Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Zebra is an online car and home insurance comparison company. The Engineering Manager will lead an engineering team, guide technical strategy, develop engineers, manage delivery, and ensure scalable, reliable, high-quality software that creates customer value.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers, providing technical guidance, career development, and performance coaching
- Drive technical excellence by fostering best practices in software development and architecture
- Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams to help define and execute a roadmap that aligns with company objectives
- Manage sprint planning, execution, and delivery, ensuring projects are completed on time and meet quality standards
- Encourage a data-driven approach to decision making, balancing technical feasibility with business impact
- Advocate for scalability, reliability, and maintainability in all technical solutions
- Ensure a culture of continuous improvement through code reviews, technical discussions, and retrospectives
- Promote cross-team collaboration and communication to align engineering efforts with business priorities
- Partner with recruiting to attract, hire, and onboard engineering talent
Skills
- • 6+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2+ years in an engineering management role
- • Strong background in one or more programming languages, ideally including Python and/or JavaScript
- • Fluency with agentic software development, including demonstrated knowledge of AI tools and how to use them to drive outcomes
- • Demonstrated success leading engineering teams, managing projects, and driving technical roadmaps
- • Proven ability to develop and mentor engineers, and foster high-performing teams
- • Deep understanding of agile/scrum software development methodologies and best practices
- • Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills
- • A balance of technical depth and strategic thinking, with a focus on driving business impact
- • Experience working in fintech/insuretech is a plus
- • Experience building applications with large language models, training, and fine-tuning
- • Deep knowledge of fullstack software development, including modern frontend and backend frameworks like React, Django, and FastAPI
- • Experience operating and scaling systems in AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure
- • Demonstrated impact as a technical lead with deep system context and architectural influence
Benefits
- Stock option offering
- Health, dental, vision & disability coverage
- Sabbatical program for tenured employees
- HSA with employer contribution
- Fertility support through Carrot
- $100 monthly wellness perk
- $300 pet reimbursement program
- 401k with match
- Unlimited PTO + flexibility to enjoy it
- Paid parental leave program
- Learning & development opportunities
- Employee Resource Groups
- Remote work across the US
- For folks who live around Austin, the option to join us in our office or opt for a hybrid setup
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