Technical Lead, Pumpkin
$150-185k
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Pet insurance provider
Open for applications
Pet insurance provider
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$150-185k
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
Pumpkin is a pet care company on a mission to keep all pets healthy.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years in software engineering experience, at least 4 years in full stack development with python
- 2+ years in leading technical projects and teams
- Expertise working with modern web technologies and software architecture patterns (React, Flask, Microservices, etc.)
- Proven leadership ability to inspire teams and cultivate an engineering culture focused on technical excellence, continuous improvement, innovation and collaboration
- Adapt technical solutions to support evolving business objectives, using your ability to clarify and translate complex or emerging business requirements into a clear technical vision
- Demonstrated ability to manage and deliver projects on time while ensuring high quality and reliable results
- Adept at resolving conflicts and forging consensus among stakeholders with competing priorities
- Exceptional communication abilities to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences across departments, teams and leadership
Desirable
- Previous experience in agile development processes and proficiency in facilitating agile rituals like sprint planning and retrospectives
- Familiarity with security standards and practices and or regulated industry
- An understanding of machine learning applications and pipelines or frameworks
What the job involves
- Pumpkin is looking for a Tech Lead to drive our tech vision forward by guiding the development of creative software solutions that truly help pets, their owners, and veterinarians
- As a hands-on technical leader, you will provide guidance and support to a team of engineers while playing a critical role in translating high-level objectives into actionable technical solutions, ensuring the team remains agile and innovative
- You'll lead strategic technical initiatives that prioritize growth and enhance our market reach while positively impacting Pumpkin's mission to keep pets healthy and support veterinary professionals
- Architect and lead the design and architecture of robust systems that handle scale
- Ensure high quality deliverables, driving key projects from conception to deployment
- Foster an engineering culture that champions excellence in coding and systems design among the team
- Forge strategic partnerships and collaboration with stakeholders across departments to align technical strategies with broader organizational goals
- Encourage team member’s skill development by sharing your expertise and providing feedback, coaching and guidance
- Assess emerging technologies aligned with our product architecture to ensure we stay ahead of industry trends and maintain our competitive advantage
Our take
While pet ownership & adoption rates are at an all-time high, 1 in 4 families are unable to provide the veterinary care they want for their pet due to financial barriers. In response Pumpkin created a more accessible type of pet insurance.
In particular, Pumpkin innovated with ‘Preventative Essentials’. It’s not insurance, but an optional benefit pet parents can easily add to their insurance plan to get refunds for crucial preventive care all pets need to stay healthy, from annual wellness visits to routine vaccines. Its product has proven popular, and Pumpkin insures over 60,000 pets in the USA and Canada.
Pumpkin was acquired by JAB's pet insurance platform in 2023. This move will boost the company's marketing reach and accelerate its research and development efforts. While it faces steep competition in the market, with the likes of AKC, Chewy and Figo offering similar insurance products, its up-to-date tech stack and the deep pockets of its parent company will ensure it maintains its strong position.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
45% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Best-in-class health insurance
- A generous vacation policy
- Of course, pet-friendly offices
Company values
- Pets Come First: Put what's best for pets at the center of everything you do
- Trust the Pack: Help families make empowered pet care decisions
- Jump Fences: If there’s a will, there’s always a way over them
- Share Toys: Be generous with your gifts and amazing things will happen
- Dig New Holes: Challenge conventions to create the future of pet health care
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Alex Douzet
(CEO)Previously founded Ollie Pets, a natural pet food company. Before that, co-founded TheLadders, a mobile network for professionals.
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