Key skills
Engineering managementAgile methodologiesGo programmingPostgreSQLPythonData analysisCloud infrastructureCuriosityEmpathycommunicationTeamworkProblem-solvingIntegrityAgileCommunication
About this role
Openly is a company focused on rebuilding insurance from the ground up, enhancing customer experience through innovative technology and data. They are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a diverse team of engineers, driving projects and processes to deliver critical functionality for their platform and insurance products.
Responsibilities:
- Manage, support, and mentor a diverse group of engineers
- Give engineers the tools, confidence, and motivation to make choices that result in recognition for themselves and not just for yourself
- Remove roadblocks for your team and escalate when you need additional context or direction
- Drive your team toward their career goals, identify milestones, and set them up for success along the way
- Promote a culture of feedback and transparent communication
- Partner with internal stakeholders on feature definition and drives breakdown of work to support organization objectives
- Partner closely with the management team, HR, and Recruiting to attract, recruit, and develop a diverse team of high-quality engineers
- Proactively maintain alignment between business goals and objectives with the team's day-to-day work
- Work to resolve or escalate issues that serve as roadblocks and place deliverables and goals at risk
- Gain and maintain visibility into trade-offs between options and priorities to positively influence the approach taken by the team
- Design feedback loops to incorporate members' feedback into continuous improvement activities
Requirements:
- Experience guiding a group of diverse, bright, and motivated engineers while balancing their needs with business requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- 5+ years of engineering experience and 3+ years of management
- Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders to maximize our resources
- Highly autonomous with the ability to prioritize
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Passion for making progress in DE&I
- Experience or familiarity with agile methodologies and strong organizational skills
- Logical thought processes and possess excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to think strategically and execute methodically