Applied Science Platform Lead

About the role

Stand builds a risk engine that uses advanced physics and AI to model catastrophic risk at the asset level and automate underwriting and mitigation before loss occurs. As the Applied Science Platform Lead, you’ll lead the platform sub-team within Applied Science, supporting Stand’s physics simulations, digital twins, AI/ML models, and spatial intelligence.

This player-coach role combines direct technical work with leadership. You’ll own the technical direction, planning, and execution of platform initiatives, aligning them with Applied Science and companywide stakeholders and ensuring they ship on schedule and deliver measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy, and support physics simulations, digital twins, AI/ML models, and spatial intelligence.
• Lead platform initiatives across production AI training and inference, simulation pipelines, infrastructure and CI/CD reliability, geospatial data processing, and annotation and QC systems.
• Support new digital-twin capabilities for expansion into new geographies and perils, such as hurricane.

Key facts

• The role leads the platform sub-team within Applied Science.
• The work spans AI training and inference, simulation pipelines, and geospatial data processing.
• The role supports digital-twin capabilities for expansion into new geographies and perils.