Head of Software Engineering

Location: San Francisco, CA

Reports to: Managing Director

Employment Type: Onsite Full-time

Salary Range: $450k-$600k

Hanwha Life is Korea’s oldest and 2nd largest life insurer with $120B of assets under management. Its San Francisco Office, Hanwha Life Digital Lab is the lead operator of the Hanwha AI Center, an applied artificial intelligence research and development center, jointly operated with other industry leading financial subsidiaries of the Hanwha Group, where the AI Center’s role is to create new products, services and applications leveraging the power of artificial intelligence.

Hanwha Life Digital Lab is seeking a Head of Software Engineering whose role is to build and manage a software engineering capability designed to support the firm’s software development requirements with a special focus on Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain applications.

The role will start by building from ground-up, a cost-efficient, in-house software development capability that is based overseas (Europe, Asia or LATAM), which can support the development requirements of the firm. After the development foundation is built, the hire will manage the team to build software that the firm requires.

The role will also serve as a technical specialist to the greater Hanwha Finance Network (composed of several entities collaborating with the Hanwha AI Center) in its efforts to implement AI and Blockchain powered products and services into its core businesses.

• Build from ground up an in-house Software Development capability, specializing in Artificial Intelligence and/or Blockchain product development
• Manage a Software Development team for development projects
• Serve as a technical specialist and architect for software development initiatives
• Partake in a cross-functional team of designers, researchers and product managers, where the position will advise/recommend development approaches for AI and/or Blockchain-powered products
• Assess technical capabilities/skills of any potential engineering hires and third-party solutions providers
• Assess capability gaps in the current development capabilities and provide solutions to mitigate shortfalls

• Minimum of ten years of experience in software engineering with five years of management experience
• Proven track record (five years) in building products and platforms at scale
• Strong full-stack development capability/history (Mobile, Web, Desktop, Cloud, AI/ML, Blockchain)
• Capability of designing architecture for a fully implemented cloud based technical solution

• Previous experience building and managing an overseas engineering workforce
• Experience integrating financial platform APIs and legacy systems
• Experience in scaling VC-backed fintech startups

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Professional development and learning opportunities
• Exposure to cutting-edge AI and/or Blockchain-enabled business models in financial services
• Mentorship from industry experts

If you’re passionate about building world-class engineering teams, architecting cutting-edge AI and blockchain solutions, and transforming financial services at global scale, we want to hear from you!