Engineering Manager, Kin Insurance
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Personalized home insurance platform
Open for applications
Personalized home insurance platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
+Equity
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To reimagine home insurance for every new normal.
Role
Who you are
- Overall 8+ years of experience in software development & strong computer science fundamentals
- Minimum 2 years of experience managing group of 4+ software engineers
- Strong design and architecture exposure in building large scale enterprise SaaS solutions using cloud technologies
- Experience in designing, implementing and maintaining high performance, high availability (24x7), large-scale web/mobile based software applications using modern programming languages
- Knowledge of popular JS frameworks and libraries (React, or Angular, Vue) is nice to have
- Experience with Relational and No-SQL databases, message queues/brokers
- Exposure to BI & big data technologies including Looker, BigTable
- Strong communication skills and ability to grasp and convey complex product requirements or technical concepts
- Ability to work in a fast paced, iterative development environment
- Excellent command of software development life cycle activities including analysis, design, development, unit and system testing, production deployment and post-production support
- Strong time management skills and ability to work on concurrent assignments with different priorities
- Knowledge of the Insurance Industry & Products is a big plus
What the job involves
- We are looking for a passionate, entrepreneurial & hands-on engineering manager to lead one of our engineering teams
- You should be comfortable working with geographically distributed teams and understand the nuances of being a team player
- In this role, you will be responsible for leading a team of application and front-end/back-end engineers to drive innovation in full-stack product development, while relentlessly improving performance, scalability, and maintainability
- Serve as the engineering leader and technical expert
- Hire, nurture and mentor top engineering talent
- Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
- Working with product management to develop and maintain a roadmap for your team
- Own all aspects of team and project delivery
- Drive your team to innovate and deliver roadmap features with agility and high quality
- Execute consistently, rapidly, and effectively to take ideas from concept to production and scale
- Maintain high availability of products and quick response to any production incidents
- Represent your team and product line in cross-functional discussions
Our take
The setup process for home insurance can be difficult and time-consuming, particularly for complex and risky properties. Legacy insurance providers rely on users and brokers to insert uniform data, an approach that is not very accurate considering the idiosyncrasies of each individual property.
Kin Insurance works directly with consumers to provide bespoke and affordable home insurance. The company's software imports thousands of variables based on third-party data in order to provide a more personalized approach to home insurance. Data is also collected from aerial and satellite imagery, government records, and building permits to ensure a house is covered from localized threats such as wildfire, hurricanes and other natural disasters.
Recognizing the antiquated and one-size-fits-all nature of the current home insurance landscape, Kin Insurance has taken an innovative approach by focusing on data collection. Through these means, the company claims that they can offer personalized insurance that can be negotiated directly through their communication channels, ensuring that consumers can access the exact insurance they need without having to pay for more than is required. Strong funding, raised across several rounds, will allow Kin to continue expanding its network and business reach.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Feb 2024
$15m
SERIES D
Sep 2023
$33m
SERIES D
Total funding: $326m
Company benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Commuter benefit plan
- 401k
- Flex spending accounts
- Support for continuing education and professional development
- Training, development, and networking opportunities via Sales Assembly
- Flexible PTO
- Onsite gym membership
- Company-provided lunch each month
- Daily snacks
- Sodas, unlimited flavored water, & coffee
Company values
- Run through walls, together - Our industry is stuck in the status quo. But Kin is different. We are challengers. Innovators unwavering in our mission to fix insurance for those who need it most. We are changing insurance for good. We roll up our sleeves, take action, and get “impossible” things done every day with grit and teamwork
- Raise the bar. Drop the ego - Attitudes are contagious. Every one of us is responsible for creating the culture we want to work in. High performance. Low drama. Always respectful. Like professional sports teams, we win by working in sync. We show up, work hard, and play to each other’s strengths
- Act like an owner - We are more than employees. We are owners, fully accountable for achieving Kin’s mission. That requires positive, proactive, big-picture thinking well beyond our job descriptions. Ask questions, Take ownership. Do the right thing, even when it‘s hard. Because when Kin thrives, so do you. And so do our customers
- Keep asking ‘What if?’ - We value curiosity. To make insurance better for our customers, we experiment. We embrace insights. And we base decisions on data rather than assumptions. We see setbacks as opportunities for growth and are always learning and improving. Both individually and as a company
Company HQ
River North, Chicago, IL
Articles
Leadership
Sean Harper
(CEO)Sean worked as a BCG Associate for 5 years before founding FeeFighters.com and working for 2 years at Groupon. After a year as CPO of 2Checkout, they co-founded Kin Insurance, serving since as CEO.
Lucas Ward
(CTO)Having studied at Southeast Missouri State University, Lucas spent half a decade at Accenture, before a combined 3 years at ThoughtWorks and Fundspire. They left their CTO position at Rippleshot in 2015 to co-found Kin Insurance in January 2016.
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