Senior Full Stack AI Engineer

Fortegra is building a next-generation engineering capability focused on AI-accelerated development and rapid application delivery. We are seeking Full Stack Engineers who thrive in fast-moving environments and have deep experience designing, building, and deploying enterprise-grade applications.

The ideal candidate is a high-agency engineer with strong expertise in React-based front-end systems, modern backend frameworks, and secure public-facing application architecture, combined with hands-on experience using AI-driven development tools and agentic coding workflows. Domain experience in Insurance or Financial Services is a big plus.

If you are excited about using tools like Claude Code, GitHub CoPilot, Cursor, Lovable, Replit, and other AI-native development tools to dramatically accelerate product development, we want to talk to you.

What You’ll Do

Build and Ship Production Applications:

• Architect and develop enterprise-grade full stack applications
• Design and build high-quality React front-end systems
• Develop scalable backend services using modern server-side frameworks
• Deploy secure public-facing applications in production environments
• Ensure performance, reliability, and maintainability of distributed systems
  
  

AI-Accelerated Development

• Use AI coding tools such as Claude Code, CoPilot, Cursor, Replit, Lovable and similar environments to dramatically accelerate development cycles
• Implement AI-driven development workflows including agentic coding, prompt-driven engineering, and automated code generation
• Rapidly prototype and iterate on new product ideas
• Evaluate and integrate emerging AI developer tools
  
  

Rapid Prototyping And Product Development

• Quickly build and validate new front-end applications and internal tools
• Partner with business stakeholders to transform ideas into working software
• Develop prototypes that evolve into production-ready enterprise systems
• Help establish Fortegra’s modern AI-first engineering culture
  
  

Security And Production Readiness

• Design and implement secure architectures for public-facing applications
• Implement authentication, authorization, and secure API design
• Apply best practices in application security, cloud security, and compliance
• Ensure secure handling of sensitive financial and customer data
  
  

The above-cited duties and responsibilities describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to the job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that an incumbent may be expected or asked to perform.

Required Qualifications

• 7 years of professional software engineering experience
• Significant experience designing and deploying enterprise-grade applications
• Expert-level proficiency with React and modern front-end frameworks
• Strong experience with at least one server-side framework such as:
• Node.js / NestJS / Express
• Python (FastAPI, Django)
• .NET Core
• Experience building and deploying secure public-facing applications
• Strong knowledge of API design, distributed systems, and cloud architectures
• Hands-on experience using AI coding tools such as:
• Claude Code
• Cursor
• GitHub Copilot
• Replit
• Experience with AI-assisted or agentic development workflows
• Strong ability to prototype quickly and iterate rapidly
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Insurance or Financial Services domain experience
• Experience building AI-enabled products or developer tooling
• Familiarity with LLMs, AI agents, and prompt engineering
• Experience with serverless and cloud-native architectures
• Experience deploying applications in AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Experience building internal platforms or developer tooling
• Startup or high-velocity product development experience
  
  

What Makes This Role Unique

• Work in an AI-first engineering environment
• Use modern AI developer tools to dramatically accelerate development
• Build production applications from prototype to deployment
• Help shape Fortegra’s next generation product platform
• Join a high-impact engineering team focused on rapid innovation
  
  

Salary Range

$110,000 – $190,000 base salary, commensurate with experience.

Fortegra is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this position.

Recruitment Updates

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