About Lovevery

Lovevery is a fast-growing digitally native brand co-founded by successful serial entrepreneurs and based in Boise, Idaho. Our customers are parents, and our mission is to help them feel confident they are giving their children meaningful development experiences in the critical early years of life. Taking a science-based approach, Lovevery products have won awards from Red Dot, Parents’ Choice, and NAPPA. Lovevery was named one of Fast Company's 10 most innovative education companies of 2022.

The Role

We are looking for a Senior iOS Engineer with native iOS development experience to join the Mobile team responsible for this digital product. On the team, you’ll work on every aspect of the customer journey – from getting users into the app, giving them the best, stage-based developmental information tailored to their child, helping them get specific questions answered by child development experts, and helping them learn how to play and get more value out of our toys. You’ll own the client-side app architecture and build best-in-class beautiful and flexible UI, content management, account and subscription management, digital payments, tools for our developmental experts and more. You will do it all with a platform focus in mind - scaling our global audience to millions of customers and continuously looking for opportunities to enhance our technology, increase velocity and maintain a high quality bar. This is a front-end role that covers architectural vision to implementation.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver new product and platform features, optimize existing features, own the frameworks and systems needed to deliver the product vision, roadmap, and strategy.
• Work closely with a product team consisting of a Product Manager, UX Designer, and other developers.
• Define and establish development best practices and patterns, staying up to date with the latest Native Mobile Frameworks.
• Write code considering security, testability, maintainability, scalability, and performance.
• Mentor and pair with mid-level and junior software engineers in order to develop their skills and understanding of the code, programming languages, and frameworks employed within the Lovevery platform.

Attributes required for success in the role

• Have an Intrinsic Humble Hustle- You are a go-getter who makes things happen.
• Experienced and Able to Learn Quickly - You have deep expertise in building, deploying, monitoring and scaling systems. You can quickly architect and build elegant user-facing features and systems. While you love learning new technologies, this is not an area where you need to ramp up.
• Strong Collaborator and Communicator - You’ll enjoy working in a world-class cross-functional team where strong communication and collaboration are a key part of your success.
• Have a Full-Stack View with a Love for Creating Beautiful UI - You will be working on a solution that extends from the back-end and the data model to the UI. You’ll deliver user stories and features and non-functional requirements such as scalability, performance, security, and testability.
• Have a Quality-Focus - You will be a champion for building quality code and are willing to write the test before the code.
• Pragmatism – You will be building new digital products in this role, and you will also be rebuilding e-commerce platforms and stitching together solutions to create the best experience in the most pragmatic way.

About You

• Must be bilingual; fluent (advanced) in English comprehension, speaking and writing.
  
• You are passionate about understanding the customer and delivering an amazing customer experience through digital solutions. You think parenthood and early childhood are inspiring areas to work on.
• You have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• You have 5+ years of experience building native apps in Swift and have interest or experience in working with SwiftUI. Experience with server-side programming languages, such as Ruby, is a strong plus.
• You have familiarity with a test automation tool and framework such as XCUITest or Appium.
• You are an effective collaborator who thrives working with teams to solve complicated challenges.
• You are driven and hard-working.
• Your written and oral communications are clear, concise, and thorough.

Lovevery is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in all forms. All employment decisions at Lovevery are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, HIV status, marital status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

About Lovevery

Lovevery is a fast-growing digitally native brand co-founded by successful serial entrepreneurs and based in Boise, Idaho. Our customers are parents, and our mission is to help them feel confident they are giving their children meaningful development experiences in the critical early years of life. Taking a science-based approach, Lovevery products have won awards from Red Dot, Parents’ Choice, and NAPPA. Lovevery was named one of Fast Company's 10 most innovative education companies of 2022.

About the role

Lovevery is passionately committed to making products and services that build brighter futures for children and families. The role of research at Lovevery is to help our teams meet this high standard by arming them with actionable information about what families want and need.

Lovevery is a dynamic and fast-moving organization, and Lovevery researchers are too. Lovevery researchers are practical problem solvers who independently design and run hands-on user research in close alignment with the needs and pace of the business.

We are looking for a Lead UX Researcher to join the Digital Product team. In this role, you will report to the Sr. Director of Consumer Insights and User Research and work closely with designers, product managers, engineers, and marketers to help shape the future of Lovevery’s digital experiences.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute mixed-methods UX research studies that deliver actionable insights to Lovevery teams.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate complex research questions into precise and targeted research objectives.
• Draw from a diverse toolbox of quant and qual research techniques to select the methods that can deliver insights most efficiently for the goal at hand.
• Conduct research in a manner that produces strong evidence and actionable recommendations to support our customers and our business.
• Deliver key takeaways in clear and concise storytelling that engages stakeholders at all levels and inspires action.
• Advise cross-functional peers on what the research means and how to interpret it.
• Coach and support product managers and designers in conducting their own user research where appropriate.
• Be a strong advocate for our customers. Represent our customers’ point of view in a compelling and faithful way. Share insights broadly.

