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Phaxis · 21 hours ago

Head of Software Engineering - Director Title - REMOTE OK

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityLead/Staff, Director/Executive
money$200K/yr - $250K/yr
date5+ years exp

Phaxis is a growing Insurance Underwriting firm seeking a Director of Software Engineering to oversee the design, growth, and performance of underwriting technology. This hands-on leadership role involves optimizing AI-enabled software and leading a team to improve underwriting processes and products.

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Responsibilities

Serve as a hands-on senior leader with a build mindset
Work with AI-native platforms, automation, data, and modern technology stacks
Apply software engineering and system design principles to underwriting processes and products
Act as the hands-on owner for workflows, rules, integrations, configurations, data usage, and platform evolution
Make build / configure / buy decisions
Continuously identify, propose, and ship improvements that make underwriters faster and more effective
Serve as the technical authority in discussions with underwriting, leadership, and vendors

Qualification

Software EngineeringSystem DesignTypeScriptPython (Django)SQLNode.jsAPIsCI/CD PipelinesContext EngineeringPrompt EngineeringMentorship

Required

BS or MS in Computer Science, Software Engineering
5+ years of experience with TypeScript, SQL, Python (Django), Node.js, scaling APIs
3+ years leading software implementations with strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, APIs, data modeling, workflow engines or rules-based systems, testing strategies, and CI/CD pipelines
Proven experience leading engineering teams or pods, including mentorship
Demonstrated ability to make pragmatic technical decisions balancing speed, quality, and long-term maintainability

Preferred

Insurance experience is strongly preferred
Deep knowledge of REST and Kafka is a plus
Familiarity with context and prompt engineering

Company

Phaxis

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Phaxis is one of the nation's leading recruiting and consulting firms.
dateFounded in 2002
location
New York, New York, USA
people-size51-200 employees
web-link
http://phisearch.com

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage

Leadership Team

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Seth Friedland
Co-Founder and CEO
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Erik DiGiacomo
President
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