Director of Engineering, Kalepa

• You have 10+ years of relevant software engineering experience with at least 3 years of full-time engineering people management experience, ideally including experience managing managers and scaling organizations
• You are known for rethinking the way that engineering is done and feel right at home managing both human and AI agents, while ensuring quality and reliability
• You have a proven track record of driving complex, large-scale engineering initiatives and aligning technical strategy with broader company objectives
• You are an excellent recruiter of top-tier engineering talent and somebody who exceptional software engineers want to work with
• You have the ability to make the tradeoffs required to ship high-quality code while working within the constraints of a fast-growing company
• You drive operational excellence by championing metrics-driven decision-making and implementing robust engineering practices
• You thrive on experimentation: you're comfortable testing ideas, measuring results, and iterating quickly on problems no one has solved before
• You have deep architectural expertise and a strong foundation in system design, distributed systems, and scalable infrastructure
• You have experience overseeing and scaling platforms utilizing serverless technologies (Lambda, EC2), asynchronous workflows, and modern cloud environments

Desirable

• Kalepa is looking for an exceptional Director of Engineering to lead and grow the Kalepa for Underwriting team
• We are looking for a deeply technical leader with extensive experience in full-stack engineering who is excited to partner closely with the executive team and cross-functional leaders to shape the future of Kalepa’s product
• You will be responsible for defining the architectural roadmap, setting strategy, driving engineering operational excellence, and cultivating a high-performance, results-driven culture that consistently delivers exceptional value to Kalepa’s clients
• You will establish the frameworks, engineering standards, and cross-functional cadences to power Kalepa’s cutting-edge platform which augments human underwriters and orchestrates AI underwriters to deliver rapid and profitable growth to the world’s largest insurers
• You will bridge the gap between product vision and technical execution, ensuring our technology investments directly drive business impact and long-term business growth
• This role is ideal for someone who cares deeply about quality, is actively rethinking the way that software is built and shipped, and wants to shape the way Kalepa impacts the most critical decisions made at the largest insurance companies
• Lead and grow the Kalepa for Underwriting engineering team: hire, develop, and retain top engineers, and build the managers and tech leads beneath you as the team scales
• Define the architectural roadmap and technical strategy for the platform that augments human underwriters and orchestrates AI underwriters, and keep it aligned with Kalepa’s company objectives
• Establish the frameworks, engineering standards, and cross-functional cadences that let the team ship high-quality software quickly and predictably
• Partner with the executive team, product, and go-to-market leaders to bridge product vision and technical execution, ensuring technology investments drive measurable business impact
• Drive operational excellence through metrics-driven decision-making across delivery, quality, reliability, and cost
• Rethink how software is built and shipped at Kalepa, including how the team deploys AI agents alongside engineers while maintaining quality and reliability
• Own the tradeoffs between speed, quality, and scope within the constraints of a fast-growing company, and be accountable for the outcomes
• Cultivate a high-performance, results-driven culture that consistently delivers exceptional value to Kalepa’s clients