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Who we are:

Nirvana is on a mission to modernize commercial insurance and enable a safer world. Our technology platform delivers modern insurance & risk management to not only help our customers protect their businesses, but actually improve safety for everyone.

Who we are:

Nirvana is on a mission to modernize commercial insurance and enable a safer world. Our technology platform delivers modern insurance & risk management to not only help our customers protect their businesses, but actually improve safety for everyone.

To start, we're transforming the legacy, $1T+ commercial insurance industry through cutting-edge predictive models using real-time IoT data (~50B connected devices by 2030), automation to deliver instantaneous quotes & faster underwriting, & proactive, and data-driven insights to help customers prevent accidents.

Backed by top-tier VCs including General Catalyst & Lightspeed Ventures, Nirvana became the fastest insurtech EVER to launch in Jan 2022 and crossed >$50M run rate in under 2 years. Our leadership team has helped scale multi-billion dollar companies from scratch including Samsara, Rubrik, Acko & Flexport, and includes industry veterans from Hiscox, AIG, The Hartford & RLI.

About The Role

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.

What You'll Do

• 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.
  
  

• 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
  
  

• Competitive salary & equity
• Medical, dental & vision insurance
• 401k with company match
• Unlimited PTO
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Insurance

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