Director, Engineering - Platform & App

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow front-end and backend engineering teams responsible for platform and application delivery.
• Own delivery against timeline, scope, and quality from concept through general availability.
• Lead AI transformation across development by embedding AI-assisted tooling and practices throughout the SDLC.
• Manage a development manager overseeing a customer operations engineering team.
• Drive the technical roadmap for identity and access, including SSO, multi-organization membership, and account linking.
• Partner with the CTO and Product to translate strategy into an executable engineering roadmap.
• Oversee payment and commissions integrations from API design through production support.
• Establish and enforce UAT and release processes, including environment promotion approvals.
• Own security posture and remediate dependency and vulnerability alerts within SLA.
• Partner with Support and DevOps to triage production issues and prioritize the Jira backlog.
• Represent engineering in external and industry forums, including the NIPR Company Advisory Board.
• Report roadmap, risk, and delivery status to engineering and business leadership.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience managing backend or platform engineering teams, ideally in B2B SaaS, insurtech, regtech, or another compliance-heavy domain.
• Experience integrating AI-assisted development tools and practices into engineering workflows, with measurable improvements in velocity or quality.
• Ability to operate effectively amid ambiguity and organizational change while maintaining delivery excellence.
• Experience shipping through a UAT and release process and running a disciplined vulnerability remediation program.
• Direct experience with identity and access management, including SSO/OIDC, multi-tenant authentication, and account or organization membership models.
• Experience with systems involving regulatory compliance, licensing, or financial data.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with Product, Support, DevOps, Security, Professional Services, and Sales.
• Hands-on technical background in Go and/or Java backend services, with the ability to review architecture and unblock engineers.
• Clear written and verbal communication across distributed teams.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with insurance producer licensing, appointments, or contracting workflows.
• Experience integrating third-party payment processors or commission and compensation systems.

Compensation and Benefits

• Base salary: $235,000-$250,000.
• Quarterly company bonus program.
• Equity in the form of stock options.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with employer-paid premiums for eligible plans.
• Employee Assistance Plan, life and AD&D insurance.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan and HSA employer contributions.
• Flexible PTO and 12 paid holidays.
• 12 weeks of parental leave with a return-to-work stipend.