What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Manager position at Bold Penguin?
Brief Description
YOUR ROLE
Engineering Managers work as part of a cross-functional product team to build & launch products that remove the friction from commercial insurance. You’ll lead and manage a team of first class software developers that will rely on you to ensure their decisions and work have the full support of the company. Your users will be commercial insurance agents and insurance carriers who will use your work every day to efficiently provide commercial insurance for small business owners.
What You'll Do
YOUR LOCATION
This is a fully remote role, with the exception of onboarding and optional in-office events.
Skills & Experience
Bold Penguin is the premier digital broker for commercial insurance. Their technology expands top-of-funnel demand and increases yield for enterprise partners. Through digital distribution, wholesale capabilities, and AI-driven insights, they transform the lifecycle of both simple and complex risks, from prospecting to placement.
Benefits
We offer competitive compensation and progressive benefits that include:
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Bold Penguin believes in inclusion. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. To learn more about our results-focused culture and employee-focused perks, read more on our careers page.
YOUR ROLE
Engineering Managers work as part of a cross-functional product team to build & launch products that remove the friction from commercial insurance. You’ll lead and manage a team of first class software developers that will rely on you to ensure their decisions and work have the full support of the company. Your users will be commercial insurance agents and insurance carriers who will use your work every day to efficiently provide commercial insurance for small business owners.
What You'll Do
- Direct the work of a group of software engineers to ensure best practices and healthy cultural norms around software development.
- Be a hands-on leader who can write & test code, review features, and direct the technical activities for 4-10 other engineers.
- Lead and participate in code and architecture reviews.
- Ensure that teams are staffed to meet objectives; actively participate in the recruiting and onboarding of new engineers to meet growing demands.
- Embody best practices and good work habits; mentor team members on engineering concepts such as unit testing, TDD, continuous integration, and linting.
- Coordinate complex technical activities, define high-level milestones, and track progress towards objectives in conjunction with Product Managers.
- Mentor Tech Leads on your team and participate in the design and development of complex software, through all phases of the software development lifecycle.
- Facilitate lunch and learns, cross-training, and professional development.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
YOUR LOCATION
This is a fully remote role, with the exception of onboarding and optional in-office events.
Skills & Experience
- A focus on details and organization.
- Previous technical leadership or management experience in technology startups.
- Firm grasp of DevOps, Agile, Unit Testing, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Code Quality, Cloud Architecture, Microservices, Docker, and
- Single Page Webapps.
- A strong desire to promote a healthy working environment.
- The ability to straddle both high level milestones and low level technical details.
- Previous experience working in the insurance industry, especially commercial insurance.
- Previous experience working in high-growth tech startup companies.
- Proficiently in either Ruby on Rails or Angular
- Must be able to sit/stand/walk for prolonged periods of time, (up to 8 hours per day) at a desk working on a computer.
- Must be able to use standard office equipment for extended periods of time, including but not limited to, a mouse, keyboard, phone and video conferencing.
Bold Penguin is the premier digital broker for commercial insurance. Their technology expands top-of-funnel demand and increases yield for enterprise partners. Through digital distribution, wholesale capabilities, and AI-driven insights, they transform the lifecycle of both simple and complex risks, from prospecting to placement.
Benefits
We offer competitive compensation and progressive benefits that include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Flexible PTO Policy
- 401(k) with a company match
- Employee Assistance Program
- Parental Leave
- Disability and Life Benefits
Penguin bling. Like swag themed after a certain Antarctic bird? Just. You. Wait.
Bold Penguin believes in inclusion. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. To learn more about our results-focused culture and employee-focused perks, read more on our careers page.