Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cocoon is a company focused on simplifying the complex world of employee leave. They are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team in building and scaling their customer-facing leave platform, ensuring high engineering quality and effective collaboration across various departments.
Responsibilities
- You'll lead a team building and scaling our customer-facing leave platform — owning both the people and the technical side of that work
- That means setting a high bar for engineering quality, making thoughtful architectural decisions, and actively developing the engineers through coaching, feedback, and clear expectations
- You'll work closely with Product, Design, Operations, and Legal to turn genuinely complex policy and compliance requirements into a leave experience that feels simple and reliable for employees and employers alike
- A big part of the job is bringing clarity to hard problems — translating ambiguity into well-scoped work your team can execute with confidence
- As one of our early engineering leaders, you'll also have a real hand in shaping the company itself
- How we operate, how we hire, how we scale — these aren't decisions that get handed down from above
- We want someone who's energized by those questions and wants to help us get them right
Skills
- Have led or managed an engineering team working on customer facing product experiences
- Are comfortable navigating ambiguity and bringing clarity to complex or evolving problems
- Have experience leading and shipping large initiatives with high business impact
- Have experience making thoughtful technical tradeoffs, writing and reviewing code, and providing system-level guidance to engineering teams
- Are able to identify, hire, and retain strong engineering talent, including through performance management and coaching
- Care deeply about both the business and your team, and provide candid, constructive feedback while mentoring others and fostering an inclusive environment
- Balance speed of execution while advocating for the right time to slow down to design robust, scalable systems
- Are committed to raising the bar for quality, reliability, and availability
- Debate without ego and enjoy thinking from first principles, questioning assumptions, and continuously improving how things are built
- Prioritize engineering while building the right product and a strong company culture
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance coverage
- Unlimited vacation and sick time
- Professional development budget
- Office setup and wellness stipends
- Company sponsored offsites & more!
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