Stand
Applied Science Platform Lead
San Francisco · Full-time
No sponsorship$200k-$240kDetected 14 days ago
Cloud PlatformsKubernetesCI/CDMachine LearningAirflowData EngineeringComputer VisionAI OrchestrationCFDTest AutomationResearchLeadershipCommunicationUnderwriting
About the role
- We use advanced physics and AI to model catastrophic risk at the asset level, then automate underwriting and mitigation before loss occurs.
- Insurance is simply the current delivery mechanism.
- The real product is a scalable risk engine, our Stand World Model https://frontier.standinsurance.com.
Responsibilities
- Lead the platform sub-team - set priorities, coordinate execution, and unblock the team to deliver on critical software and infrastructure initiatives.
- Manage and grow the team - run 1:1s and growth conversations, give direct and timely feedback, manage performance, and mentor engineers as the team scales.
- Own production pipelines - debug, monitor, and resolve issues to improve uptime and reliability.
- Build and support scalable ML infrastructure - data pipelines, training systems, evaluation frameworks, and production monitoring.
- Design and operate geospatial pipelines that merge heterogeneous spatial datasets into reproducible, production-grade workflows.
- 5+ years building production-grade data, simulation, or modeling pipelines with end-to-end automation, monitoring, and alerting.
- As the Applied Science Platform Lead, you'll lead the platform sub-team within Applied Science that helps build, deploys, and supports Stand's flagship physics simulations, digital twins, AI/ML models, and spatial intelligence.
- You'll own the technical direction, planning, and execution of critical platform initiatives - ensuring they align with Applied Science and companywide stakeholders, ship on schedule, and deliver measurable outcomes.
- Why Join Stand https://www.standinsurance.com/careers/why-stand/: At Stand, you'll help build a new class of global property protection.
Requirements
- Experience with cluster compute and job scheduling (e.g., Slurm and/or Kubernetes) and workflow orchestration (e.g., Prefect or Apache Airflow).
- Experience supporting physics-based or simulation-heavy workflows (e.g., CFD, multiphysics, digital twins) in production, with strong physical-simulation intuition.
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. Stand does not sponsor new work visas.
Skills
- Strong project ownership and execution: planning, prioritization, stakeholder coordination, and delivery from concept through production.
- Proven ability to debug distributed, data-heavy systems - spanning APIs, preprocessing, modeling, and downstream consumers.
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and CI/CD, including infrastructure-as-code, automated testing, and reliable deployment.
- Comfort working across backend, AI pipelines, simulations, and digital twins, even if your background leans toward one area.
- Ability to connect technical work to business objectives and customer impact, and to translate SME needs into robust platform capabilities.
- Strong, succinct communication, and the judgment to balance research depth, delivery timelines, and business impact.
- Nice to Haves:
- Prior people-management experience, especially in high-growth environments.
- Startup or zero-to-one technology development experience.
- Knowledge of geospatial, remote-sensing, or Earth-observation datasets and systems.
- Experience working directly with business or product teams on customer-facing technology.
- Experience collaborating with MLEs on training pipelines and dataset construction for large-scale models.
Compensation
- The annual base salary range for full-time employees in this position is $200,000 to $240,000 + meaningful Equity Grant.
- Compensation decisions are dependent on several factors including, but not limited to, an individual's qualifications, location where the role is to be performed, internal equity, and alignment with market data.
Benefits
- Above-market Health, Dental, and Vision coverage
- Weekly lunch stipend
- Flexible time off + holidays
- Commuter benefits
- PAT & MAT Leave
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- In-office perks
Company info
- We believe that diversity enriches the workplace, and we are committed to growing our team with the most talented and passionate people from every community.
- We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals.
Equal opportunity
- Employment
- Stand is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. We believe that diversity enriches the workplace, and we are committed to growing our team with the most talented and passionate people from every community.
- We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals. If you require assistance
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. Stand does not sponsor new work visas.
- We can consider candidates on TN visas, O-1A visas, or H-1B transfers with three years or more remaining.
This listing is sourced directly from Stand's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.