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Vice President, Software Engineering – Agentic AI and Data Engineering Platform

Bay Area, CA · Exec

No sponsorship$241k-$345kDetected 31 days ago
Distributed SystemsCloud PlatformsCI/CDPlatform EngineeringMachine LearningData EngineeringLLMsRAGAgentic AIMLOpsAI OrchestrationCustomer SuccessLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoringProperty & Casualty

About the role

  • Authenticity, purpose, and transparency are core to Duck Creek, and we believe insurance should be there for individuals and businesses when, where, and how they need it most.

Responsibilities

  • Lead globally distributed software engineering organizations responsible for delivering Duck Creek's Agentic AI Platform, Data Engineering Platform, AI-enabled product capabilities, and core SaaS offerings.
  • Own the end-to-end delivery of enterprise-scale, cloud-native software systems, including architecture, development, deployment, operations, reliability, and lifecycle management.
  • Drive best-in-class engineering practices across architecture design, software development, CI/CD, observability, automation, resiliency, and operational readiness
  • Build, develop, and scale a high-performing engineering organization by recruiting exceptional talent, mentoring engineering leaders, and fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
  • Oversee the design and evolution of modern, distributed system architectures supporting private single-tenant and multi-tenant SaaS platforms
  • Lead the development of shared platform services, APIs, data infrastructure, agent orchestration frameworks, and reusable engineering capabilities that accelerate product innovation
  • Partner closely with Product, Cloud, Security, and Enterprise Architecture leaders to align technology strategy, platform investments, and engineering execution with company objectives
  • Drive execution discipline through organizational metrics and business-focused KPIs.
  • This role will lead a globally distributed software engineering organization responsible for designing, building, and operating software platforms and customer-facing products that deliver enterprise-grade scalability, reliability, security, and performance.
  • Experience building or leading AI platform capabilities, including model orchestration, agentic workflows, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), evaluation frameworks, AI observability, analytics, and operational governance

Requirements

  • 15+ years of experience in software engineering, including significant experience building and scaling enterprise SaaS platforms, cloud-native applications, and AI-enabled products.
  • 7+ years leading large, globally distributed engineering organizations at the VP, Senior Director, or equivalent level, including managing managers and senior engineering leaders.
  • Proven track record of delivering complex, production-grade software platforms and customer-facing applications at enterprise scale.
  • Strong technical foundation with prior hands-on experience in software development, system architecture, cloud infrastructure, and platform engineering
  • Strong understanding of modern AI architectures, including LLM-based applications, intelligent agents, vector-based retrieval systems, model lifecycle management, and human-in-the-loop evaluation processes
  • Experience with operational practices in AI systems, including model evaluation, security, compliance, risk management, reliability, and performance monitoring
  • Deep experience designing and operating cloud-native, distributed systems supporting large-scale SaaS products and multi-tenant platforms
  • Proven success leading both application engineering and platform engineering organizations, including shared services, APIs, developer platforms, data infrastructure, and cloud operations
  • Experience driving modernization of legacy systems into scalable, secure, cloud-based platforms
  • The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in software engineering leadership with hands-on experience delivering AI-enabled platforms and applications at scale.

Nice to have

  • Experience leading engineering organizations within AI platform companies with deep exposure to regulated industries especially InsurTech /FinTech or equivalent.
  • Familiarity with MLOps, AI lifecycle management, model evaluation, AI observability, and responsible AI practices in production environments
  • Experience establishing governance frameworks for AI systems, including security, compliance, risk management, and regulatory considerations
  • Demonstrated success leading large-scale cloud modernization, platform transformation, or digital transformation initiatives
  • Experience leading data engineering platforms via best practice medallion architectures
  • Master's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (preferred, not required )
  • Strong sense of accountability for business outcomes, product delivery, operational excellence, and customer success
  • Strategic thinker with deep technical and architectural expertise across cloud-native platforms, distributed systems, data platforms, and AI-enabled applications

Skills

  • Helping careers take flight.
  • Reshaping an industry.
  • Enable your career to be Made on Duck Creek.
  • Our modern SaaS solutions help insurers set a new standard and revolutionize how consumers interact with insurance companies.
  • Our market-leading solutions are available on a standalone basis or as a full suite, and all are available via Duck Creek OnDemand.
  • Vice President, Software Engineering - Agentic AI and Data Engineering Platform

Compensation

  • Actual compensation for this role is determined based on a variety of factors, including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, internal equity, and geographic location, where permitted by law.

