Engineering Manager - Underwriting & Pricing

Homeprotect was founded on a simple principle - to provide protection to people underserved by the home insurance industry. Since 2002, we've been combining smart technology with real human expertise to protect hundreds of thousands of unique homes across the UK. If you're someone who loves solving interesting problems, taking ownership and working with a team that aims high, speaks up and lifts each other, Homeprotect is a place where you can do meaningful work, grow your career and make a real difference for our customers.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our people. We're a small but perfectly formed team of insurance specialists, technologists, data scientists and customer champions - all bringing individual expertise, an appetite for innovation and a shared ambition to protect the homes and things people love. We work at pace, but we trust our people to work in a way that brings out their best. You'll collaborate closely across teams, have real ownership from day one and see the impact you have first-hand with flexible working to help you balance the needs of your role with the rhythm of your life.

We've been recognised as a Great Place to Work UK for seven consecutive years - most recently ranked 29th nationally, jumping 71 places in a single year.

ROLE PURPOSE

Underwriting & Pricing is responsible for one of Homeprotect's most strategically important capabilities: deciding which risks we accept, what we charge for them, and how quickly we can adapt to changing market conditions. The team owns the pricing and rating engines, underwriting rules, risk appetite logic and quote calculation services that sit at the heart of every customer journey. Every quote generated by Homeprotect depends on the reliability, performance and flexibility of these systems. We're looking for a product-minded Engineering Manager to lead this engineering capability. You'll build and grow a high-performing engineering team, partner closely with Product, Actuarial and Commercial stakeholders, and ensure our underwriting and pricing platforms evolve safely while enabling faster business change.

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & People Development: Build, lead and grow a healthy, high-performing engineering team through effective hiring, coaching, mentoring and performance management. Create a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration and continuous learning. Develop engineers through regular feedback, career development and technical coaching. Foster psychological safety while maintaining high standards of engineering excellence.
• Engineering Ownership: Own the engineering strategy, delivery and operational health of the Underwriting & Pricing platform, including pricing engines, underwriting rules, risk appetite logic and quote generation services. Define and evolve the team's technical roadmap, balancing business priorities with long-term platform sustainability and scalability.
• Product & Stakeholder Partnership: Partner closely with the Product Manager to define priorities, roadmap and measurable outcomes for the Underwriting & Pricing capability. Work alongside Actuarial teams to translate pricing models, underwriting rules and risk appetite into robust engineering solutions.
• Engineering Excellence & Continuous Improvement: Create an environment where engineers consistently deliver high-quality software, continuously improve their craft and take ownership of business outcomes. Encourage experimentation, learning and pragmatic decision-making while maintaining the operational discipline expected of a critical business capability.

Essential KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Proven experience leading an engineering team with accountability for people, delivery, technical health and operational excellence.
• Strong technical background with the ability to engage deeply on architecture, software design and distributed backend systems.
• Hands-on understanding of modern software engineering practices including CI/CD, DevOps, automated testing and cloud-native development.
• Experience operating production systems requiring high availability, performance and resilience.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders across both business and technology.

Desirable

• Experience within General Insurance or another highly regulated industry.
• Understanding of pricing, underwriting, actuarial or risk modelling concepts.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Azure and cloud-native engineering practices.

Benefits

• Learning and Growth: We invest in your development through structured learning, mentoring, buddying, on-the-job experience and cross-functional projects.
• Health and Wellbeing: Your wellbeing matters here. We offer private healthcare through BUPA, an Employee Assistance Programme covering legal, financial and counselling support for you.
• Financial Security and Reward: We offer an annual discretionary bonus scheme up to 30% of your base pay, life insurance at four times your salary, and a pension with Aegon.
• Time Off: 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell up to five additional days each year.
• Genuine Flexible Working: We trust our people to work in a way that best suits them.

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. We believe in celebrating difference - everything that makes both our customers and our people unique.