Head of Engineering, Insurance Division

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☕ Washington – Remote

☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $210k - $294k / year

⏰ Full Time

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👮‍♀️ Software Engineering Manager

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PORCH 💚

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1 - 10 employees

Founded 2022

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

🏨 Hospitality

Consulting • Healthcare • Hospitality

PORCH 💚 is a next-generation insurance company that provides comprehensive software and services to various home service industries. It streamlines interactions for home professionals, utility customers, realtors, and homeowners by offering tools for inspections, moving, mortgage processes, and home maintenance. Through its partnerships, Porch enhances the home buying experience by simplifying service requests, onboarding new customers for warranty and insurance companies, and assisting with home improvement projects.

📋 Description

• Own the engineering strategy and roadmap for Porch's insurance platform • Translate Advantaged Underwriting and Best Services for Homeowners into a multi-year plan with Product, Finance, Design, and the business • Lead delivery of the new policy administration system and core platform, including rating, underwriting, billing, and agent and consumer portals • Ensure delivery on time without disrupting the inforce book • Make AI-led engineering the default by integrating AI coding, testing, and review agents into daily team workflows • Measure AI impact on cycle time, quality, and cost • Embed AI into underwriting, quoting, servicing, and agent tools • Establish guardrails for model governance, explainability, and auditability in a regulated environment • Establish and enforce end-to-end execution processes for planning, estimation, release, testing, and compliance controls • Build compliance into the platform to meet NAIC, SEC, and state regulatory requirements • Set KPIs for delivery speed, reliability, quality, and business value • Hire, coach, and grow engineering managers and senior engineers across the US, South America, and India • Build a culture of ownership, learning, and smart risk taking • Manage vendors and partners and make build-versus-buy decisions • Represent engineering with executives, reinsurance partners, and regulators • Explain business results through a technology lens

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years in software engineering • 8+ years leading engineering teams, including managers • Record of shipping products at pace • Experience leading an organization of about 20+ people across multiple product teams and locations, including distributed or offshore teams • Experience building a core insurance platform, such as policy administration, rating, underwriting, billing, or claims, from architecture through production • Experience integrating with legacy and third-party systems • Strong technical judgment in modern cloud-native architecture and systems integration • Proven AI-led engineering experience, including AI-assisted development, agentic workflows, or LLM-powered product features, with measurable gains in throughput or quality • Experience managing vendor relationships and working across Product, Data Science, and Operations • Strong attention to detail and process discipline • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to influence senior leaders • Familiarity with ICFR and Sarbanes-Oxley • Familiarity with multi-state, multi-product insurance compliance • BS/BA in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field • Preferred: Home or property insurance, Insurtech, or another regulated, data-heavy domain • Preferred: Previous startup or high-growth experience • Must be eligible to work in the United States, as Porch Group is an E-Verify employer

🏖️ Benefits

• Long-term incentive awards, subject to program guidelines and approvals • Annual bonus based on individual and company performance, subject to program guidelines and approvals • Comprehensive health, life, and financial wellbeing coverage • Three medical plan options • Two dental plan options • Vision plan • Voluntary Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident plans • Partially employer-funded Health Savings Account • Healthcare, dependent care, and transportation Flexible Spending Accounts • Company-paid Basic Life and AD&D insurance • Short- and Long-Term Disability benefits • Voluntary Life and AD&D plans • Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans with discretionary employer match • Employer-paid wellbeing program with guided meditation, mindfulness exercises, mental health coaching, clinical care, and confidential resources including will preparation • Employee and family discounts through LifeBalance, including gym memberships, travel, appliances, movies, and pet insurance • Flexible paid vacation • Company-paid holidays, typically nine per year • Paid sick time • Paid parental leave • Identity theft program • Travel assistance • Fitness and other discount programs • Remote work arrangement

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