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 fast-growing startup, bringing state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) solutions to the trillion-dollar insurance industry.  Founded in 2018, we have recently raised $20M from top Insurtech investors to continue fueling our growth.  Our software-as-a-service platform provides bias-free, data-driven insights, enabling insurance companies to profitably run their business and expand their offerings to underserved people and markets.  

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.
• 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.