Shepherd is an AI-native commercial insurance platform transforming how high-hazard industries get covered. Our mission is to make risk frictionless for the builders and operators shaping the physical world protecting progress from concept through construction and into decades of operation.
The infrastructure behind the AI boom data centers semiconductor fabs renewable energy assets has to be built and insured. But traditional carriers werent built for this speed:
Complex commercial construction projects routinely wait weeks for a single quote
Legacy carriers rely on static applications and disconnected systems
Brokers chase carriers through calls emails and resubmissions
We built Shepherd to solve that. Our AI performs the same underwriting workflows in seconds and integrates real-time data from construction technology partners Procore Autodesk OpenSpace DroneDeploy and others to see risk as it actually exists not just as it was reported on a static form.
Were pursuing the most ambitious technical vision in commercial insurance: fully autonomous underwriting. Were closing in on the first fully agentic submission in the industry email in price out no human intervention until the last mile.
With Shepherd safety speed and quality no longer trade off against one another they compound. Were building:
Faster decisions
Smarter more accurate pricing
Better risk outcomes for insureds who invest in safer practices
Were not just modernizing insurance products. Were building the risk infrastructure for the next generation of financial services.
Were a team of technologists and insurance enthusiasts bridging the two worlds together. Check out our About page to learn more.
GTM Engineer
Were hiring an AI-pilled growth marketer to build Shepherds growth engine for brokers: paid media account-based marketing broker lifecycle and the agentic workflows and automation that connects it all the way through to submissions. Your title will be Marketing Engineer Brokerage Growth and youll report to the Head of Marketing.
About the role
Commercial insurance especially the retail brokerage channel (which is our distribution channel) is a digitally underdeveloped market. The standard B2B growth stack (SEO/SEM ABM email marketing paid ads funnels retargeting intent signals AI-search visibility) is not something our audiences are used to seeing which makes it a huge opportunity for us to take advantage of. Our growth motion should look like an AI companys growth motion: technical measured compounding and far more productive than a traditional marketing this role you will prove that thesis by introducing a modern high-growth engine to a market where standard B2B playbooks barely exist.
As our GTM Engineer you will build and own that stack. You operate like a growth engineer at a frontier AI company but apply it to commercial insurance: site experimentation inbound conversion paid and ABM programs outbound infrastructure marketing automation attribution GEO/SEO and AI-search entity infrastructure. You might also have some extra magic gifts for content social or building tools. Youre hands-on in our channels and shipping improvements every week.
What youll do
Own paid media & ABM: Run paid programs end-to-end audience strategy channel mix budgets creative testing and performance with a heavy focus on ABM campaigns that turn broker activations into submissions.
Build outbound and lifecycle infrastructure: Design and implement broker lifecycle journeys signal-based triggers intelligent sequences and plays and all of the orchestration and wiring to get every broker the right touch at the right time and every Shepherd underwriter the intelligence and enablement they need to be in a position to win.
Improve conversion across the funnel: Build and iterate on landing pages forms and website flows to convert traffic from paid ABM and organic channels; youll own experimentation and CRO.
Stand up GEO / AI search: Implement structured data schema markup and entity infrastructure so Shepherd shows up where brokers and insureds search including AI-native surfaces.
Implement marketing automation & attribution: Select and wire the stack (MAP enrichment tracking) then build dashboards that clearly show whats working especially for paid and ABM programs.
Produce performance creative: Turn ideas into performance assets self-recorded explainers lightweight product demos landing pages and ad creative and pull in specialists when we need higher-end production.
Increase experimentation velocity: Continuously test audiences offers creative landing pages and channels and translate results into clear next steps for the business.
Who you are
4 years blending growth marketing demand generation and technical execution at a fast-moving B2B or consumer technology company.
Extremely AI-pilled you live in Cursor Claude Code or Codex. You are the first amongst your friends and coworkers to have a take on the latest LLM release.
High agency and hands-on technically: you dont wait for engineering support to ship a new tool or run a data analysis. You bias toward action ship weekly and do as well as you possibly can within what youve set out to do. Youre comfortable being the one who moves first and figures it out while others are still whiteboarding.
You are allin on your craft. You dont halfbuild things; you hold yourself to outcomes and wholeass the system end to end so nothing gets in the way of hitting your goals.
You like big complex problems. As we scale you expect the challenges to get more difficult: data gaps messy funnels attribution edge cases and that excites you. You see new bigger harder problems as proof the system is working and leveling up.
Experienced running growth programs at scale and building the attribution needed to prove impact.
Comfortable turning rough ideas into usable content (scripts looms social clips quick ad creative) and directing designers or video partners to get to final assets.
Bonus: experience in insurtech fintech or vertical SaaS.
Extra bonus: experience inside an AI-native company and a clear view of what AI-native growth looks like in practice.
Benefits
Premium Healthcare 100% contribution to top-tier health dental and vision
Fertility benefits and family building support
Unlimited PTO Flexibility to take the time off recharge and perform
Daily lunches dinners and snacks We work together and enjoy meals together too
SF NYC Dallas-Fort Worth Chicago and LA Offices
Professional Development Access to premium coaching including leadership development
Competitive401(k) Plan
Dog-friendly office Plenty of dogs to play with and make friends with in the SF office
Required Experience:
IC
What We DoShepherd is an AI-native commercial insurance platform transforming how high-hazard industries get covered. Our mission is to make risk frictionless for the builders and operators shaping the physical world protecting progress from concept through construction and into decades of operatio...
