Full-Time
Assistant Vice President Software Engineering Lead
The Hartford
10,001+ employees
Insurance provider for individuals and businesses
Compensation Overview
$182k - $273k/yr
No H1B Sponsorship
Chicago, IL, USA + 2 more
More locations: Charlotte, NC, USA | Hartford, CT, USA
Hybrid
Hybrid candidates near Hartford, Charlotte, or Chicago are expected in the office three days per week; others are remote with office visits as business needs arise.
Bachelor's, Master's
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- The role requires 15 or more years of technology experience in software engineering, including at least 5 years leading engineering teams.
- The candidate must have led AI-centric software engineering transformations.
- The candidate must have experience building software engineering practices with a special focus on AI-first engineering.
- The candidate must have deep expertise in agentic artificial intelligence concepts and architectures, including multi-agent systems and non-deterministic workflows.
- The candidate must demonstrate strong systems thinking and the ability to operate across strategy, architecture, and execution.
- The candidate must have demonstrated success influencing distributed and cross-functional engineering teams.
- The candidate must have experience operating within regulated, risk-sensitive environments.
- The candidate must have excellent communication skills and the ability to influence senior leaders across Technology, Data and Artificial Intelligence, and the Business.
- The candidate must have a bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, data science, or a related field.
- The candidate must have expertise building and leveraging agentic artificial intelligence solutions to support software engineering processes and reimagine the software lifecycle with an AI lens.
- The candidate must have expertise implementing modern software engineering practices, cloud-native architectures, application programming interface-driven systems, and event-based systems.
- The candidate must have a strong background in continuous integration and continuous delivery, DevSecOps, automation-first delivery, and reliability engineering.
- The candidate must be familiar with AI-assisted development tools, AI platforms, and modern engineering accelerators.
- The candidate must have experience defining engineering standards, reference architectures, and platform reuse strategies.
- Define and lead the AI engineering strategy aligned to enterprise technology, Data and Artificial Intelligence, and business priorities.
- Own the end-to-end reimagination and rollout of AI-first tools and processes across the technology organization.
- Ensure AI-first software solutions are engineered for security, resiliency, performance, cost efficiency, and operational sustainability.
- Establish and evolve AI-first engineering standards, patterns, and best practices, including generative artificial intelligence and agent-augmented development approaches.
- Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tooling and modern engineering accelerators to improve developer productivity and quality.
- Partner with Architecture and Platform teams to define reusable AI engineering reference architectures, integration patterns, and guardrails.
- Promote consistency and scale across AI implementations while enabling innovation and responsible experimentation.
- Drive acceleration and efficiency using AI across software engineering teams while balancing speed, quality, risk, and cost.
- Strengthen and champion AI-first software development lifecycle, DevSecOps, continuous integration and continuous delivery, and automation practices.
- Ensure production readiness through robust testing, observability, monitoring, and incident response practices.
- Use data-driven insights to improve delivery predictability, flow efficiency, and engineering health.
- Partner with Data and Artificial Intelligence, Risk, Legal, Compliance, Cybersecurity, and Architecture teams to ensure AI engineering solutions meet enterprise governance and regulatory expectations.
- Implement required engineering controls, including logging, auditability, model integration controls, and operational safeguards.
- Ensure alignment with the Enterprise AI Operating Model, risk tiering, and approval processes.
- Proactively identify and mitigate technology, security, and operational risks associated with AI-enabled systems.
- Elevate high-performing software engineering teams with an AI-first mindset.
- Provide leadership, mentorship, and coaching to senior engineering talent.
- Drive workforce strategy, succession planning, and capability uplift aligned to future-ready AI and engineering skills.
- Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.
- Experience in insurance or financial services is strongly preferred.
- An advanced degree is preferred.
The Hartford provides insurance protection for individuals and businesses and extends its role beyond policy terms to make a positive impact. It underwrites and issues risk coverage, including assessing risk, pricing premiums, and handling claims to help people recover from losses and manage uncertainty. The company differentiates itself by pursuing social impact and practical help that goes beyond a standard insurance contract—focusing on human achievement and community support as part of its mission. Its goal is to protect people and organizations and to improve lives through responsible risk management and community involvement, not just by selling insurance but by contributing to broader well-being.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Hartford, Connecticut
Founded
1810
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- July 23, 2026 Q2 revenue hit $7.26 billion and EPS reached $3.42.
