Jellyvision is hiring a Software Engineering Manager

Who we are

We at Jellyvision are the proud parents of ALEX®, an interactive employee communications platform that makes tricky decisions—like choosing and using employee benefits—easier and more enjoyable. The success of ALEX has exceeded our wildest work-related dreams, which is why we need a talented Software Engineering Manager to help us.

How you’ll help

As a Software Engineering Manager, you’ll lead a team of talented engineers in designing, building, and delivering our suite of products*. You’ll manage a team of approximately 5-8 direct reports and will report to the VP of Application Engineering. 

*Our frontend products are built with Javascript and React and Redux or AngularJS. Our backend APIs are built with Ruby and Rails or Grape (or Javascript and Node.js).

What you’ll do

• Help ensure your team delivers on the product roadmap
• Manage the performance and career growth of your team members
• Perform regular one-on-ones and provide timely and constructive feedback
• Clear the road for your team by identifying and removing obstacles
• Ensure Jellyvision’s engineering standards and best practices are followed
• Collaborate with folks in our product and creative teams, as well as other engineering managers
• Hire new engineering talent
• Help your team look toward the future of the product

Experience & skills you’ll need

• A strong background in software development and web technologies 
• A strong track record of leading a productive development team 
• Experience with Agile methodologies 

Our ideal Engineering Manager:

• Communicates clearly and effectively (with both technical and non-technical audiences)
• Leads technical discussions
• Helps resolve technical disagreements
• Evaluates and presents engineering trade-offs
• Creates an environment where people can do their best work, while having fun doing it
• Motivates, develops, and promotes technical experts and future leaders

 Skills:

• Develops talent
• Drives engagement
• Directs work
• Builds effective teams
• Balances stakeholders
• Organizational savvy
• Resourcefulness

Anything else?

Our credo is a simple one: be helpful. And we think we can be most helpful if our workforce is as diverse in thought, perspective, and culture as the people who use our products. We are looking to add amazing people to our team who will bring diversity across many lines, including race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, sex, and country of origin.

Thanks for your interest in Jellyvision!

Jellyvision is hiring a Senior Software Engineer

Who we are

We at Jellyvision are the proud parents of ALEX®, an interactive employee communications platform that makes tricky decisions—like choosing and using employee benefits—easier and more enjoyable. The success of ALEX has exceeded our wildest work-related dreams, which is why we need a talented Lead Software Engineer to help us.

How you’ll help

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership for a cross-functional team consisting of application, test, and site reliability engineers. You’ll use your experience to ensure the team is designing and building straightforward, maintainable solutions to problems – solutions that are only as complicated as they need to be to achieve our desired business outcomes.

What you’ll do as a Senior Software Eningeer:

• Design clean, straightforward solutions to problems
• Collaborate with Product Managers to define high level system requirements
• Write maintainable, reliable, and performant code
• Coach and mentor less experienced team members
• Give and receive constructive code review feedback
• Ensure the team maintains Jellyvision’s values, standards, and best practices
• Foster an inclusive team environment
• Collaborate with Jellyvision's non-tech teams (ex. designers, writers, producers)

Experience & skills you’ll need

We're looking for Senior Software Engineers with 5+ years of relevant experience, strong software design chops, and solid software engineering fundamentals. They should also have experience with the following:

• Experience building web applications at scale
• Willingness to learn new technologies
• Relational and NoSQL databases
• Automated testing (unit, integration, and functional tests)
• Source control (we use git)
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Cloud Development Experience (We currently use AWS)

Skills:

• Communicates Effectively
• Ensures Accountability
• Instills Trust
• Courage
• Decision Quality
• Persuades
• Optimizes Work Processes

Anything else?

Our credo is a simple one: be helpful. And we think we can be most helpful if our workforce is as diverse in thought, perspective, and culture as the people who use our products. We are looking to add amazing people to our team who will bring diversity across many lines, including race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, sex, and country of origin.