Director of Engineering, Nirvana
$220.9-292k
+ Equity
Commercial insurance & risk management
Open for applications
Commercial insurance & risk management
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$220.9-292k
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To modernize commercial insurance and enable a safer world.
Role
Who you are
- Experience in Fintech/B2B/Enterprise
- 10+ years of relevant industry experience including 5+ years in an engineering leadership role
- Strong hiring capabilities and experience in building and leading high-performing engineering teams
- Ability to lead critical tech projects with a focus on technical complexity
- Business and Product acumen. You have the ability to drive progress towards business outcomes in conjunction with engineering centric goals
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across time zones and teams
- Must be based in the Bay Area
- Self-starter who independently seeks out opportunities to learn & succeed
- Bias-to-action - you’re not afraid to get your hands dirty & stretch yourself
- Owner mentality - take accountability for your actions & results
- Successfully able to work in high-growth & ambiguous start-up environments
What the job involves
- We are seeking a visionary Director of Engineering to join our team in San Francisco
- In this role, you will own the roadmap and execution for key engineering components, working closely with cross-functional teams including product management and data science
- Your role will require translating evolving business objectives into actionable technical strategies, ensuring that teams not only achieve ambitious, long-term goals but also deliver consistent value through frequent releases
- You will lead a team of mid to senior-level engineers with a strong focus on both high-quality execution and nurturing talent, and champion a culture of continuous improvement, implement scalable systems and processes, and help define the company’s path forward—playing a pivotal role in enabling both product-driven and enterprise-focused initiatives
- Leadership and Management: Lead and manage the Americas engineering teams, including AI, Product Infrastructure, Consumer Engineering, and Pricing Engineering
- Team Expansion: Grow the engineering team, ensuring high performance and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product management, data science, and other cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of products
- Operational Excellence: Drive operational excellence, maintaining high standards of quality, reliability, ease-of-use, and security in engineering practices and products
- Project Execution: Ensure timely action on project deliverables, maintaining high velocity in execution
Our take
Nirvana's insurance and risk management offerings are built to transform the commercial insurance industry, which is worth over $850 billion. It delivers predictive models that use real-time data and automation to generate instant quotes.
Targeting commercial fleets, the platform is powered by sensors that are already onboard most heavy trucks. This means that Nirvana's offering is accessible without vast onboarding fees, giving clients of all sizes the opportunity to protect themselves and improve customer safety.
While its initial focus is fleet insurance, Nirvana's offering is uniquely built to be highly scalable should the company expand into new verticals. It has invested substantially in product optimization to further its ability to accurately assess risk, and is an attractive option for companies who want to streamline what has been a traditionally slow process.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Mar 2025
$80m
SERIES C
Oct 2023
$57m
SERIES B
Total funding: $162m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive insurance
- HSA and FSA
- Paid parental leave
- Compassion leave
- 401(k) with employer match
- Flexible time off
- Paid holidays
- Continuous development opportunities
- WFH stipend
- Monthly wellness reimbursement
- Stock options
- Regular team events
- Region-specific perks
Company HQ
Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Rushil Goel
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked as VP of Product and Fleet GM at Samsara. Was also Senior Director/GM at Ola, and Co-Founder and CTO of AirCare Labs.
Abhay Mitra
(Co-Founder & CTO)Held a variety of senior level positions at Rubrik, including Data Platform Lead and Senior Software Engineer. Former Data Scientist at Bidgely and Co-Founder of Atomicles Technologies.
Alex Carges
(Co-Founder & Head of Insurance Product)Former Chief Actuary at Root Insurance and Associate Actuary at Allied World Assurance. Held a variety of roles at The Hartford - including FCAS, Director and Actuary, and Innovation Manager.
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