Igloo

AI-native operating system for insurance

Head of Engineering

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timePune, Maharashtra, IndiaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

At least 15 years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, and technical management within product-native environments.
Hands-on experience designing, building, and operating integration-heavy web platforms and distributed microservices.
Proficiency in Go, Python with Django, Vue.js, REST APIs, cloud infrastructure using AWS, GCP, or Azure, and database design.
A proven track record of hiring, growing, and leading multifunctional engineering teams across development, quality assurance, and DevOps.
A solid background in site reliability engineering, production incident management, security compliance, and continuous delivery.
Experience operating across international cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Architect, design, and govern highly available, microservices-based platform solutions for global direct-to-consumer and partner-facing lines of business.
Conduct architecture, design, and code reviews; establish quality benchmarks, security controls, and robust release mechanisms.
Stay hands-on with system design and technical troubleshooting, guiding engineers through complex algorithmic and infrastructure challenges.
Lead overall strategy, capacity planning, and operating rhythm for the Pune technology hub.
Recruit, mentor, and scale multidisciplinary teams across backend, frontend, quality assurance, DevOps/site reliability engineering, and platform integration.
Drive engineering culture, career pathing, succession planning, and retention initiatives across the India site.
Partner with global product, architecture, and business teams in the UAE, India, and China to align the platform roadmap with technical execution.
Collaborate with DevOps/site reliability engineering and quality assurance to optimize continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, cloud environments, observability, and incident response service-level agreements.
Leverage artificial intelligence productivity tools responsibly for code synthesis, testing, documentation, and technical analysis.

Desired Qualifications

Direct experience in InsurTech, FinTech, e-commerce, or high-volume transactional platforms.
Hands-on implementation of artificial intelligence-assisted software development workflows.

Head of Engineering

Igloo · Pune, India · Full-time · Posted 2026-09-03

Workplace: on_site

Department: Engineering

Description

About the Role

Igloo is expanding its product engine and establishing a dedicated Tech Solutions hub in Pune. We are looking for a hands-on Lead Solutions Architect & Site Lead to drive platform architecture, govern technical design, and manage our multidisciplinary engineering organization in India.

In this dual-impact role, you will balance deep technical ownership—reviewing architecture, guiding system design, and auditing code—with people leadership across Engineering, QA, DevOps/SRE, and Integration teams. You will ensure our high-throughput insurance and direct-to-consumer platform remains scalable, secure, and resilient.

Key Responsibilities:

Architecture & System Design

Architect, design, and govern high-availability, microservices-based platform solutions for global direct-to-consumer and partner-facing lines of business.
Conduct architecture, design, and code reviews; establish quality benchmarks, security controls, and robust release mechanisms.
Stay hands-on with system design and technical troubleshooting, guiding engineers through complex algorithmic and infrastructural challenges.

Team & Site Leadership

Lead overall strategy, capacity planning, and operating rhythm for the Pune technology hub.
Recruit, mentor, and scale multidisciplinary teams across backend, frontend, QA, DevOps/SRE, and platform integration.
Drive engineering culture, career pathing, succession planning, and retention initiatives across the India site.

Product Delivery & Operations

Partner with global product, architecture, and business teams (UAE, India, China) to align platform roadmap with technical execution.
Collaborate with DevOps/SRE and QA to optimize CI/CD pipelines, cloud environments, observability, and incident response SLAs.
Leverage AI productivity tools responsibly for code synthesis, testing, documentation, and technical analysis.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

Experience: 15+ years in software engineering, solution architecture, and technical management within product-native environments.
Technical Depth: Hands-on experience designing, building, and operating integration-heavy web platforms and distributed microservices.
Tech Stack: Proficiency in Go (Golang), Python (Django), Vue.js, REST APIs, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), and database design.
People Leadership: Proven track record of hiring, growing, and leading multi-functional engineering teams (Dev, QA, DevOps).
Operational Mastery: Solid background in site reliability engineering (SRE), production incident management, security compliance, and continuous delivery.
Global Collaboration: Outstanding communication skills with experience operating across international cross-functional teams.

Preferred Experience

Direct background in InsurTech, FinTech, e-commerce, or high-volume transactional platforms.
Hands-on implementation of AI-assisted software development workflows.

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About the Company

Igloo

AI-native operating system for insurance

Igloo provides an AI-native operating system for insurance that helps insurers and platforms configure, distribute, and manage digital insurance products across Southeast Asia. Its product works by licensing modular components—product configuration, underwriting, distribution, and claims tooling—from Igloo Tech Solutions to compress insurer launch cycles from months to days. It differentiates itself through regional scale, partnerships with over 100 partners (including Chubb, MSIG, Shopee, Lazada, Tokopedia, GCash, and Telkomsel), and cross-border operations with tech centers in China and India. Its goal is to simplify and speed up digital insurance deployment across Southeast Asia, enabling insurers and platforms to offer scalable, configurable products efficiently.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Series B
Total funding: $92.2M
Headquarters: Singapore
Founded: 2016

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