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Founding Underwriter

Hedge Specialty

Company websitehedgespecialty.com (Hedge Specialty, opens in new tab)

Base salary $125K  to $250K

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in United States

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  • LocationUnited States
  • WorkplaceOn-site
  • Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
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About this job

THE OPPORTUNITY

Hedge is hiring a founding underwriter to combine sound risk judgment with the operating discipline and product thinking required to scale. You will help agencies understand appetite, improve submission quality, structure placements, and turn underwriting knowledge into repeatable systems.

COMPENSATION AND OWNERSHIP

Base salary is $125K-$250K. Equity is 0.25%-1.50%. Final placement reflects underwriting depth, line expertise, authority, and the operating scope you can own.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

  • Evaluate commercial risks, exposures, controls, and submission quality

  • Match risks to appropriate carrier, MGA, and program appetite

  • Work with agencies and brokers to close information gaps and structure strong submissions

  • Negotiate terms and clearly communicate coverage, conditions, and tradeoffs

  • Build underwriting guidelines, decision tools, and feedback loops into Hedge's platform

  • Track outcomes and improve risk selection, turnaround time, and placement quality

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

  • First 30 days: master Hedge's current markets, appetite, workflows, and quality gaps

  • By day 60: own underwriting and placement decisions for a defined segment

  • By day 90: improve submission quality or turnaround time in a measurable way

  • In 12 months: help build a scalable underwriting function with trusted judgment and clear economics

WHO THRIVES HERE

You have at least three years of commercial underwriting or closely related placement experience. You can make and explain decisions, handle ambiguity, and turn tacit knowledge into process without reducing underwriting to a checklist.

WHY HEDGE

Hedge is building the operating system for commercial insurance distribution. You will work directly with the founders, own a consequential part of the company, and help define how the function works as we scale. We offer health benefits and meaningful equity.

WORK MODEL

This role is based in San Francisco and works in person with the team six days a week.

INTERVIEW PROCESS

  1. Application review

  2. A focused introductory conversation

  3. A role-specific deep dive

  4. A practical underwriting case discussion based on a realistic Hedge scenario

  5. Final conversation with the founders

Hedge is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate candidates based on ability, judgment, and potential, and we do not discriminate based on protected characteristics.

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This range next to 4 other live Hedge Specialty roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 4 other live Hedge Specialty roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Founding Underwriter (this listing)$125K - $250K
General Application$125K - $250K
Founding Head of Markets$125K - $200K
Founding Head of Partnerships$120K - $250K
Founding Engineer$150K - $250K

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All Hedge Specialty roles · How to read the bar

Observed changes

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  2. Began meeting the published-salary criteria
Observed since
Employer-stated posting date
2026-08-27
Where this pay comes from

Location as the employer wrote it: San Francisco - In Office

USD 125,000 – 250,000 · 1 YEAR · Salary

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