Head of Engineering, Insurance Division at Porch Group in Seattle, WA

Job description

Porch Group is a leading vertical software and insurance platform and is positioned to be the best partner to help homebuyers move, maintain, and fully protect their homes. We offer differentiated products and services, with homeowners insurance at the center of this relationship. We differentiate and look to win in the massive and growing homeowners insurance opportunity by 1) providing the best services for homebuyers, 2) led by advantaged underwriting in insurance, 3) to protect the whole home. As a leader in the home services software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) space, we’ve built deep relationships with approximately 30 thousand companies that are key to the home-buying transaction, such as home inspectors, mortgage companies, and title companies. In 2020, Porch Group rang the Nasdaq bell and began trading under the ticker symbol PRCH. We are looking to build a truly great company and are JUST GETTING STARTED. Job Title: Director of Engineering, Insurance Division Location: United States Workplace Type: Remote Job Summary The future is bright for the Porch Group, and we’d love for you to be a part of it as our Director of Engineering, Insurance Division . Porch Group is building an AI-first home insurance business, and this role leads the engineering organization behind our policy administration, underwriting, agent and consumer experiences, and regulatory capabilities. You will lead the rollout of our new policy administration system and launch capabilities that change how we serve agents, consumers and partners, all while keeping the team shipping quickly in a regulated environment. AI is central to this role: you will set the standard for how engineers design, build, test and ship with AI tools and agents every day, and show measurable gains in speed, quality and cost. You will decide where AI belongs in the platform, how it is governed in a regulated industry, and how the team builds the skills to use it well. As part of the Insurance Division, you will directly shape how Porch delivers on advantaged underwriting and the best services for homeowners. What You Will Do As A Director of Engineering, Insurance Division Own the engineering strategy and roadmap for Porch's insurance platform, translating Advantaged Underwriting and Best Services for Homeowners into a multi-year plan with Product, Finance, Design and the business. Lead delivery of our new policy administration system and the core platform around it (rating, underwriting, billing, agent and consumer portals), landing it on time without disrupting the inforce book. Make AI-led engineering the default: put AI coding, testing and review agents into every team's daily workflow, and measure the impact on cycle time, quality and cost. Embed AI into the product itself, from underwriting and quoting to servicing and agent tools, and set the guardrails for model governance, explainability and auditability in a regulated environment. Establish clear end-to-end execution processes for each major workstream (planning, estimation, release, testing and compliance controls), document them concisely, and make sure they are followed day to day. Build compliance into the platform so we meet NAIC, SEC and state regulatory requirements without slowing delivery or hurting the customer experience. Set clear KPIs for delivery speed, reliability, quality and business value, and hold the organization accountable to them. Hire, coach and grow high performing engineering managers and senior engineers across the US, South America and India, and build a culture of ownership, learning and smart risk taking. Manage vendors and partners to deliver results, and make sound build-versus-buy decisions. Represent engineering with executives, reinsurance partners and regulators, explaining business results through a technology lens. What You Will Bring As A Director of Engineering, Insurance Division 12+ years in software engineering, with 8+ years leading engineering teams, including managers, and a r