Head of Engineering

About the Role

Igloo is expanding its product engine and establishing a dedicated Tech Solutions hub in Pune. We are looking for a hands-on Lead Solutions Architect & Site Lead to drive platform architecture, govern technical design, and manage our multidisciplinary engineering organization in India.

In this dual-impact role, you will balance deep technical ownership—reviewing architecture, guiding system design, and auditing code—with people leadership across Engineering, QA, DevOps/SRE, and Integration teams. You will ensure our high-throughput insurance and direct-to-consumer platform remains scalable, secure, and resilient.

Key Responsibilities:

Architecture & System Design

• Architect, design, and govern high-availability, microservices-based platform solutions for global direct-to-consumer and partner-facing lines of business.
• Conduct architecture, design, and code reviews; establish quality benchmarks, security controls, and robust release mechanisms.
• Stay hands-on with system design and technical troubleshooting, guiding engineers through complex algorithmic and infrastructural challenges.

Team & Site Leadership

• Lead overall strategy, capacity planning, and operating rhythm for the Pune technology hub.
• Recruit, mentor, and scale multidisciplinary teams across backend, frontend, QA, DevOps/SRE, and platform integration.
• Drive engineering culture, career pathing, succe