Job Description
[Full Time] Early-stage Engineering Manager (Remote) at Zeal (United States) | BEAMSTART Jobs
Early-stage Engineering Manager (Remote) Zeal United States
Date Posted: 14 Feb, 2023
Work Location: San Francisco, United States
Salary Offered: $175000 — $215000 yearly
Job Type: Full Time
Experience Required: 3+ years
Remote Work: Yes
Stock Options: No
Vacancies: 1 available
WHO WE ARE
We are a modern, embedded payroll provider that helps empower companies to build their own unique payroll service. On top of our easy-to-use payroll API we are pioneering an all-inclusive tax engine to democratize a broken and cumbersome process providing accessibility to small, medium, and large businesses and helping Americans get paid.
Backed by over $14 million in funding from top investors such as Y Combinator, Spark Capital (Marqeta, Coinbase, Affirm), and Robinhood's Founder; Vlad Tenev we are projected to be a forerunner in embedded payroll with an industry amassing billions of dollars in untapped revenue.
Our mission is to empower companies to become their own fintech company using our simple, seamless, and forward-thinking payroll technology.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for an operationally focused Engineering Manager who gets excited about adding structure and organizing engineering standards and quality. As the first Engineering Manager here at Zeal, you will work closely with our leadership team to build an amazing engineering function that will help Zeal scale.
SOME THINGS YOU MAY BE WORKING ON
Own the entire software development lifecycle with a focus on automation and documentation.
Build and improve upon the existing sprint structure with a focus on planning and retros, as well as managing Product expectations.
Create and distill frameworks in collaboration with Staff Engineers and Product Managers on areas such as engineering standards, testing, measuring quality, timelines, estimates, and roadmapping.
Support the engineering team through mentorship and guidance and help with task management and completion.
Act as the technical advocate to other departments breaking down complex concepts to non-technical audiences.
Work with leadership to own escalations and incidents and provide a strong bias towards action to provide a great user experience to all of Zeal’s clients.
Collaborate with recruiting in building out a world-class interviewing process that is fair and unbiased.
YOU HAVE
3+ years of software engineering experience.
Ideally about 3+ years of management experience but if you have less we encourage you to apply!
Comfortability with Zeal's stack (Javascript: typescript/node/react).
Experience building out Engineering processes at a growing startup.
Been a technical advocate for engineering teams to the greater organization.
Superb communication and project management skills.
Experience being an empathetic leader and value working in a diverse and collaborative environment.
NICE-TO-HAVE
Experience working in payroll or fintech software development.
Experience working with APIs.
OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS
Step 1: Chat with our recruiter
Step 2: Chat with the hiring manager
Step 3: Take-Home Assignment
Step 4: Presentation/Final Interview with the team
After a few days to 1 week, we will get back to you with a decision.
ZEAL CULTURE
Zeal is located in the SoMa district of San Francisco and we value in-person collaboration and communication as we grow and scale our business. We are a tight-knit, inclusive community that values championing for our employees to bring their authentic true selves to work.
OUR BENEFITS
100% health coverage premium paid by the company; vision, dental.
Generous salary and equity for all staff.
401k option; helping you save for the future.
Up to $4k reimbursement for female employees to get access to safe and legal abortion care.
Monthly benefits stipend to use for lunch, commuting, and other essentials.
Free professional headshot for your LinkedIn.
Free snacks and drinks and Friday happy hours.
Awesome Swag.
OUR COMPENSATION & PHILOSOPHY
The range for this role is between $175,000 and $215,000 for California-based candidates.
Zeal is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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