updated 13 days ago
Head of Platform: Traded (P&C Insurance)
190 000 - 230 000$
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Head of Platform: Traded (P&C Insurance): Modernizing the traded policy application ecosystem and leading engineering delivery for a property and casualty insurance portfolio with an accent on cloud-native, API-first, event-driven architecture, engineering quality, and operational resilience. Focus on reducing technical debt, building a high-performing platform and QA organization, managing vendors and budgets, and supporting underwriting, pricing, and policy lifecycle capabilities.
Location: Boston, MA; hybrid work with 3 days per week in the office
Salary: $190,000–$230,000 per year
Company
is an international specialist insurer focused on commercial insurance products and selective underwriting for unique and complex risks.
What you will do
- Define and execute a multi-year modernization strategy for the traded application portfolio.
- Lead the evolution toward cloud-native, API-first, and event-driven architectures.
- Own engineering delivery, quality standards, release governance, production support, and operational resilience.
- Build and lead engineering, platform, QA, and delivery functions.
- Partner with underwriting, operations, data, architecture, finance, procurement, legal, and business leadership teams.
- Manage vendors, budgets, KPIs, regulatory controls, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in senior leadership overseeing large-scale platforms.
- Experience modernizing complex legacy environments into cloud-native or hybrid architectures.
- Strong Property & Casualty insurance experience, preferably in traded or delegated authority business models.
- Experience leading teams responsible for QA, platform delivery, and application support.
- Strong knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, microservices architecture, and agile delivery models.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; a master’s degree is preferred.
Nice to have
- Experience with Insurity, QuikSolver4, or BrightCore.
- Experience with scaled delivery frameworks such as SAFe.
- Master’s degree in a related field.
Culture & Benefits
- 401(k) with company matching, health insurance, vision, dental, and FSA plans.
- Paid time off, holidays, parental leave, and a four-week paid sabbatical after every five years of service.
- Disability and life insurance coverage, adoption assistance, and medical travel reimbursement.
- Health club reimbursement and a company-paid Headspace subscription.
- Values-driven culture with volunteerism, social responsibility, community involvement, and charitable donation matching.
- Modern open office spaces and complimentary drinks.
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