Forward Deployed Engineer, Jellyfish
Engineering team management platform
Open for applications
Engineering team management platform
201-500 employees
Open for applications
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make engineering leaders’ lives better by elevating the practice of engineering management.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for someone who is always excited about solving complex problems from our clients and being the support of our support pipeline
- Enjoy the challenge of developing quality code in a fast paced environment
- Experience in Python
- Detail-oriented and a creative problem solver
- History of working in Atlassian and Git environments; knowledgeable of the tools and workflows
- Proven ability to juggle multiple priorities at once
- People person. Able to maintain a calm demeanor in high pressure situations
- Resourceful and self-driven. Hungry to learn
- Helpful & supportive; able to dive in and help colleagues and clients solve problems
- Thoughtful verbal and written communications; able to be a detective as much as you’re able to lead a horse to water
- Team-oriented and collaborative
- Technically minded with an aptitude for analyzing data
- Passionate about solving problems for others
- Sees client support as a gift not a burden
Desirable
- Familiarity with REST APIs, AWS, and a willingness to learn more
- Experience with AWS S3, React, Pandas, Django
- Has dealt with full product lifecycle: design, implementation, and support
- Worked cross functionally with teams throughout an organization
What the job involves
- Sitting in between Pre-Sales, Post-Sales, and Engineering, the Forward Deployment Engineering team addresses the need for a fast action, technical role, who can enter into any stage of the customer lifecycle - aiding in various, value multiplying efforts
- Answering questions from “How does this work?” to “Why doesn’t this work?” to “Can you make this work?” covering the three distinct areas of our workflow
- Split across various work types, this role requires the ability to spin up quickly on the technical implementation and customer context, while retaining an advanced knowledge of product features to measure problems or requests against
- The FDE team is passionate about serving others and enabling them through our technical capabilities seasoned with customer centricity
- We are brought into a wide spectrum of conversations and work from customer support, pre-sales and post sales enablement, and R&D feature roadmap
- Develop and maintain a deep understanding of both the Jellyfish Platform and our customers' specific needs through the engineering lens in order to build successful customizations, configurations, and integrations
- Resolve issues by researching and developing solutions, not just answers, working with any of our Core Engineering teams when necessary
- Manage a queue of Development, Implementation, and Support related requests, working with your team members to prioritize incoming tasks
- Work on Internal Research and Development projects to uplift the team and the whole organization (pre and post sales) (i.e. coming up with more scalable processes, building tooling enhancements, developing new custom reporting, feature work, etc.)
- Collaborate with R&D to manage product support and implementation
Our take
Engineering leaders are often left in the dark when it comes to exactly what their teams are doing when developing new products. This was a source of frustration shared by the founders of Jellyfish, who had similar visibility issues when running their own engineering and product teams.
Its platform attempts to do for engineering team leaders what CRM systems have done for sales teams. It aims to keep managers in the loop around projects, including the productivity of individual engineers, where time and resources are spent, and whether products are on schedule.
The company has a long list of customers including Toast, Medium, DataRobot, Digital Guardian, New Relic, and Mastercard subsidiary SessionM. The global transition to remote work saw a surge in business for Jellyfish, which has led to an increase in its headcount and further revenue growth.
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Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Feb 2022
$71m
SERIES C
Jan 2021
$31.5m
SERIES B
Total funding: $117.2m
Company benefits
- Hybrid Work Environment: While we have an office in Boston, MA, we enjoy a hybrid work environment. We don’t have a company-wide policy on the days required to be in the office. We have many fully remote employees around the US and in Boston. What’s important is getting the work done and learning from each other, over where you’re located
- Outings and Events: We’re all about building solid relationships, and we love to have fun while we’re at it! Whether trying out new restaurants together, catching a Red Sox game, or taking a cooking class, our team outings are a great way to bond with your colleagues
- Time Off: Time away from work is essential for everyone, which is why we offer Flexible Time Off so you can take the time when you need it. We also have 13 company holidays and encourage everyone to take time off for religious or cultural holidays that aren’t in our schedule
- 401(k) and Financial Wellbeing: We offer both Traditional and ROTH 401(k) retirement savings plans. We also have periodic financial education webinars and opportunities for you to meet 1-1 with a Certified Financial Planner to make sure you’re on track to meet your financial goals
- Equity: On top of a competitive salary, we offer stock options so you can be a part of Jellyfish’s future success. We want you to have a stake in what we’re creating here
- Health Benefits: We believe in caring for our employees and their families, so we offer a competitive benefits package that includes top-notch medical, dental, and vision coverage. You can rest assured that you and your loved ones are covered with our comprehensive plan
- Parental Leave: Bringing a new family member home is an exciting time, and we want you to be fully present for it. We offer paid parental leave to help you care for your loved ones during this special time. Parents also support one another in our dedicated #parents Slack channel
- Commuter benefits: If you choose to go into our Boston office regularly, you can pay for your commute to and from work using pre-tax dollars with our commuter benefits program or pre-tax dollars to pay for parking near the office or at a Commuter Rail stop
- Pet Insurance: Pets are just as much a part of your family so we offer discounted pet insurance to our employees through Wishbone
- Employee Resource Blooms: Belonging is an important part of doing your best work. These ERBs provide support and community for employees: Out at Jellyfish, Jellyfish of Color, and Women of Jellyfish
Company HQ
Financial District, Boston, MA
Leadership
Philip Braden
(Co-Founder)Philip worked as a Consultant for 4 years before 7 years at Endeca and working as VP of Product at Vocus. They left their role of 4 years as a Fishbowl Marketing Manager to co-found Jellyfish in 2017.
David Gourley
(Co-Founder)David studied at UCB before working at Inktomi, Endeca, and Ludic Labs for 15 years. They spent 4 years at Groupon, moving from VP Product and Engineering to founding Jellyfish.
Andrew Lau
(Co-Founder & CEO)Having studied at MIT, Andrew founded Broadway Commerce in 2009, before being a Redstar Entrepreneur in Residence and founding LoopIt. They left their CSO role at Nanigans in 2014 to co-found Jellyfish as CEO in 2017.
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