Benefits

  • Proven experience delivering AI, machine learning, and Generative AI capabilities within production software systems serving enterprise or commercial customers

Company info

  • Duck Creek Technologies is the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of the property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance industry. We are the platform upon which modern insurance systems are built, enabling the industry to capitalize on the power of the cloud to run agile, intelligent, and evergreen operations. Our modern SaaS solutions help insurers set a new standard and revolutionize how consumers interact with insurance companies.
  • Authenticity, purpose, and transparency are core to Duck Creek, and we believe insurance should be there for individuals and businesses when, where, and how they need it most. Our market-leading solutions are available on a standalone basis or as a full suite, and all are available via Duck Creek OnDemand. With more than 1,000 successful implementations to date, Duck Creek removes the IT burden for insurers so they can focus on the business of insurance.
  • We have a flock of more than 1,700 employees across the globe and are proud to be a Flexible-First employer. We empower our employees with the choice to work from an office, from home, or on a hybrid schedule. Our flexible-first environment fosters productivity, inclusion, collaboration, and ensures a consistent employee experience regardless of location.
  • If working in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving company that is transforming one of the world's oldest and largest industries sounds exciting, let us know. We are excited you are considering Duck Creek as a future employer and hope you decide to join "The Flock"!
  • Duck Creek Technologies is the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of the property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance industry.
  • We are the platform upon which modern insurance systems are built, enabling the industry to capitalize on the power of the cloud to run agile, intelligent, and evergreen operations.
  • With more than 1,000 successful implementations to date, Duck Creek removes the IT burden for insurers so they can focus on the business of insurance.
  • We have a flock of more than 1,700 employees across the globe and are proud to be a Flexible-First employer.
  • We empower our employees with the choice to work from an office, from home, or on a hybrid schedule.
  • Our flexible-first environment fosters productivity, inclusion, collaboration, and ensures a consistent employee experience regardless of location.
  • If working in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving company that is transforming one of the world's oldest and largest industries sounds exciting, let us know.
  • We are excited you are considering Duck Creek as a future employer and hope you decide to join "The Flock"!
  • To learn more about us, visit www.duckcreek.com and follow us on our social channels for the latest information - LinkedIn and Twitter.
  • Duck Creek is a flexible-first company, and that remains core to how we work.
  • As part of our Flying Together initiative, we're taking a more intentional approach to how teams come together, while continuing to support flexibility in day-to-day work.
  • We're focusing hiring in designated locations, including our existing offices and key growth areas such as Boston, MA, Columbia, SC, Bolivar, MO, and the Bay Area, CA, where we are building stronger team presence and connection.
  • We believe in bringing teams together for meaningful, in-person collaboration moments.
  • Candidates should be within a reasonable distance of one of these locations and open to participating in those moments as guided by their team and leader.
  • Expectations for in-person time will be shaped by the team and leader and will continue to evolve over time.
  • TITLE: Vice President, Software Engineering - Agentic AI and Data Engineering Platform
  • The Vice President, Software Engineering - Agentic AI and Data Engineering Platform is a senior technology executive responsible for defining and executing the engineering strategy for Duck Creek Technologies' core SaaS platform, data platform, and next-generation AI-powered agentic product s.
  • A key responsibility for the role is accelerating the adoption of Agentic AI and Generative AI capabilities across the Duck Creek product portfolio through robust, production-ready engineering practices.
  • They have built and operated enterprise-grade systems that leverage large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), intelligent workflow orchestration, and AI-powered automation while maintaining high standards for governance, security, observability, reliability, and operational excellence.
  • Engineering Leadership & Product Delivery

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Legally authorized to work in the country of job location.
  • The Company does not sponsor visa petitions for this position.
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