Forward Deployed Engineer, New Business Unit
$144k - $240k USD
Who we are:
Nirvana is on a mission to harness the power of data to revolutionize commercial insurance and enable a safer world. We are bringing much-needed innovation into the legacy, trillion-dollar commercial insurance industry. We have developed cutting-edge predictive models that use real-time IoT data from billions of connected devices, allowing us to better understand and price risk. Our AI-driven platform fundamentally changes the way an insurance company operates with personalized risk scoring, faster underwriting, modernized claims, and proactive, data-driven insights to help customers prevent accidents.
We’ve already proven the scale—serving thousands of fleets and more than doubling our written premiums year over year. Our data moat is growing exponentially with more than 30 billion miles of telematics data, leading to more predictive models and new insights into how we can better understand and reduce risk. Altogether, our loss ratio, efficiency, and customer experience are redefining what can be done in the industry.
With $270+ million raised, including our Series D round in December 2025, we’re only accelerating our growth, with strong support from top-tier VCs including Lightspeed, General Catalyst, and Valor. Nirvana’s leadership team has previously helped scale multi-billion-dollar companies from scratch, including Samsara, Rubrik, and Flexport, and includes industry veterans from Hiscox, The Hartford, and RLI.
About the role:
We're building a new business unit and hiring our first Forward Deployed Engineers to join the founding team. You’ll work closely with customers to deploy into real workflows, integrate with their existing systems, and continuously optimize our AI solutions based on what drives measurable impact. This is a high-velocity, high-impact role that will revolutionize the $1T+ global insurance market.
About you:
Strong full-stack experience: comfortable coding in different languages and platforms.
Experience with modern AI stacks (LLMs, VLMs, ASR/TTS, vector stores, orchestration, evals).
Excellent communication skills across technical and operational audiences.
Thrive in high-ownership environments: minimal process, fast iteration and shipping is your default.
Benefits:
Competitive salary & equity
Medical, dental & vision insurance
Monthly wellness stipend
401k with company match
Unlimited PTO
Company sponsored lunch 3x per week
Off-sites, happy hours, and team building events
We set our salary ranges using compensation data from companies similar to our stage and size. For this role, the estimated salary range for this position is $144,000 - $240,000. The actual base salary will vary depending on multiple factors unique to each candidate, including location, job-related knowledge, transferable skills, work experience and our assessment of your level during the interview process. Nirvana offers equity for all full-time employees, which is not included in the range listed above and will have an impact on your overall compensation.
Nirvana offers a wide range of best-in-class, comprehensive benefits including 100% employer paid healthcare plans, an up to 4% 401k match program, paid time off, parental leave, wellness reimbursement, work-from-home stipend and more.Nirvana is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you’re interested in this role, but do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply. We'd like to consider you for this position and roles that may be a fit in the future.
Nirvana is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law. Nirvana considers all qualified applicants in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.