Remote Director, Insurance Platform Engineering (AI-Led)

Porch.com; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Porch Group is building an AI-first home insurance business, and this role leads the engineering organization behind policy administration, underwriting, agent and consumer experiences, and regulatory capabilities.

You will drive the rollout of a new policy administration system and launch capabilities that transform how we serve agents, consumers, and partners, all while maintaining rapid delivery in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software engineering, with 8+ years leading engineering teams.
• Experience leading an organization of about 20+ people across multiple product teams and locations, including distributed or offshore teams.
• Experience building a core platform for insurance (for example policy administration, rating, underwriting, billing or claims), from architecture through production, including integration with legacy and third-party systems.
• Strong technical judgment in modern cloud-native architecture and systems integration; credible in design reviews and able to coach others.
• Proven AI-led engineering experience: you have built and run a team where AI is central to how software is designed, written, tested and shipped (AI-assisted development, agentic workflows, LLM-powered product features), with measurable gains in throughput or quality.
• Experience managing vendor relationships and working across Product, Data Science and Operations.
• Strong attention to detail and process discipline: you know the state of your programs cold

Responsibilities

• 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 and 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.

Skills

Engineering leadership

AI-led engineering

Cloud-native architecture

Policy administration

Underwriting systems

Vendor management

Cross-functional leadership

Regulatory compliance

Tools

AWS

GCP

LLM tooling

Job description

Porch Group is building an AI-first home insurance business, and this role leads the engineering organization behind policy administration, underwriting, agent and consumer experiences, and regulatory capabilities.

You will drive the rollout of a new policy administration system and launch capabilities that transform how we serve agents, consumers, and partners, all while maintaining rapid delivery in a regulated environment.