Head of Engineering
Job description
Porch Group is a leading vertical software and insurance platform and is positioned to be the best partner to help homebuyers move, maintain, and fully protect their homes. We offer differentiated products and services, with homeowners insurance at the center of this relationship. We differentiate and look to win in the massive and growing homeowners insurance opportunity by 1) providing the best services for homebuyers, 2) led by advantaged underwriting in insurance, 3) to protect the whole home.
As a leader in the home services software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) space, we’ve built deep relationships with approximately 30 thousand companies that are key to the home-buying transaction, such as home inspectors, mortgage companies, and title companies.
In 2020, Porch Group rang the Nasdaq bell and began trading under the ticker symbol PRCH. We are looking to build a truly great company and are JUST GETTING STARTED.
Job Title: Head of Engineering
Location: United States
Workplace Type: Remote (up to 25% travel to key company sites)
Job Summary
The future is bright for the Porch Group, and we’d love for you to be a part of it as our Head of Engineering.
Floify, a Porch Group business, is a leading mortgage automation proptech company, providing an innovative point-of-sale platform that transforms the way mortgage lenders and brokers operate. We empower our clients with tools that improve borrower experiences, streamline workflows, and drive operational efficiency
We are seeking a visionary and highly skilled Head of Engineering to lead and scale our Engineering Team, drive technical excellence, and ensure the success of our SaaS product. This role is critical to maintaining the integrity, performance, and security of our platform while fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership skills to empower a multidisciplinary team of engineers, including front-end, back-end, engineering operations, and QA professionals.
What You Will Do As The Head of Engineering
Code Base Ownership:
Maintain and "own" the code base, ensuring its integrity, scalability, and long-term efficiency.
Establish and enforce best practices for code quality, reviews, and technical documentation.
Team Leadership and Development:
Oversee the day-to-day activities of the Engineering Team, fostering an environment of accountability and growth.
Manage team members across front-end, back-end, engineering operations, and QA functions, ensuring the delivery of high-impact outcomes during each development cycle.
Provide mentorship and technical guidance to team members, aligning individual success with team goals.
Engage in direct, constructive conversations with team members to drive accountability and continuous improvement while remaining deeply hands-on in the code daily, ensuring technical excellence and guiding the team by example.
Product Expertise:
Develop an in-depth understanding of our SaaS product, including its architecture, features, and strategic roadmap.
Leverage product knowledge to align engineering efforts with business objectives and customer needs.
System Performance and Reliability:
Ensure the system meets uptime and performance standards as outlined in Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks to ensure seamless operations.
Strategic Engineering Initiatives:
Define and execute strategic initiatives for the Engineering Team, aligned with company objectives and industry trends.
Continuously evaluate and implement emerging technologies to enhance product capabilities and team efficiency.
Security and Compliance:
Oversee the security of the system, ensuring robust protection against threats.
Lead and manage all security audits and compliance efforts, adhering to industry standards and regulations.
Best Practices Implementation:
Drive the adoption of best practices in software development, including Agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and test automation.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement in engineering processes and tools.
What You Will Bring As The Head of Engineering
Experience:
- 10+ years of engineering experience, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
- Proven track record of building, scaling and leading engineering teams in a SaaS B2B environment.
- Hands-on experience with full-stack development, cloud architectures, and scalable SaaS systems.
Technical Expertise:
- Proficiency in Java, React/JQuery, the Play Framework, MySQL, AWS, GitHub, Cypress, and CI/CD is strongly preferred.
- Expertise in modern software development practices, tools, and frameworks.
- Strong understanding of security best practices and compliance requirements.
Leadership Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to align goals and drive results in collaboration with product teams and other stakeholders.
- Proven success in communicating effectively with clients, team members, and company stakeholders alike.
- Exceptional problem-solving, decision-making, and team-building abilities.
- Demonstrated ability to forecast and plan the scaling of technical and team resources.
Strategic Vision:
- Ability to align technical initiatives with business objectives and anticipate future challenges.
The application window for this position is anticipated to close in 2 weeks (10 business days) from 2/13/2025. Please know this may change based on business and interviewing needs.
At this time, Porch Group does not consider applicants from the following states for remote positions: Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, and West Virginia.
What You Will Get As A Porch Group Team Member
$157,500 - $231,000 annually
*Please know your actual pay at Porch will reflect a number of factors among which are your work experience and skillsets, job-related knowledge, alignment with market and our Porch employees, as well as your geographic location.
- Additionally, you will be eligible to receive long-term incentive awards, subject to program guidelines and approvals.
- You will also be eligible to receive an annual bonus based on individual and company performance, subject to program guidelines and approvals
Our benefits package will provide you with comprehensive coverage for your health, life, and financial wellbeing.
Our traditional healthcare benefits include three (3) Medical plan options, two (2) Dental plan options, and a Vision plan from which to choose.
Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity and Accident plans are offered on a voluntary basis.
We offer pre-tax savings options including a partially employer funded Health Savings Account and employee Flexible Savings Accounts including healthcare, dependent care, and transportation savings options.
We provide company paid Basic Life and AD&D, Short and Long-Term Disability benefits. We also offer Voluntary Life and AD&D plans.
Both traditional and Roth 401(k) plans are available with a discretionary employer match.
Headspace is part of our employer paid wellbeing program and provides employees and their families access to on demand guided meditation and mindfulness exercises, mental health coaching, clinical care and online access to confidential resources including will preparation.
Brio Health is another employer paid wellbeing tool that offers quarterly wellness challenges and prizes.
LifeBalance is a free resource to employees and their families for year-round discounts on things like gym memberships, travel, appliances, movies, pet insurance and more.
Our wellness programs include flexible paid vacation, company-paid holidays of typically nine per year, paid sick time, paid parental leave, identity theft program, travel assistance, and fitness and other discounts programs.
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What’s next?
Submit your application and our Porch Group Talent Acquisition team will be reviewing your application shortly! If your resume gets us intrigued, we will look to connect with you for a chat to learn more about your background, and then possibly invite you to have virtual interviews. What's important to call out is that we want to make sure not only that you're the right person for us, but also that we're the right next step for you, so come prepared with all the questions you have!
Porch is committed to building an inclusive culture of belonging that not only embraces the diversity of our people but also reflects the diversity of the communities in which we work and the customers we serve. We know that the happiest and highest performing teams include people with diverse perspectives that encourage new ways of solving problems, so we strive to attract and develop talent from all backgrounds and create workplaces where everyone feels seen, heard and empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work.
Porch is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.
Porch Group is an E-Verify employer. E-Verify is a web-based system that allows an employer to determine an employee's eligibility to work in the US using information reported on an employee's Form I-9. The E-Verify system confirms eligibility with both the Social Security Administration (SSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). For more information, please go to the USCIS E-Verify website.
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Experience
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- Decision Making
- Communication
- Leadership
- Team Building
- Problem Solving
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