Working at RippleMatch:

At RippleMatch, we build technology to make early-career hiring more effective while increasing access to opportunity. Figuring out where to begin your career is a difficult and overwhelming decision. Traditional career services and job boards with millions of postings aren't very helpful. It's also not a fair contest. For many students, opportunity is limited based on where they attend school and their personal networks. RippleMatch is changing this. Our platform is a two-sided marketplace — on one side, we help early-career candidates from around the country discover job opportunities that match their skills and interests without effort. On the other side, RippleMatch helps hundreds of employers like Amazon, eBay, and Teach for America hire top talent virtually and build diverse teams.

Our product leverages automation and intelligent workflows to make finding your dream job or hiring the right candidate easier, faster, and more equitable than ever before. Since launching RippleMatch from a college dorm room in 2016, we've raised $34 million in venture funding, helped tens of thousands of users find jobs, expanded to 1,300+ colleges & universities, and brought on hundreds of leading employers as customers. Our tight-knit team of 80+ (& growing!) talented people work hard, celebrate wins, and care deeply about changing the way finding a job works.

The Role:

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a software development team. In this position, you will lead, manage, and grow the team of very talented engineers. 

Core Responsibilities:

• Inspire the team to be the best they can be
• Set the team and individual member’s expectations and goals, provide guidance and feedback
• Maintain constant communication and a relationship with each team member
• Be a mentor and a coach
• Effectively hire new talent while maintaining the high bar and diversity of the team
• Support the team’s growth and career development
• Manage internal and external projects with customers and vendors
• Closely work with Product, Customer and Product success, and Quality Assurance
• Champion best practices in software development, automation, and quality assurance
• Identify areas of improvement in processes, technologies, organization, and policies - propose and implement effective solutions
• Prioritize tasks to maximize the productivity and well being of the team
• Represent the team internally and externally
• Finally, roll up your sleeves when needed - startup mentality!

We follow an Agile methodology, with small pods, bi-weekly sprints and releases, continuous story grooming, daily standups, retrospectives, and lots of feedback loops that help keep us tuned. We follow the git workflow, do code reviews, unit testing, automation testing, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.

Our application is Web based, built using VueJs, TypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL, Pandas, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Github, DataDog, Sentry, Selenium, Jest, Pytest, Jira, Figma, etc.

Who you are:

• You take pride in the quality of your work and product
• You care about the impact your product has on the world
• You see yourself as a leader and not a boss
• You are highly driven and care about good communication and collaboration
• You enjoy challenges and thrive getting things done in fast-paced environments
• You are a problem solver
• You enjoy rolling up your sleeves

What we are looking for:

• Leadership experience
• Deep intellectual curiosity and passion for software
• Team player and competitive spirit
• A strong work ethic and high productivity
• Passion for an excellent user experience
• Strong cross-functional communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 years+ of demonstrated experience leading and growing a development team
• Software development experience
• Experience with Agile SDLC
• Experience with Web applications that serve Enterprise and Consumer users
• Computer Science or related education is a big plus
• Experience with e2e testing and automation tools like selenium is a big plus

Culture & Perks:

At RippleMatch, we understand that our success stems from the people we have on board, which is why we invest heavily in our team’s well-being and growth. We offer a full slate of perks including equity, paid vacation, a pre-tax commuter program, discounted Citi Bike and Class Pass memberships, and — our favorite thing — comprehensive FREE healthcare benefits. We work hard to foster a culture of constant self-improvement, true ownership, and positivity. At our core, we are a tight-knit team that works hard, celebrates wins, and cares deeply about changing the way finding a job works. We are going to fundamentally transform the hiring landscape and won’t settle for anything less.

RippleMatch is a remote-first company. We believe in helping to shape the future of work and creating accessibility to a great working environment for all, regardless of location. This means that all of our openings can be worked remotely. Our physical office is conveniently located near Union Square in New York City and all employees keep Eastern hours regardless of where they are based. All RippleMatch employees are encouraged to work remotely or come into the office as much as they want or not at all. To ensure the health and safety of our team, RippleMatch does require proof of vaccination for all employees.

We believe in maintaining a culture that can cut across distance to suit our employees who choose to be remote as well as those who prefer to come in office. We host monthly virtual events as well as monthly in-person events, team-wide virtual activities every month like Wellness Challenges, and a time to hear from our founders regularly regardless of location. Creating strong bonds between RippleMatch team members means a lot to us and, while we know that this can be done remotely, we also invest heavily in creating opportunities to make sure remote employees get plenty of in-person time. We offer in-person onboarding, travel benefits and virtual team building activities like the ones above!

RippleMatch is a proud equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.