Engineering Manager, Wonderschool
Marketplace for child care
Open for applications
Marketplace for child care
101-200 employees
Open for applications
101-200 employees
Company mission
To ensure every child has access to early education that helps them realize their potential.
Role
Who you are
- BA/BS degree in computer science or equivalent industry experience (12+ years preferred)
- 3+ years of experience of managing 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
- Will need to be in the office in downtown SF, 3 days a week
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 Wonderschools 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 into the Chief technology officer and participate in essential technical, design, and product discussions with leaders across our product, engineering and operations teams
- Elixir & Phoenix Framework
- JavaScript/TypeScript and modern web frameworks (specifically including ReactJS)
- Web markup (HTML5, CSS3), backend technologies (NodeJS, Java), front-end build tools (Webpack, ESbuild, Vite)
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 funding and partnerships.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-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
- Flexible PTO: 10 paid holidays, one week company winter break between Christmas and New Years and quarterly mental health refresh days
- Wellness: Monthly gym membership stipend
- Remote: Hybrid work environment and stipend for new employees to set-up your home office and a monthly wifi stipend
- Health: Up to 100% coverage for employee premiums and up to 80% for dependents
- Parental leave: Parental leave for employees after 6 months of employment
- Autonomy: We prioritize health and wellness to ensure employees can produce their best work while achieving their personal and professional goals
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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.
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