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VP of Artificial Intelligence
VP Data & AI Engineering
Duck Creek Technologies · Insurance Technology (SaaS) · 📍 San Francisco Bay Area
Duck Creek Technologies is hiring a senior engineering executive to own Data and AI strategy and delivery as the insurance software platform races to embed AI capabilities into its core product suite.
Reports to
CTO
Company stage
public
Source
linkedin
Key responsibilities
- Define and execute Data & AI engineering strategy aligned with product roadmap
- Build and lead high-performing data and AI engineering teams
- Drive AI/ML platform development and integration into Duck Creek's insurance SaaS products
- Partner cross-functionally with Product, CTO, and business stakeholders on AI initiatives
- Establish data infrastructure, governance, and scalable ML pipelines
Requirements
- Proven VP or Director-level engineering leadership experience
- Deep expertise in data engineering, ML/AI platform development, and cloud-native architectures
- Experience scaling AI teams and delivering production AI/ML systems
Signals
- ⚠ No salary range disclosed — atypical for California-based roles given pay transparency laws
- ⚠ No job description provided — limits candidate evaluation and suggests possible executive search or stealth hire
- ⚠ No previous hiring history from this company on this platform — low signal confidence
- ✓ Duck Creek is a publicly traded, established SaaS vendor with real budget and institutional backing
- ✓ VP-level AI engineering mandate in a product company suggests meaningful scope and investment
- ✓ San Francisco Bay Area posting suggests access to top-tier AI engineering talent pipeline
- ✓ Insurance SaaS is a high-value vertical with strong AI application potential (underwriting, claims, pricing)