Senior Engineering Manager, Wonderschool
Marketplace
Marketplace for child care
Open for applications
Marketplace for child care
101-200 employees
Open for applications
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower early educators to build sustainable businesses that meet the unique needs of families across the nation.
Role
Who you are
- BA/BS degree in computer science or equivalent industry experience (12+ years preferred)
- 3+ years of experience of managing senior engineering with a team of around 10+ engineers
- Ability to be scrappy and comfortable building 0 → 1 products
- Proven record of successfully delivering large initiatives and/or features from start to finish with strong collaboration, communication, and ownership
- Experience collaborating with engineering leaders and cross-functional team members
- We value ability to write clean and maintainable code (irrespective of language) and think/build in systems
- Elixir & Phoenix experience is a big plus, but, optional
- Ability to think beyond the team needs and help drive company objectives
What the job involves
- Wonderschool is seeking an Engineering leader who is passionate about contributing to our mission and purpose through leadership, process, and execution of product development
- You will manage one of the engineering teams building Wonderschool’s core product
- As a successful Engineering manager, you will plan and execute the development of product features and architecture improvements with quality and predictability, work across functions to communicate estimates and trade-offs and incorporate new business needs into the development plan
- Set technical direction for Wonderschool's marketplace team
- Bring joy to providers and parents supporting child care through remarkable solutions
- Cultivate an excellent organization by hiring remarkable talent, coaching your team, fostering principled and collaborative engineering decision-making, and applying your technical expertise to maintain a high bar
- Oversee the success of your teams' products, establish and achieve quantifiable results
- Report to the chief technology officer and participates in essential technical, design, and product discussions with leaders across our product, engineering and operations teams
Our take
Wonderschool is a digital platform that enables parents and families to identify and connect with programs and preschools for infants and toddlers. The app has a huge database of potential providers, and uses intelligent software to identify the best child care and microschools for children.
This is an important service, as there are problems at both ends of the pipeline. Educators and carers are often paid insufficiently, while many parents struggle to find suitable education programs for their children. Wonderschool promises to solve those problems, while also providing a bespoke service that ensures that children get the care that they really require.
The childcare management platform has been instrumental in improving the quality and accessibility of care to children, as well as increasing the salaries of childcare professionals. It is fast-growing and can expect to continue this way following series B funding that is being invested into scaling access to flexible care.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2022
$25m
SERIES B
Aug 2018
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $49.1m
Company benefits
- Unlimited paid time off, paid holidays, and mental wellness days
- Hit the gym, relax, or de-stress using monthly stipends
- Remote - Work where you want, our team is distributed across the Americas
- Health - Up to 100% coverage for employee premiums and up to 80% for dependents
- Competitive parental leave policies for individuals after 6 months of employment
- Autonomy
Company values
- Children First - We serve everyone whose purpose is to provide early education and care to children; We constantly seek to understand the needs of children, parents and providers; We build products and services that focus on developing and retaining trust
- Lead with Empathy - We treat each other and our customers with respect; We deliver effective feedback with kindness, have difficult conversations with grace, and focus on the growth of our teammates; We work to create a diverse, safe, productive, and fun work environment
- Exceed Expectations - We strive to do the best work of our lives; We push the limits of the goals we set and the experiences we deliver; We work smart and put in the effort
Company HQ
Northwest Wilmington, Wilmington, DE
Articles
Leadership
Chris Bennett
(CEO)Earned a BSc in Economics from UPenn Wharton School. Private Equity Associate at Heitman. Co-founder and CEO of Soldsie. Co-founded Wonderschool in 2016.
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job
View 4 more jobs at Wonderschool