Vice President, Engineering

Symetra has a phenomenal opportunity for you to join our team as a Vice President of Engineering! Our work is as stimulating as it is exciting, so consider the career opportunity below as your invitation to grow with us.

About The Role

Symetra is seeking an experienced and dynamic Vice President of Engineering to join our leadership team. This pivotal role requires a seasoned leader who can balance technical excellence, business acumen, and people-first leadership. The ideal candidate will bring a start-up mentality to drive innovation while demonstrating deep experience scaling engineering teams and delivering results within fast-paced organizations.

What You Will Do

• Build a highly technical, supportive, and inclusive team environment
• Collaborate with business partners to build a technical strategy for the company’s emerging solutions and established lines of business
• Advocate (where appropriate) for new technologies and help business partners understand benefits of utilization
• Use intel and technology experience to advise strategic direction and the delivery of innovative and modernize customer experiences.
• Partner with Technology & Operations Solutions leadership to support strategy execution; sought out as a trusted advisor of Symetra’s business division leaders
• Coach and mentor technologists to help them reach their potential
• Work hands-on with your team on impactful engineering work
• Recruit, hire, grow, and retain engineering and architecture talent
• Cultivate an engineering culture that emphasizes quality, agility, experimentation, and continuous delivery while removing roadblocks
• Champion collaboration across teams, especially in the identification of common challenges and the promotion of re-usable solutions
  
  

Be a technologist!

• Lead large, complex initiatives that deliver modern customer products and experiences
• Responsible for delivering high quality products on time
• Develop an architecture that is flexible and scalable as we grow
• Build a highly reliable, secure, scalable, and performant tech stack
• Provide leadership and collaboration regarding key technology decisions
• Actively pursue the reduction of technology debt where possible and reduce operational risk
  
  

Your Skills And Experience

• Brings modern knowledge in software engineering and solutions architecture
• 10+ years of engineering leadership, including scaling and growing successful teams.
• Outstanding communication, listening, and empathy skills as judged by your teammates; ability to walk the talk with change management
• Extraordinary at balancing long-term technology investments against short-term business needs
• Proven past technical accomplishments and ability to be “hands-on” when vital
• Startup experience, FinTech/Insurtech experience a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field; an advanced degree is preferred.
  
  

Why Work at Symetra

Here’s what some of our employees have to say about why they work at Symetra:

“Symetra is a great place if you are looking for the opportunity to contribute, to grow, to be seen and valued.” Vernell K. – Auditor

“We're big enough to make an impact on the country, but small enough to care and know who you are and what you're contributing to the organization. All new ideas are welcome!” Stephanie F. – VP Strategic Operations

What We Offer You

Benefits and Perks

We don’t take a “one-size-fits-all” approach when it comes to our employees. Our programs are designed to make your life better both at work and at home.

• Flexible full-time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements
• Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan and take advantage of immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%
• Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days and ten paid holidays
• Give back to your community and double your impact through our company matching
• Want more details? Check out our Symetra Benefits Overview
  
  

Compensation

Salary Range: $200,000 - $300,000 plus eligibility for executive annual bonus programs

Travel

Required Training & Professional Development

All newly hired people leaders with direct reports are required to complete a comprehensive leadership development program within their first year. This program includes both virtual and in-person training. The in-person sessions will take place at Symetra’s corporate headquarters in Bellevue, Washington. Symetra covers all travel and accommodation expenses.

Reasonable Accommodations

Symetra is committed to providing equitable access to all job-related responsibilities, including required travel. If reasonable accommodations are needed for travel, Symetra’s HR department will work to provide appropriate solutions in alignment with individual needs and company policies.

We empower inclusion

At Symetra, we aspire to be the most inclusive insurance company in the country. We’re building a place where every employee feels valued, respected, and has opportunities to contribute.

Inclusion is about recognizing our assumptions, considering multiple perspective, and removing barriers. We accept and celebrate diverse experiences, identities, and perspectives, because lifting each other up fuels thought and builds a stronger, more innovative company. We invite you to learn more about our efforts here.

Creating a world where more people have access to financial freedom

Symetra is a national financial services company dedicated to helping people achieve their financial goals and feel confident about the future. In our daily work, we’re guided by the principles of Value, Transparency and Sustainability. This means we provide products and services people need at a competitive price; we communicate clearly and openly so people understand what they’re buying, and we design products—and operate our company—to stand the test of time. We’re committed to showing up for our communities, lifting up our employees, and standing up for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Join our team and help us create a world where more people have access to financial freedom.

For more information about our careers visit: https://symetra.eightfold.ai/careers

Work Authorization

Employer work visa sponsorship and support are not provided for this role. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States at hire and must maintain authorization to work in the United States throughout their employment with our company.