Sr. Engineering Manager

About Us

At Olé Life, we’re not just building an insurance company; we’re rewriting the rules of how protection works in Latin America.

We’re one of the region’s fastest-growing insurtechs, already protecting 10,000+ families and doubling in size every year. Backed by world-class investors like PayPal Ventures and Mundi Ventures, we’ve recently closed a new round and are entering hypergrowth mode. We’re reshaping the foundation of insurance in Latin America, turning a legacy industry into a force for progress through innovation, technology, and purpose.

Position Overview

We are looking for a Sr. Engineering Manager to lead key engineering squads and play a key role in the evolution of Olé Life’s technology platform.

This role combines technical leadership, hands-on engineering, and team building. You will help define the technical direction of our platform while building and mentoring a small, high-impact engineering team. Rather than managing from a distance, we’re looking for someone who enjoys staying close to the code and contributing directly to solving complex technical challenges.

You will work closely with the CTO and cross-functional teams across product, data, and business to build scalable systems that support our expansion across Latin America. This is a unique opportunity to build a team and shape the technology behind an emerging InsurTech platform, while operating in a fast-moving environment where speed, pragmatism, and ownership matter.

What you’ll do

• Directly lead squads and co-lead the development of our engineering team, helping establish the technical foundation and team culture from the ground up.

• Own and drive the development of a core area of the Olé platform, aligned with your expertise and the company’s strategic priorities.

• Set technical direction and architecture decisions in collaboration with the broader engineering leadership.

• Remain hands-on with the codebase, contributing directly to development and technical problem-solving.

• Hire, mentor, and grow a small, high-impact engineering team in Buenos Aires.

• Establish engineering standards, development practices, and delivery processes that enable speed and quality.

• Work closely with product, data, and business teams to translate company priorities into scalable technical solutions.

• Drive a culture of rapid iteration, pragmatic decision-making, and shipping real products quickly.

• Help integrate AI tools and AI-assisted development practices into the team’s workflow to increase productivity.

• Contribute to the long-term evolution of Olé’s technology platform as the company scales across Latin America.

What we're looking for

• 10+ years of engineering experience, with at least 5 years leading technical teams.

• Strong technical background across data engineering, frontend, and mobile development.

• Not necessarily an expert in all three areas, but capable of architecting systems, reviewing code, and contributing when needed.

• Comfortable working hands-on while also leading and scaling teams.

• Treats AI as a default tool in the development workflow, not an experiment.

• Experience using LLMs, copilots, and AI-assisted development tools in production environments.

• Actively encourages and enables teams to integrate AI tools into their daily development practices.

• Pragmatic approach to build vs. buy decisions, balancing speed, cost, and scalability.

• Comfortable operating in fast-moving environments where priorities and scope evolve quickly.

• Values shipping real products with small, effective teams rather than over-engineering large solutions.

• Experience in insurance or fintech is a plus.

• Fluent in Spanish and English.

What You Can Expect

• Direct collaboration with the CTO and a close-knit engineering team

• Real ownership; you won't be a cog in a large ops department

• A company actively adopting modern development practices, including AI-assisted coding

• Competitive compensation benchmarked to senior engineering talent in LATAM

• Remote-friendly culture with async-first communication

How we collaborate

We enjoy the flexibility of remote work, but we also believe that some moments are better shared in person. We get together to collaborate, celebrate milestones, strengthen relationships, and align on what's next. That's why we're looking for candidates based in Buenos Aires who can join these in-person moments as needed.