Kensho is a Machine Learning (ML) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) company, centered around providing cutting-edge solutions to meet the challenges of some of the largest and most successful businesses and institutions. We are owned by S&P Global and operate independently. Our toolkit illuminates insights by helping the world better understand, process, and leverage messy data. Specifically, Kensho’s solutions largely involve speech recognition (ASR), entity linking (NED), structured document extraction, automated database linking, text classification, and more.
Kensho’s Applications group develops the web apps and APIs that deliver Kensho’s AI capabilities to our customers. Our teams are small, product-focused, and intent on shipping high-quality code that best leverages our efforts. We’re collegial, humble, and inquisitive, and we delight in learning from teammates with backgrounds, skills, and interests different from our own.
As a Software Engineering Manager in Applications, you will facilitate the development of reliable, secure, and performant APIs that apply Kensho’s AI capabilities to specific customer workflows. You will collaborate with colleagues from Product, Machine Learning, Infrastructure, Design, Recruiting, and People Ops, as well as with other managers and engineers within Applications. You have a demonstrable history of disciplined, empathetic leadership and thrive in diversities of people and technology. Your verbal and written communication is proactive, efficient, and inclusive of your geographically-distributed colleagues. You are a thoughtful, deliberate technologist and share your knowledge generously.
At Kensho, we believe in flexibility-first, and give our employees the opportunity to work from where they feel most productive and engaged (must be in the United States). We also value in-person collaboration, so there may be times when travel to one of our Kensho hubs (NYC/CAM) will be required for team meetings or company events.
Kensho states that the anticipated base salary range for the position is 180k–225k. In addition, this role is eligible for an annual incentive bonus and equity plans. At Kensho, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.
What You’ll Do:
- Facilitate the design, development, testing, documentation, deployment, maintenance, and improvement of multiple customer-facing
- API products by a team of four to eight engineersMake personal contributions to these efforts, as appropriate
- Support and encourage the professional development of your reports, including through continuous, individualized coaching and mentoring and regular evaluative feedback
- Manage multiple project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables in accordance with complex business goals
- Work proactively with key stakeholders to ensure effective collaboration across teams
- Work proactively with colleagues across Engineering, Product, and Recruiting to ensure that engineering efforts are apportioned in a manner that supports both incumbent commitments and key new initiatives
- Foster a team culture that embodies Kensho’s values: inclusion, curiosity, transparency, empowerment, and excellence
What You’ll Need:
- At least three years of experience leading remote or multi-site teams of at least four software engineers; at least two of these must be as a people manager
- At least three additional years of direct experience developing production-grade software on a team
- A demonstrable history of and commitment to effective collaboration with people of diverse job roles, abilities, backgrounds, and perspectives
- Thoughtful and efficient communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Experience using quantitative and qualitative measures to assess and improve the health of teams and projects
- Experience providing ongoing technical and interpersonal coaching and performance management to a diverse set of engineers
- Experience mediating technical and interpersonal conflicts
- Experience turning abstract business requirements into concrete technical plans
- Experience working across all stages of the software development lifecycle
- Sound reasoning about the behavior and performance of complex software systems, both abstractly and in the interpretation of scalar metrics
- Proficiency with Python and familiarity with its ecosystem and idioms
Technology You’ll Encounter:
- Python, Django, Flask, mypy, OpenAPI
- Git, Jsonnet, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes
At Kensho, we pride ourselves on providing top-of-market benefits, including:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
- 100% company paid premiums
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- 26 weeks of 100% paid Parental Leave (paternity and maternity)
- 401(k) plan with 6% employer matching
- Generous company matching on donations to non-profit charities
- Up to $20,000 tuition assistance toward degree programs, plus up to $4,000/year for ongoing professional education such as industry conferences
- Plentiful snacks, drinks, and regularly catered lunches
- Dog-friendly office (CAM office)
- Bike sharing program memberships
- Compassion leave and elder care leave
- Mentoring and additional learning opportunities
- Opportunity to expand professional network and participate in conferences and events
About Kensho
Kensho is an Artificial Intelligence company that builds solutions to uncover insights in messy and unstructured data that enable critical workflows and empower businesses to make decisions with conviction.
Kensho was founded in 2013 and was acquired by S&P Global in 2018. Kensho continues to operate as a startup in order to maintain our distinct, independent brand and to promote our breakthrough, innovative culture. Our team of Kenshins enjoy a dynamic and collaborative work environment that runs autonomously from S&P Global, while leveraging the unparalleled breadth and depth of data and resources available as part of S&P Global. As Kenshins, we pride ourselves on maintaining an innovative culture that depends on diversity and inclusion.
We are an equal opportunity employer that welcomes future Kenshins with all experiences and perspectives. Kensho is headquartered in Cambridge, MA, with offices in New York City, and Washington D.C. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
