About Our Client:
The organization operates within the $7 trillion global insurance industry, which relies heavily on professional labor in areas such as underwriting, claims, pricing, operations, and distribution. It develops professional-grade AI systems designed to augment insurance professionals by reading, reasoning, deciding, and acting within real workflows and over extended time horizons. Its AI platform supports leading insurers, delivering measurable outcomes while expanding across various functions. The organization aims to build an AI operating system for decision-making across the insurance sector, focusing on correctness, trust, and real-world impact. The team combines experience from companies such as Facebook, Palantir, Google, Amazon, McKinsey, Mastercard, and Uber, and is backed by investors including IA Ventures and Inspired Capital.
About the Opportunity:
The Director of Engineering - Core Product will lead and expand the Core Product engineering team, working closely with the executive and cross-functional leadership to shape the product’s future. This role is responsible for defining the architectural roadmap, setting strategy, driving operational engineering excellence, and fostering a high-performance culture that delivers significant value to the organization’s clients. The position bridges product vision and technical execution, ensuring technology investments generate lasting business impact and growth. This role suits a leader committed to quality and innovation in software development, impacting critical decisions at major insurance companies.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and grow the Core Product engineering team
- Define architectural roadmap and set engineering strategy
- Drive engineering operational excellence and metrics-driven decision-making
- Establish engineering frameworks, standards, and cross-functional processes
- Collaborate with executive and cross-functional teams to align technical and business goals
- Recruit and retain top-tier engineering talent
- Manage tradeoffs to deliver high-quality code in a fast-growing environment
- Oversee scalable platform development leveraging serverless technologies and cloud environments
- Foster a culture of experimentation, testing, measurement, and iteration
Requirements:
- 10+ years of software engineering experience
- Minimum 3 years of full-time engineering people management, including managing managers and scaling teams
- Experience leading complex, large-scale engineering projects aligned with company objectives
- Skilled in recruiting and retaining exceptional engineering talent
- Strong decision-making skills balancing quality and speed
- Expertise in system design, distributed systems, scalable infrastructure, and cloud platforms
- Experience with serverless technologies such as Lambda and EC2, and asynchronous workflows
- Comfortable managing both human and AI agents
- Commitment to operational excellence through engineering best practices and metrics
Pay Range and Compensation Package:
- Salary range: $215,000 – $295,000 USD
- Significant equity options package
- 401(k) plan with employer match regardless of employee contribution
- Competitive salary based on experience
Benefits & Perks:
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- Comprehensive benefits coverage
Equal Opportunity Statement: Our client is an equal opportunity employer. They celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or national origin.
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