SonderMind
SonderMind provides technology-driven solutions for therapists and individuals seeking therapy.
Denver, CO
Hybrid

Engineering Manager

Sorry, this job was removed at 5:08 a.m. (MST) on Sunday, September 20, 2020
Find out who's hiring in Greater Denver Area.
See all Developer + Engineer jobs in Greater Denver Area
Easy Apply
By clicking Apply Now you agree to share your profile information with the hiring company.

About SonderMind

The need for mental health support has never been more acute yet frustrations abound for individuals unable to access care. With our recent successful Series B round of funding (https://tcrn.ch/3bXyvQW), our rapidly growing team is more prepared than ever to redesign behavioral health to become more accessible, approachable and utilized. If you enjoy a challenge and being part of a mission with big aspirations, SonderMind may be the place for you! 

Job Overview 

SonderMind is seeking to hire a Software Engineering Manager to lead one of the full stack agile teams working to expand the capabilities of SonderMind’s platform and help us grow to redesign mental and behavioral health for 100M individuals by 2025. You will act as mentor and coach to the team for career growth, goal setting, and personal development. You will also lead by example and work with other Engineering department leaders to maintain best practices, continuously improve, and promote innovation.  As our ideal candidate, a strong technical background and proven leadership experience. You are flexible, yet confident, in taking action with imperfect and evolving information, always striving to improve and not settling for the status quo. 


Expected Outcomes

  • Within two weeks, build rapport, schedule 1:1s with team members, & work to understand technical product area focus.
  • Within three weeks, partner with product management and other stakeholders to comprehend current and future product roadmap and upcoming feature details.
  • Within two months, establish team performance measures of success. Provide feedback into short-term and longer-term strategic SDLC goals.
  • Within three months, foster on-going career progression discussions with all team members and provide regular guidance on how they can accomplish their goals.
  • Within four months, dependable, accountable, and fully integrated with leading a high performing engineering team while striving to continue advancing SonderMind’s mission

Gotta Have: 

  • 8+ years experience in a technical role and 2+ years in management or technical leadership
  • Demonstrated success in building, managing, and motivating a team of five or more
  • Experience defining and steering delivery team goals, including fostering a culture of quality via test automation
  • Proven ability to prioritize needs effectively, orchestrate complex ideas, and influence positive decision making processes
  • Calm under pressure and capable of comfortably leading a team through rapid pace company growth stages
  • Tenacity to cultivate cross functional department relationships
  • Takes ownership of their own learning and professional development
  • Strong experience in a Scrum environment 

Nice to Have: 

  • In depth knowledge of a few of the following:
    • Ruby on Rails
    • Angular
    • Jira Administration
    • AWS Deployment
    • Elastic Search
    • Service layer / API Test Automation
    • Experience in healthcare services, insurance and/or healthcare technology
  • Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams (front-end, back-end, SDET)

Benefits:

  • Experience and Career Growth. You will be part of the core team as the company enters a major growth phase. We always look to promote first from within and everyone on the team is taking on multiple roles. We don’t know how to say “that isn’t my job.”
  • Startup Environment. From our great downtown location, to unlimited coffee and healthy snacks, to a 2019 Best Place to Work office culture, things are changing and improving EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
  • Benefits. SonderMind provides exceptional employee benefits including covering the majority of dental, vision, and medical premiums. 401k matching for up to 4% salary deferred. 
  • Stock Option Grant. We want all of our team to be focused on long-term success and growth.
  • Mandatory Vacations. We’ve read the research and it is clear – employees who take vacation are more productive, happier and compensated more. SonderMind has an unlimited vacation policy, but REQUIRES employees to take a minimum of 3 weeks of vacation per year.
  • Competitive Start-Up Salary. We all need to eat, right?

 

SonderMind Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Our employees may be exposed to sensitive personal information throughout their regular duties. For this reason, we maintain exceptionally high expectations of ethical conduct and require all incoming employees to pass a background check. 

See More
Easy Apply
By clicking Apply Now you agree to share your profile information with the hiring company.

What are SonderMind Perks + Benefits

SonderMind Benefits Overview

SonderMind was awarded #1 Best Place to Work by the Denver Business Journal two years in a row! We don't know for sure, but we think it has something to do with our authentically collaborative environment, supportive leave and remote policies through COVID, and opportunities to learn and grow every day!

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Team members are encouraged to promote volunteering. SonderMinders have participated in Soup Kitchens, KindKyts, blood drives, and more!
Partners with nonprofits
We collaborate dozens of local community organizations to increase access to therapy and to support our providers.
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Employer-paid disability & AD&D to cover life's unexpected - not only that, we cover the difference in salary for up to eight weeks of short-term disability leave
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Mental health benefits
We provide mental health benefits including $0 copay for therapy sessions on most of our healthcare plans.
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
SonderMind provides employees with a 401(k) match. We match 4% of contributions up to 4% of an employee's annual gross pay.
Company equity
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
While we are not required to provide FMLA by law, we believe in the importance of personal medical leave and have a policy to provide up to 12 weeks leave for eligible employees.
Company sponsored family events
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Generous PTO
We have an unlimited PTO policy for exempt employees; non-exempt employees receive 18 days PTO in addition to paid holidays, jury duty, and bereavement leave. Additional days are added for tenure.
Paid holidays
Office Perks
Company-sponsored outings
SonderMind employees engage in group outings at least once a month for events such as our quarterly book club, a Star Wars Premiere night, escape rooms, and much more!
Free snacks and drinks
Relocation assistance
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
We encourage employees to pursue educational opportunities to advance their careers from Mental Health First Aid, to Start Up Week conferences, to online courses that are expensed to the company.
Promote from within
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available

Additional Perks + Benefits

While the list of benefits above does a good job of highlighting our benefits, our office is always looking to adopt benefits and programs that our employees request. Employee-Lead initiatives are the bread and butter of our office; don't see something you'd like above? Join our team and help us make it a priority!

More Jobs at SonderMind

Easy Apply
By clicking Apply Now you agree to share your profile information with the hiring company.
Learn more about SonderMindFind similar jobs like this