VP of Engineering - job 2 of 2

We'd love to hear from you if you like:

• Making a big impact with a Forbes Top Startup Employer

• Working on products that have traction (40X revenue growth in 4 years | #1 rated app in the insurance comparison category)

• Solving problems in a huge market ($2T market size)

• Working closely with serial entrepreneurs and seasoned leaders who have scaled companies like Robinhood, Amazon, LinkedIn, Wayfair, SoFi, Microsoft, etc.

About the opportunity:

Jerry is looking for a VP of engineering who is passionate about people development and working on consumer products that have a net positive impact to come lead and scale our team of talented engineers. You will partner with our founders and CTO to co-develop our technical strategy, provide guidance to our engineers, build a culture of excellence and develop processes and systems to scale up our engineering org as we enter this next phase of our Super App journey. Your high expectations and energy will inspire everyone around you.

What you'll do:

• Lead and mentor our team of mobile, web, backend and data engineers

• Directly supervise our team leaders and develop a strong engineering culture

• Provide technical guidance on architecture, performance and scalability, security, etc.

• Develop systems and processes to scale performance, maintain engagement in a mostly remote engineering environment

• Facilitate and collaborate with cross functional partners including product, design, data science, marketing and operations

Who you are:

• Fluent in Mandarin and English

• Track record of building and scaling high-performing teams

• Strong technical mastery and in software engineering at scale

• Experience weathering a startup is strongly preferred

• Passionate about teaching and developing others

• You continually strive for excellence and are never satisfied with the status quo

Our technical stack:

• Heavily Javascript (Typescript) based: NodeJS (Nest JS, Express), React, React Native, Next.js

• GraphQL API

• PostgreSQL DB (transactional)

• ClickHouse (columnar DB for data warehousing)

• Redis (session storage, task queue management)

• Sequelize ORM (being deprecated in favor of TypeORM)

• Jest test runner

• Infrastructure: Built on AWS, microservice architecture with containerized services deployed on ECS and EKS. Asynchronous processing functions running on Lambda.

Jerry is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The pay range for this role is $150,000 to $200,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans.

Jerry is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, reproductive health decisions or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other characteristics protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.

Jerry is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in our job application process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at recruiting@getjerry.com

About Jerry:

Jerry is building the first Super App to save car owners time and money on all their car expenses. Drivers deserve better. That’s why we’re committed to making shopping for insurance, financing, maintenance, repairs, parking and more just a few clicks, texts, or swipes away.

Jerry is taking processes that haven’t substantively changed in decades and reimagining and redesigning them. Using artificial intelligence, machine learning and bots, Jerry eliminates the need for long forms and phone calls while providing personalized services for all car-owners’ needs.

Today, Jerry is the #1 rated and most downloaded app in its category and the fastest way to compare and buy car insurance. We have more than 2M customers and we are just getting started. Join our team of curious and passionate people who love tackling real-world problems and be a part of building a revolutionary product that’s disrupting a massive market.

Jerry was founded in 2017 by serial entrepreneurs and has raised more than $130 million in financing.