Vice President of Engineering

We’re Quandri. We train intelligent robots to power the modern insurance brokerage and agency. We’re on a mission to unlock 10,000,000 hours of repetitive work over the next three years, so that time can be used for more valuable and meaningful endeavors.

Every year, billions of hours are wasted on repetitive and manual work. This is work that can and should be automated, but has been overlooked. Quandri is building an AI robotics platform to fix this for the insurance industry.

Our robots enable insurance brokerages and agencies to automate many of their most time-consuming and repetitive processes. These software robots can be deployed into a customer’s existing software systems and work within their processes similar to how a person would, but at lightning speed and indefinitely.

We’ve begun by tackling massive problems around repetitive and high-volume work in the P&C insurance industry in North America, and have no shortage of product and geographic expansion opportunities over the next few years where this technology can have an even larger impact. We’ve raised venture capital from top US and Canadian investors to help us achieve our mission, and are now scaling the company to achieve this.

We saw 8x ARR growth last year and are aiming for 3x this year, making Quandri one of the fastest growing technology companies in Canada. We have won a few awards, and have already made a big impact on the insurance industry. However, what matters most is making our customer’s lives better one automated process at a time. We want you to be a critical part of that journey! We’re a hybrid company, with ⅔ of our team in Vancouver and the rest distributed. For those in Vancouver, we have an office in Gastown that we expect people to be at three days a week. We understand both the advantages of some flexibility around personal lives, and the positive interpersonal effects of in-person collaboration.

About the Role: 

The VP of Engineering is a pivotal leadership role at Quandri, essential for fostering innovation and ensuring the technical excellence of our products, services and engineering operations.

This role, reporting to the CEO, will be responsible for building and implementing the team and strategies that drive the development of cutting-edge technologies and products that underpin Quandri's growth. Your leadership and commitment to excellence will ensure our engineering team consistently delivers high-quality solutions, contributing significantly to achieving Quandri's goal of reaching $10M ARR in the next 12 months. You will build, lead, and mentor a team dedicated to engineering excellence, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and ensuring seamless integration of new technologies. To achieve this, you will continuously evolve our engineering processes as we deepen our understanding of our customers' needs, expand our product offerings, and enter new markets.

• Recruit, train, manage, and continuously elevate a team of high-performing engineering talent, fostering a culture of innovation and operational excellence.
• Provide leadership, domain expertise, and personal engagement to develop and continuously improve engineering mechanisms, tools, and best practices that drive high performance and career development.
• Represent engineering at the Quandri leadership table by sharing technological insights, development feedback, and recommendations to ensure a customer-first mindset in company decision-making.
• Develop and maintain a technology strategy that aligns with and supports business goals.
• Ensure scalability, sustainability, and effective integration of technology components.
• Foster innovation and maintain competitive advantage.
• Build relationships and understand key customer accounts to deepen an understanding of their problems, and the value that Quandri delivers 
• Formulate and implement security strategies and policies to protect company assets, including data and intellectual property.
• Oversee the incident response process, ensuring swift and effective handling of security breaches to minimize impact and prevent recurrence.
• Maintain adherence to relevant security regulations and standards, ensuring the company's operations align with industry best practices and legal requirements.

• 10+ years of people management experience, including experience as a manager of managers, leading high-performing engineering teams.
• 5+ years of experience within a B2B SaaS environment, successfully navigating high growth, venture-backed, early-stage companies (A, B, C).
• Strong management presence and leadership ability, with communication and interpersonal skills that inspire and motivate leaders and teams.
• Demonstrated operational excellence in analytical thinking, process development, problem solving, communication, delegation, and planning.
• Ability to be flexible and agile in responding to evolving business priorities and dealing with ambiguity.
• Expertise in software development, system architecture, and technology strategy.
• Proven track record of implementing and refining DevSecOps practices and automated testing strategies.
• Familiarity with Site Reliability Engineering principles and experience in maintaining the reliability and stability of production systems.
• Deep understanding of emerging technologies and industry trends, with the ability to evaluate and integrate them effectively.
• Strong commitment to fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation within the engineering team.

• Proven experience in implementing and managing AI and machine learning projects, contributing to product innovation and competitive advantage.
• Extensive experience with leading cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and cloud-native development.
• Holding patents or having published papers in relevant technical fields, showcasing thought leadership and innovation.
• Certifications in data privacy and security (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CIPP), emphasizing a strong commitment to protecting company assets and customer data.

• Customers at the core. We put the customer at the center of all we do. At a basic level, we believe business success comes down to talking to customers and building something they want. We don’t listen to customers and just take what they say blindly, but we think critically about it and build what they need. Customers are the core of everything we do, and our business exists to serve them. We prioritize their needs over all else within the company.
• Fast by default. There are times when we need to move slowly and deliberately, but we default to acting fast and with urgency. We slow down when necessary, but this should be a deliberate choice. Businesses become more lethargic as they grow, this principle is designed to fight this fact.
• Be curious. We understand the world by being curious and asking why. We aren’t satisfied with surface level understanding, and seek a deeper understanding of why things are the way they are. Don’t take someone’s word for it or the answer “because that’s how we do it.” Understand why and dig deep.
• Excellence in execution. We know that what separates good from great is a high level of execution. We commit ourselves to excellence in everything that we do, from delivering an amazing product to writing a great email.
• Act like an owner.  We’re all owners of the business and act like it. We follow through on commitments, own our results and think long-term.
• Fight for simplicity. The law of increasing functional information states that systems evolve to become more complex over time. At Quandri, we believe there is sophistication in simplicity; as such, we intentionally fight for streamlined solutions and are committed to the uncomplicated.

• Competitive total compensation package comprised of base salary as well as stock options 
• Comprehensive health benefits, including Lifestyle Spending Account
• Four weeks of paid vacation per year
• Work anywhere in the world for 60 days of the year

Quandri is dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As an equal opportunity employer, Quandri adheres to Canadian labour laws and does not engage in discrimination based on race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other status protected under Canadian law.