- Management expanded Columbus technology hiring and deployed AWS customer-experience tools on Sept. 10, 2026.
- UConn and Berkeley partnerships target heat losses and data-center risks, opening niche insurance demand.
What critics are saying
- Beth Bombara added reserve strength in general liability and commercial auto on Sept. 10, 2026.
- Goldman Sachs and BofA flag soft P&C pricing; capital supply now pressures growth.
- Long-tail asbestos and social inflation can trigger a reserve hit that crushes 2027 earnings.
What makes The Hartford unique
- AI-driven underwriting cuts small-business quotes without humans, per Beth Bombara on Sept. 10, 2026.
- Employee Benefits ranks number one in fully insured disability and paid family leave.
- Business Insurance delivered 8% growth with an 88.5% underlying margin in 2025.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Paid Vacation
Paid Holidays
Hybrid Work Options
Remote Work Options
Tuition Reimbursement
Company News
The Hartford has appointed Randy Larsen to its board of directors, effective 1 September. He will serve on the Finance, Investment and Risk Management Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Larsen spent 13 years with AssuredPartners, a large insurance brokerage firm, serving as chief executive officer from 2023 until Gallagher acquired the company in 2025. During his tenure, he oversaw significant business growth through organic initiatives and acquisitions whilst leading operational transformation efforts. Prior to AssuredPartners, Larsen spent 14 years with insurance brokerage Schifman Remley & Associates, which AssuredPartners acquired in 2012. He earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Nebraska Wesleyan University.
Hartford reported Q1 revenues of $7.23 billion, up 6.1% year on year, exceeding analyst expectations by 40%. Despite the top-line beat, the multi-line insurance company missed analysts' book value per share and earnings per share estimates. The Hartford, recognisable by its stag logo dating to 1810, provides property and casualty insurance, group benefits and investment products across the United States. The company delivered the largest analyst estimate beat among multi-line insurance stocks tracked this quarter. However, investors appeared dissatisfied with the results. Hartford's stock has declined 2.6% since reporting and currently trades at $132.15. The multi-line insurance sector overall saw revenues beat consensus estimates by 8.6%, though share prices have declined an average of 2.8% following earnings.
The Hartford and the University of Connecticut have launched a collaboration focused on business resiliency, worker safety and energy innovation. The partnership includes two key initiatives: The Hartford Laborer Safety Fund and The Hartford Sustainability Research Fellowship. The Hartford will invest in UConn's Korey Stringer Institute to research how extreme heat affects workers across industries, examining both short- and long-term impacts on health and productivity. The companies plan to pilot heat-management programmes with select business customers. The Hartford Sustainability Research Fellowship, established within UConn's College of Engineering, will examine evolving energy needs of data centres and emerging risks related to onsite generation, battery storage and renewable energy. The research aims to provide insights into future insurance and risk-management needs for emerging technologies.
Hartford Insurance Group has drawn price targets from several research firms clustering around US$150, aligning with a model fair value estimate of US$150.85. Goldman Sachs, Keefe Bruyette, Wells Fargo, Cantor Fitzgerald, Citi, Morgan Stanley and UBS have raised targets to the US$150-160 range, citing confidence in Hartford's underwriting and pricing execution. However, concerns remain about softening property and casualty market conditions. Goldman Sachs and BofA flag increased capital supply and competition pressuring growth, whilst BofA notes loss costs may be rising faster than prices in some lines. Hartford recently joined Centro Benefits' digital quoting ecosystem, opened a technology hub in Columbus, Ohio, and repurchased 3 million shares for US$400 million between October and December 2025.
The Hartford Insurance Group reported fourth-quarter core earnings of $1.1 billion ($4.06 per share) and a full-year core earnings return on equity of 19.4%. Business insurance written premium grew 8%, whilst personal insurance showed improved combined ratios and employee benefits maintained solid margins. Net investment income rose 17% to $832 million in the fourth quarter. The company repurchased approximately $400 million of stock and plans to increase quarterly buybacks to $450 million. It also boosted catastrophe protection coverage to $1.9 billion and expects roughly $2.9 billion in net dividends from operating companies in 2026. Management is pursuing an "AI-first" strategy across claims, underwriting and operations. The company is rolling out its Prevail platform across agency and direct channels, with 10 states currently live and approximately 30 launches planned by early 2027.