Senior Engineering Manager (Remote, US)
TLDR
Oversee multiple engineering teams to drive high-impact projects and foster a healthy, inclusive team culture while building scalable systems for insurance products.
Why Openly
Openly is rebuilding insurance from the ground up. We are re-envisioning and enhancing every aspect of the customer experience. Doing this requires a rapidly growing team of exceptional, curious, empathetic people with a wide range of skill sets, spanning technology, data science, product, marketing, sales, service, claims handling, finance, etc.
The Openly Difference
We created Openly because we saw an evident gap in the market for premium insurance made simple. Consumers deserve more complete coverage at competitive prices.
- The Price Difference: Using cutting-edge data and technology, we provide you with customizable, competitive prices to protect your most valuable assets.
- The Policy Difference: Coverages are truly customizable to meet your individual protection needs, for both standard coverages and optional add-ons.
- The Experience Difference: From tailored claims handling to highly responsive customer service, we are focused on making the home insurance purchasing process a better overall experience.
Welcome to your next adventure.
At Openly, our people are just as important as our product. For us, collaboration, communication, and work-life balance are more than nice-to-haves— they’re the must-haves that make us who we are. We believe a great company is the result of a shared set of values, so we look for these qualities in every candidate we hire.
- Integrity
- Empathy
- Teamwork
- Curiosity
- Urgency
We've designed our hiring process with you, the candidate, in mind. At every step, you have the chance to present your strengths and learn more about what makes Openly a great place to work.
We're committed to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
We embrace individuality and believe diverse teams are winning teams. Our commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience drives us forward every day.
Job Details
We’re hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to oversee multiple teams of engineers and managers, driving high-impact projects, building scalable systems, and fostering a healthy and inclusive team culture. In this role, you will be responsible for growing and developing your teams, mentoring leaders, and ensuring strong collaboration across functions to deliver mission-critical functionality that powers Openly’s insurance products and customer experiences.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead multiple engineering teams, including both individual contributors and people managers
- Support the growth and development of engineers and managers through regular feedback, coaching, and career planning
- Set and measure goals that align with company strategy, ensuring your teams are focused, effective, and empowered
- Promote a culture of feedback, accountability, and psychological safety
- Partner with internal stakeholders to define priorities, clarify requirements, and align on delivery
- Manage execution across teams, identifying risks and removing blockers
- Lead through change with clarity and empathy, ensuring your teams are supported and informed
- Model Openly’s core values in leadership and decision-making
- Represent engineering in cross-functional planning, contributing to organizational strategy and operational improvements
- Coach and mentor leaders to build high-performing, resilient teams
- Help shape and evolve engineering processes to support growth and scale
- Lead multiple engineering teams through adopting agentic development
Our stack
- Backend: Go-based microservices over gRPC and GraphQL
- Frontend: Browser-based, VueJS, Nuxt, Vite, Tailwind, Storybook
- Research/Data Science: R, ArcGIS, Hex, Jupyter Notebooks, Python
- Data: Postgres, Typesense, GCP GCS, BigQuery, Composer/Airflow, Cloud Functions, Python, Kafka Connect and Kafka, Fivetran
- Security: Wiz, Panther, Crowdstrike, Red Canary, SpiceDB
- Infrastructure: Google Cloud: Cloud Run, Kubernetes, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, and CloudSQL, managed with Terraform. Temporal, GitHub, DataDog, CircleCI, Redis
- Remote work tools: Slack, Zoom, Google Workspace
Requirements
- 6+ years of engineering experience with 2+ years managing multiple teams or people leaders
- Proven success managing through complexity, scaling systems and processes in a growing organization
- Experience coaching engineers and leaders to grow their skills and careers
- Strong strategic thinking and the ability to translate goals into focused execution
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to build relationships across teams and functions
- Highly autonomous with strong organizational judgment
- Passion for creating inclusive and equitable team environments
- Experience or familiarity with agile methodologies and iterative development
Compensation & Benefits:
Below is the budgeted salary range for this position. Actual compensation for this position will be determined based on the successful candidate's experience and skills. We are committed to providing a compensation package that not only reflects the responsibilities and requirements of the role, but also the unique expertise that the chosen candidate will bring to our team.
The full salary range shows the min to max salary range for this position. Actual compensation will be commensurate with experience and qualifications and determined based on various factors including the candidate's qualifications, skills, and experience.
Benefits & Perks
- Remote-First Culture - We supported #remotelife long before it was a given. We'll keep promoting it.
- Competitive Salary & Equity
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Plan Offerings
- Life and disability coverage including voluntary options
- Parental Leave - up to 8 weeks (320 hours) of paid parental leave based on meeting eligibility requirements
(Birthing parents may be eligible for additional leave through STD) - 401K Company Contribution - Openly contributes 3% of the employee's gross income, even if the employee does not contribute.
- Work-from-home stipend - We provide a $1,500 allowance to spend on setting up your home workplace
- Annual Professional Development Fund: Each employee has $2,000 in professional development (PD) funds to spend on activities or resources annually. We want each Openly employee to achieve personal and professional success and to feel supported, confident, and informed about improving their efficiency and productivity.
- Be Well Program - Employees receive $50 per month to use towards your overall well-being
- Paid Volunteer Service Hours
- Referral Program and Reward
Depending on position, Employees generally are eligible for cash incentive compensation, including commissions for sales eligible roles. In all cases, eligibility for compensation and benefits is subject to applicable plan and policy terms in effect from time to time.
U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, and those authorized to work in the U.S. for any employer and currently residing in the US will be considered.
Openly is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Openly is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Openly will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities under applicable law.
We strive to provide an exceptional applicant and candidate journey when you engage with us. In an effort to respond to applicants in a timely manner, we leverage AI to organize applications and resumes based on required and applicable skills and experience. To allow our applicants to drive their initial interview experience with us, we may leverage an AI-supported scheduling tool so you can choose when to meet with our team. While AI assists with efficiency, all hiring decisions are made by our team members. Rest assured, your data is protected according to privacy laws and company policies. Contact our recruitment team with any questions about our AI-assisted hiring process.
Benefits
Home Office Stipend
Work-from-home stipend - We provide a $1,500 allowance to spend on setting up your home workplace
Learning Budget
Annual Professional Development Fund: Each employee has $2,000 in professional development (PD) funds to spend on activities or resources annually.
Paid Parental Leave
Parental Leave - up to 8 weeks (320 hours) of paid parental leave based on meeting eligibility requirements
Remote-Friendly
Remote-First Culture - We supported #remotelife long before it was a given. We'll keep promoting it.
Wellness Stipend
Be Well Program - Employees receive $50 per month to use towards your overall well-being
Openly is transforming the insurance landscape by offering premium home insurance solutions designed specifically for high-value properties. Our focus on leveraging technology and data streamlines the quoting process, making it easier and more efficient for consumers to obtain tailored coverage.
- Founded
- Founded 2017
- Employees
- 51-200 employees
- Industry
- Insurance
- Total raised
- $240M raised