What We Do
Shepherd is an AI-native commercial insurance platform transforming how high-hazard industries get covered. Our mission is to make risk frictionless for the builders and operators shaping the physical world protecting progress from concept through construction and into decades of operation.
The infrastructure behind the AI boom data centers semiconductor fabs renewable energy assets has to be built and insured. But traditional carriers werent built for this speed:
Complex commercial construction projects routinely wait weeks for a single quote
Legacy carriers rely on static applications and disconnected systems
Brokers chase carriers through calls emails and resubmissions
We built Shepherd to solve that. Our AI performs the same underwriting workflows in seconds and integrates real-time data from construction technology partners Procore Autodesk OpenSpace DroneDeploy and others to see risk as it actually exists not just as it was reported on a static form.
Were pursuing the most ambitious technical vision in commercial insurance: fully autonomous underwriting. Were closing in on the first fully agentic submission in the industry email in price out no human intervention until the last mile.
With Shepherd safety speed and quality no longer trade off against one another they compound. Were building:
Faster decisions
Smarter more accurate pricing
Better risk outcomes for insureds who invest in safer practices
Were not just modernizing insurance products. Were building the risk infrastructure for the next generation of financial services.
Were a team of technologists and insurance enthusiasts bridging the two worlds together. Check out our About page to learn more.
GTM Engineer
Were hiring an AI-pilled growth marketer to build Shepherds growth engine for brokers: paid media account-based marketing broker lifecycle and the agentic workflows and automation that connects it all the way through to submissions. Your title will be Marketing Engineer Brokerage Growth and youll report to the Head of Marketing.
About the role
Commercial insurance especially the retail brokerage channel (which is our distribution channel) is a digitally underdeveloped market. The standard B2B growth stack (SEO/SEM ABM email marketing paid ads funnels retargeting intent signals AI-search visibility) is not something our audiences are used to seeing which makes it a huge opportunity for us to take advantage of. Our growth motion should look like an AI companys growth motion: technical measured compounding and far more productive than a traditional marketing this role you will prove that thesis by introducing a modern high-growth engine to a market where standard B2B playbooks barely exist.
As our GTM Engineer you will build and own that stack. You operate like a growth engineer at a frontier AI company but apply it to commercial insurance: site experimentation inbound conversion paid and ABM programs outbound infrastructure marketing automation attribution GEO/SEO and AI-search entity infrastructure. You might also have some extra magic gifts for content social or building tools. Youre hands-on in our channels and shipping improvements every week.
What youll do
Own paid media & ABM: Run paid programs end-to-end audience strategy channel mix budgets creative testing and performance with a heavy focus on ABM campaigns that turn broker activations into submissions.
Build outbound and lifecycle infrastructure: Design and implement broker lifecycle journeys signal-based triggers intelligent sequences and plays and all of the orchestration and wiring to get every broker the right touch at the right time and every Shepherd underwriter the intelligence and enablement they need to be in a position to win.
Improve conversion across the funnel: Build and iterate on landing pages forms and website flows to convert traffic from paid ABM and organic channels; youll own experimentation and CRO.
Stand up GEO / AI search: Implement structured data schema markup and entity infrastructure so Shepherd shows up where brokers and insureds search including AI-native surfaces.
Implement marketing automation & attribution: Select and wire the stack (MAP enrichment tracking) then build dashboards that clearly show whats working especially for paid and ABM programs.
Produce performance creative: Turn ideas into performance assets self-recorded explainers lightweight product demos landing pages and ad creative and pull in specialists when we need higher-end production.
Increase experimentation velocity: Continuously test audiences offers creative landing pages and channels and translate results into clear next steps for the business.
Who you are
4 years blending growth marketing demand generation and technical execution at a fast-moving B2B or consumer technology company.
Extremely AI-pilled you live in Cursor Claude Code or Codex. You are the first amongst your friends and coworkers to have a take on the latest LLM release.
High agency and hands-on technically: you dont wait for engineering support to ship a new tool or run a data analysis. You bias toward action ship weekly and do as well as you possibly can within what youve set out to do. Youre comfortable being the one who moves first and figures it out while others are still whiteboarding.
You are allin on your craft. You dont halfbuild things; you hold yourself to outcomes and wholeass the system end to end so nothing gets in the way of hitting your goals.
You like big complex problems. As we scale you expect the challenges to get more difficult: data gaps messy funnels attribution edge cases and that excites you. You see new bigger harder problems as proof the system is working and leveling up.
Experienced running growth programs at scale and building the attribution needed to prove impact.
Comfortable turning rough ideas into usable content (scripts looms social clips quick ad creative) and directing designers or video partners to get to final assets.
Bonus: experience in insurtech fintech or vertical SaaS.
Extra bonus: experience inside an AI-native company and a clear view of what AI-native growth looks like in practice.
Benefits
Premium Healthcare 100% contribution to top-tier health dental and vision
Fertility benefits and family building support
Unlimited PTO Flexibility to take the time off recharge and perform
Daily lunches dinners and snacks We work together and enjoy meals together too
SF NYC Dallas-Fort Worth Chicago and LA Offices
Professional Development Access to premium coaching including leadership development
Competitive401(k) Plan
Dog-friendly office Plenty of dogs to play with and make friends with in the SF office