Director of Software Engineering

Fortegra is building a next-generation engineering capability focused on AI-accelerated development and rapid application delivery. We are seeking Full Stack Engineers who thrive in fast-moving environments and have deep experience designing, building, and deploying enterprise-grade applications.

The ideal candidate is a high-agency engineer with strong expertise in React-based front-end systems, modern backend frameworks, and secure public-facing application architecture, combined with hands-on experience using AI-driven development tools and agentic coding workflows.  Domain experience in Insurance or Financial Services is a big plus.

If you are excited about using tools like Claude Code, Git Hub CoPilot, Cursor, Lovable, Replit, and other AI-native development tools to dramatically accelerate product development, we want to talk to you.

What You’ll Do:

Build and Ship Production Applications:
Architect and develop enterprise-grade full stack applications

Design and build high-quality React front-end systems

Develop scalable backend services using modern server-side frameworks

Deploy secure public-facing applications in production environments

Ensure performance, reliability, and maintainability of distributed systemsAI-Accelerated Development:
Use AI coding tools such as Claude Code, CoPilot, Cursor, Replit, Lovable and similar environments to dramatically accelerate development cycles

Implement AI-driven development workflows including agentic coding, prompt-driven engineering, and automated code generation

Rapidly prototype and iterate on new product ideas

Evaluate and integrate emerging AI developer tools

Rapid Prototyping and Product Development:
Quickly build and validate new front-end applications and internal tools

Partner with business stakeholders to transform ideas into working software

Develop prototypes that evolve into production-ready enterprise systems

Help establish Fortegra’s modern AI-first engineering culture

Security and Production Readiness:
Design and implement secure architectures for public-facing applications

Implement authentication, authorization, and secure API design

Apply best practices in application security, cloud security, and compliance

Ensure secure handling of sensitive financial and customer data

The above-cited duties and responsibilities describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to the job.  They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that an incumbent may be expected or asked to perform.

Required Qualifications:

7+ years of professional software engineering experience

Significant experience designing and deploying enterprise-grade applications

Expert-level proficiency with React and modern front-end frameworks

Strong experience with at least one server-side framework such as:

Node.js / NestJS / Express Python (FastAPI, Django).NET Core Experience building and deploying secure public-facing applications

Strong knowledge of API design, distributed systems, and cloud architectures

Hands-on experience using AI coding tools such as:

Claude Code Cursor Git Hub  Copilot Replit Experience  with AI-assisted or agentic development workflows

Strong ability to prototype quickly and iterate rapidly

Preferred Qualifications:

Insurance or Financial Services domain experience

Experience building AI-enabled products or developer tooling

Familiarity with LLMs, AI agents, and prompt engineering

Experience with serverless and cloud-native architectures

Experience deploying applications in AWS, Azure, or GCPExperience building internal platforms or developer tooling

Startup or high-velocity product development experience

What Makes This Role Unique:
Work in an AI-first engineering environment

Use modern AI developer tools…