Engineering Manager, Benefits

Description

The company is a welcoming, casual place to work that is building products to help businesses get off the ground by handling their HR work, so they can focus on running the business.

The team is data-driven and iterates constantly. It is looking for people who want to build something meaningful in a supportive, entrepreneurial setting.

Shared goals and motivations are summed up in the company values, which show up in both the product and the team. Those values are Camaraderie, Openness, Grit, Integrity and Simplicity.

Staff can attend company retreats and learn from leaders in the startup community.

Responsibilities

• Build and oversee a team of software engineers as a player-coach, mixing hands-on coding with leadership.
• Coordinate projects and set priorities so the team can build, ship and maintain features for customers.
• Work with engineers, designers and product managers to plan, schedule and deliver projects quickly.
• Partner with Product to set the team's long-term strategy and quarterly roadmap, including goals and how progress is measured.
• Coordinate with teams inside and outside engineering to understand requirements and find areas to improve.
• Mentor engineers to build their technical skills and foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation and continuous learning.
• Give technical and non-technical guidance to your direct reports.
• Attract, hire, develop and retain a high-performing engineering team.
• Guide technical decisions and lead technical discussions with other teams across the company.
• Help the team understand internal stakeholders so they build better experiences and simpler, more efficient workflows.
• Take on other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience as a software engineer building production web applications.
• At least 1 year of experience managing a team of engineers.
• A proven record of prioritizing work, crafting plans and delivering them.
• Solid understanding of core web development, including data structures, data stores, algorithms, distributed systems and common patterns.
• Broad knowledge of core software development technologies, with the ability to see the bigger picture and bring people together around plans.
• High empathy and strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work across functions.
• Clear communication, able to explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Good judgment: you analyze problems and their implications, spot patterns, understand risks, plan mitigations and own the outcome.
• Resourcefulness: you take a can-do approach, making the most of what you have, whether building something new or improving what exists.
• Teamwork and communication: you document, collaborate, listen, build relationships and share knowledge.
• Influence and leadership: you encourage knowledge sharing, mentorship and forward-thinking.
• Continuous learning: you keep building domain knowledge and best practices.
• You live the company values: be open and friendly, treat people with respect, follow through on commitments, be honest, and keep things simple.
• Technologies in use include Golang, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, MySQL, Kafka, AWS, Git, Memcache, Redis, ElasticSearch, Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, CircleCI and DataDog.
• The role includes hands-on coding alongside a strong technical background and a passion for mentoring and growing people.

Conditions

The base salary for this role in the New York City office is targeted at $212,000 to $274,000 per year.

Actual pay depends on factors such as skill set, relevant experience and work location. Ranges for other locations may differ based on local labor costs.

The role is hybrid.

The team works across Health Benefits, Wealth Benefits and International Benefits, with engineers partnering closely with Product, Design, Operations and external providers in a highly regulated space.

Benefits

• A welcoming, casual environment with great benefits.
• A wellness program and company retreats.
• Access to leaders in the startup community.
• The full range of perks and benefits is described in the company's total rewards philosophy on its website.