Founding Engineer
About the role
As founding engineer you'll be an integral part of the Solva team. You will work with the founders and have defining role in building the core product and expanding the engineering team.
One week you’ll be deep in backend systems and cloud infrastructure, the next you’ll be making the architectural decisions that shape how multi-billion-dollar insurers operate in the AI age.
This is a true ownership role. You won’t just ship code, you’ll help set the technical direction, lead initiatives on new projects, and take part in building the engineering team and culture from the ground up.
What you’ll do
Architect and build production systems for our core products
Lead on infrastructure and backend (Go, Rust, Kotlin, Postgres, GCP/AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD)
Work across the stack where needed (React, Vite, TypeScript)
Ship fast, iterate with customers and turn messy problems into clean, scalable systems
Collaborate with the CTO on the long-term technical vision and future team structure
What we’re looking for
Strong backend and infrastructure experience (cloud, infra-as-code, scaling systems, observability)
Ability to own technical decisions and balance pragmatism with long-term design
Excited to build directly with customers in complex, real-world industries
Joy in moving fast, breaking down ambiguity on a whiteboard and making solid engineering judgement calls
Leadership mindset: eager to shape culture, mentor future hires, and grow into a key technical leader
About Solva
Solva is building the AI operating system to reinvent insurance, starting with claims. We are backed by one of the world's most prestigious early-stage investors and executives from OpenAI and leading insurers. Our investors have previously backed companies like OpenAI, Google, Stripe, Anthropic, Databricks and Github. Solva is a Y Combinator S25 company and has emerged as one of the fastest growing and best-capitalized startups of the batch.
Our team was previously part of building Europe’s fastest growing InsurTech and founded a neobank processing €1B/yr+. Now we are taking on one of the world’s largest industries and rebuilding it from the ground up with AI.
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