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Engineering Manager

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Jellyfish

Jellyfish

201-500 employees

Platform for engineering intelligence and strategy integration

Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software

Senior, Expert

Remote in USA

Category
Engineering Management
Software Development Management
Required Skills
Communications
Requirements
  • Strong interest or experience building and leading teams developing SaaS platforms, including shaping team structures and ways of working (as opposed to executing someone else's process)
  • Great at asking questions, figuring out what needs to be done, building consensus, and executing
  • You are a committed servant leader, focused on enabling and empowering teams and people to achieve big results
  • Worked in a matrix style organization and know how to navigate in a world that is not run by top-down directives
  • Love learning new things and teaching others what you know
  • Excited about data, and measuring and quantifying the things that make successful engineering teams
  • Have outstanding communication and collaboration skills
  • Applicants must be authorized to work for Any employer in the US. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Responsibilities
  • Work with engineers on career development and mentor them through the challenges they face as they grow
  • Manage the hiring process for one or more pipelines and consistently identify and hire great talent
  • Work as part of a product, engineering and design trio on team strategy and roadmap.
  • Be accountable for your team’s say/do performance.
  • Work with your team to continuously improve your team’s ways of working.
  • Understand all aspects of your team’s product area inclusive of architecture, implementation and business use cases.
  • Maintain a high bar for technical excellence and quality.
  • Work with engineering leaders on alignment of your team's efforts to overall company strategy
  • Stay connected to the implementation of key features either through code review and design review
  • Provide support for production operations of the Jellyfish product
  • Actively promote a culture supportive of growth and inclusion

Jellyfish offers a platform that integrates business and financial strategy into the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) by providing insights into engineering efforts. This helps businesses improve planning and decision-making while streamlining operations by identifying bottlenecks and enhancing predictability. The platform also tracks deliverable progress and focuses on team health by using data and feedback to improve performance. Jellyfish stands out by aligning engineering work with business goals, aiming to help software development companies deliver projects efficiently.

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$117.2M

Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts

Founded

2017

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

100%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Jellyfish's inclusion in Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Start-Ups of 2023 list indicates strong growth potential and market recognition.
  • The launch of the free Developer Experience product, Jellyfish DevEx, demonstrates a commitment to improving team health and performance, potentially attracting more users.
  • Significant funding rounds, including a $71 million Series C, provide the financial stability needed for scaling and innovation.

What critics are saying

  • The competitive landscape of engineering management platforms is crowded, requiring Jellyfish to continuously innovate to maintain its edge.
  • Rapid scaling and headcount growth could lead to operational challenges and cultural shifts that may affect team dynamics.

What makes Jellyfish unique

  • Jellyfish uniquely integrates business and financial strategy within the SDLC, providing a holistic view that aligns engineering efforts with business goals.
  • The platform's focus on both quantitative data and qualitative sentiment for team health and performance sets it apart from competitors who may only focus on metrics.
  • Jellyfish's availability on AWS Marketplace streamlines procurement and offers custom pricing, making it more accessible to a broader range of customers.