance of insurance providers.

New York City, New YorkHeadquarters
2018Year Founded
$13.6MTotal Funding
SERIES_ACompany Stage
Enterprise Software, AI & Machine Learning, Financial ServicesIndustries
11-50Employees

Benefits

Competitive salary
Significant equity options package
100% covered medical, 100% covered vision and dental
20 days of PTO a year.
Global team offsites
Healthy living/gym stipend.
Mobile phone bill stipend
Continuing education credits
Home office stipend

Risks

Competition from other AI-powered platforms could erode Kalepa's market share.
Regulatory scrutiny may arise from AI reliance in underwriting decisions.
Resource strain from new MGA formation could impact Kalepa's core SaaS platform.

Differentiation

Kalepa's Copilot platform combines AI and human intelligence for precise risk assessment.
The company offers a SaaS model, enhancing underwriting efficiency for commercial insurers.
Kalepa's new MGA focuses on small and mid-market policyholders with exclusive broker partnerships.

Upsides

Increased AI adoption in underwriting aligns with Kalepa's Copilot capabilities.
InsurTech partnerships offer collaboration opportunities with traditional insurers for Kalepa.
Growing demand for tailored insurance products benefits Kalepa's customized solutions for SMBs.

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