Director/VP of Software Engineering

Role:   

If you want to work on cutting edge technology with friendly, intelligent people in a highly collaborative environment, then Gradient AI is the right place for you.  We are looking for a Director/VP of Software Engineering to manage our software and data engineering teams.   

Gradient AI:   

Gradient AI is a leading provider of AI solutions for the Group Health and P&C insurance industries. Our solutions improve loss ratios and profitability by predicting underwriting and claim risks with greater accuracy, as well as reducing quote turnaround times and claim expenses through intelligent automation. Gradient AI’s SaaS platform leverages a vast industry data lake comprising tens of millions of policies and claims, providing insurers with high-resolution, data-driven insights. Customers include some of the most recognized insurance carriers, MGAs, MGUs, TPAs, risk pools, PEOs, and large self-insured employers across all major lines of insurance. Founded in 2018, Gradient has experienced strong growth every year, and recently raised $56 million in Series C funding from top Insurtech investors.

How will you make an impact:

• Grow and build a world-class engineering team 
• Participate in high-level design decisions and execute on them.  
• Work closely with data engineering and data science teams to create integrated automated processes that support a robust ML Ops workflows.
• Be a technical interface for our client executive team and partners to implement clients. 

Skills needed to succeed:  

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with at least 6+ years managing mentoring developers and managers. 
• Strong track record building successful commercial software products and supporting those products over multiple releases.  
• Proven track record in growing an engineering team, measuring the success of the team, and identifying and developing top talent on the team.  
• Experience evolving engineering processes as the team grows, leveraging different development methodologies based on the needs of the business and team. 
• Proven track record of collaboration with other departments, partners and clients to support product adoption and product usage.
• Demonstrated business savvy and the ability to work with other parts of the business to help make appropriate tradeoffs. 
• Strong understanding of cloud technologies and architectures, AWS is plus.
• Experience working in Insurtech or on AI/ML products is plus. 

What We Offer: 

• A fun, team-oriented startup culture. 
• Generous stock options - we all get to own a piece of what we’re building.
• Unlimited vacation days.
• Paid parental leave.
• Flexible schedule that supports working from home.
• Full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, and more.
• Ample opportunities to learn and take on new responsibilities.

We are looking for someone local to Boston who can work in a hybrid office environment. 

We are an equal opportunity employer.