Senior Engineering Manager (Remote, US)

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

• →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

• 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

• 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