[Hiring] Director of Engineering @Kalepa

Role Description

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.
• 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. 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.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
• At least 3 years of full-time engineering people management experience.
• Experience managing managers and scaling organizations.
• Proven track record of driving complex, large-scale engineering initiatives.
• Excellent recruiter of top-tier engineering talent.
• Ability to make tradeoffs required to ship high-quality code.
• Drive operational excellence through metrics-driven decision-making.
• Thrive on experimentation and comfortable testing ideas.
• Deep architectural expertise and strong foundation in system design.
• Experience overseeing and scaling platforms utilizing serverless technologies.

Requirements

• Rethink how software is built and shipped at Kalepa.
• Own the tradeoffs between speed, quality, and scope.
• Cultivate a high-performance, results-driven culture.

Benefits

• Competitive salary (based on experience level).
• Significant equity options package.
• 20 days of PTO a year.
• Global team offsites (2024 - Lisbon, 2025 - Cartagena, 2026 - Tbilisi).
• Healthy living/gym stipend.
• Mobile phone bill stipend.
• Continuing education credits.
• For US employees only: 100% covered medical, vision, and dental for individuals and families.
• 401(k) plan with employer contribution.