Software Engineering Manager, Jellyvision
$164-200k
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Streamlining employee benefits
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Streamlining employee benefits
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$164-200k
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To improve lives by helping real people choose, use, and appreciate their benefits.
Role
Who you are
- Deep understanding of how large scale software systems are designed, built, tested, deployed and into the hands of customers
- Experience in using delivery and performance metrics to drive a team
- At least 2 years of experience managing offshore development teams using common Agile methods (Scrum, Kanban, XP)
- An affinity for modern software development best practices like daily deployments, robust and efficient CI/CD pipelines, test-driven development, feature flagging, etc
- Strong decision-making skills that allow teams to take action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences
- Demonstrated advanced ability to operate using analytical, critical thinking, organizational, and project management skills
- Experience with following or similar:: Snowflake, Looker, Datadog, cloud formats like AWS, and Infrastructure as Code
- Exceptional leadership skills; knows how to co-create a vision, reinforce it, and align teams, stakeholders, and an organization around it
What the job involves
- The Software Engineering Manager will be leading a talented development team and accountable for successful delivery on the product roadmap
- You’ll prioritize and break down work, and organize the team to do the work efficiently with high quality
- You’ll remove impediments, coach your team, and help them grow
- An Engineering Manager supports cross-functional product teams and serves as the Agile Owner for each of those product teams
- Directly manage a team of onshore and offshore software engineers
- Lead an iterative approach to developing software that continuously delivers added value to the market in line with roadmap milestones
- Organize and assign work across the team. Break down the work into appropriate sizes to maximize efficiency
- Balance feature work with maintenance, tech debt, and internal support tasks
- Direct the work of Software Engineers to ensure best practices around software development and act as a coach, mentoring team members to improve their skills and design stellar projects
- Manage the logistics of the team; from people management, performance management, hiring and right-sizing to training and promoting to enforcing deadlines
- In partnership with the Product Owner, ensures that products are being designed, developed and tested with high quality standards and in alignment with the architecture vision
- Ensure project milestones, goals, and measures for success are met
- Provide proactive visibility and effectively communicates delivery targets, commitments and progress
- Drive operational excellence via collecting and sharing team metrics to drive continuous improvement (DORA, complying/meeting application SLIs, driver of CI/CD, team's security vulnerabilities, infra cost/usage tracking, monitors and alerts)
- Proactively mitigate risks, escalate issues when necessary, and collaborate with other internal teams and stakeholders to find solutions
Our take
Navigating health benefits is confusing, and most people need help making sense of it. As healthcare costs clim and plans get more complex, companies are turning to tools like Jellyvision to simplify the experience. The market is shifting toward smarter, more personalized support, and Jellyvision is part of this change.
At the heart of Jellyvision is ALEX< a virtual benefits advisor that talks to employees like a real person (think funny, friendly, and easy to understand). ALEX gives personalized advice based on each person's life, family, and health needs, helping them make better choices without added stress.
Recently, the company's been on a roll. Now supporting a quarter of the Fortune 500 and recently integrating into Conduent's Life@Work Connect platform. Meaning even more employees can now access ALEX's support. And under leadership of CEO Amanda Lannert, Jellyvision has transformed from a quirky digital agency into a seiouss HR tech player, with big plans to keep improving and expanding.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2017
$20m
LATE VC
Jan 2008
$5m
SERIES B
Total funding: $25m
Company benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Majority of premiums covered for spouses/civil union partners/dependents
- Roth or Traditional 401(k) with match
- HSAs & FSAs with employer contributions
- Flexible-first PTO and work policies
- Self-care days to recharge
- Access to our Chicago office
- Gender-affirming support
- Generous parental leave, adoption, and surrogacy assistance
- Home office, gym, and wellness allowance
- Therapy stipend
Company HQ
Chicago Loop, Chicago, IL
Leadership
Amanda Lannert
(CEO)Amanda has served as the CEO of Jellyvision since 2011. They are also a Board Director/Member at various companies, including SportHero, P33 Chicago and Equilibria.
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