About You

• 8+ years of hands-on digital product research experience.
• Experienced in research for ecommerce or subscription products.
• Proven success working in-house in a fast moving, high growth environment. Startup experience preferred.
• A strong portfolio reflecting a range of both quantitative and qualitative research studies. Your experience should include, at a minimum, exploratory customer research, iterative product testing, and surveys with descriptive statistics.
• A creative problem solver. You bring creativity and flexibility to design studies that can be executed efficiently without compromising rigor.
• Curious and skillful in customer-facing research, able to think on your feet to know when to probe more deeply versus move the conversation along.
• Business savvy. Your knowledge of metrics and KPIs informs how you design studies, write discussion guides, structure surveys, etc. When faced with a research question, you naturally ask yourself, “what’s the key KPI here?”
• A track record of seeing your research findings adopted and applied by cross functional peers and leaders.
• Passion for early childhood development and learning. You have a high-level of empathy and understanding by listening to our customers—parents, caregivers, and young children—and ability to share those learnings broadly.
• MA/MS in human factors, design, psychology, social science, market research or related field, or comparable industry experience.

Bonus points if you have

• A passion for early childhood products and learning.
• Research experience in any of the following areas: accessibility, internationalization and localization, e-commerce.

Benefits/Perks You'll Enjoy

• Competitive salary, benefits and stock option package
• 3 weeks PTO in year 1 +14 paid holidays
• Generous parental leave
• Any equipment you need to get the job done
• Free/discounted Lovevery products
• Global summits in Boise to meet your colleagues IRL

Salary Range Information

Based on market data and other factors, the salary range for this position is $154,000 to $190,000. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.

Lovevery is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in all forms. All employment decisions at Lovevery are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, HIV status, marital status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

Lovevery is a fast-growing digitally native brand co-founded by successful serial entrepreneurs and based in Boise, Idaho. Our customers are parents, and our mission is to help them feel confident they are giving their children meaningful development experiences in the critical early years of life. Taking a science-based approach, Lovevery products have won awards from Red Dot, Parents’ Choice, and NAPPA. Lovevery was named one of Fast Company's 10 most innovative education companies of 2022.

About the role

It is critical for us to deliver a digital product experience that is as meaningful as the physical product experience our customers get from Lovevery. To do that well, we need an enthusiastic, results-driven Director with proven e-commerce experience to lead our global team of 25+ Software Engineers, owning our e-commerce platform, web and mobile experiences. In this role, you will own the entire stack across every aspect of our customer journey from product discovery to becoming a subscriber, to engaging with our rich, stage-based parent education platform. You will encourage your team to keep a platform focus in mind - scaling our global audience to millions of customers and continuously looking for opportunities to enhance our technology, increase velocity and maintain a high quality bar. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated leader, an exceptional communicator, a sought-after cross-functional collaborator, and has a proven track record of engineering excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Software Engineering squads, overseeing e-commerce platform and application development from concept to completion, ensuring high-quality deliverables
• Develop and execute strategies for building scalable, maintainable, and performant solutions using Next.JS, TypeScript, React and Rails in a cloud-native environment
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Product Management, Design, Data, IT, Security and DevOps to implement software solutions that meet business requirements and drive innovation
• Define and enforce best practices, coding standards, and architectural guidelines for your team
• Ensure teams are executing consistently through each phase of our product development lifecycle
• Mentor and coach team members, fostering their professional growth and development
• Drive initiatives in collaboration with the DevOps team to continuously improve development processes, tools, and technologies
• Act as a technical thought leader, staying up to date with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices, and sharing knowledge across the organization

Attributes required for success in the role

• Strategic Planning:Develop a deep understanding and ownership of our key business metrics. Combine that understanding with creative thinking and a solutions-oriented mindset to act as a thought leader within the team; recommending and prioritizing areas of work that will drive the biggest ROI. Ensure your teams build thoughtful roadmaps and consistently execute against them to drive overall company goals and objectives.
• Technical Strategy: Develop strategic plans for Engineering, drive key architecture and platform decisions.
• Up-leveling Engineering Best Practices and Quality:Ensure the highest standards of quality, reliability, security, and usability in software solutions through rigorous automated testing, code reviews, user acceptance testing and production monitoring and alerting. Encourage a spirit of continuous improvement.
• Team Building and Management:Recruit, hire, onboard, coach, and retain top talent for the engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.
• Stakeholder Communication and Collaboration: Foster strong partnerships with your technical counterparts and cross-functional stakeholders including executives, product and design leaders, marketing and more to understand requirements, prioritize initiatives, and drive successful outcomes. Interface with stakeholders frequently and promote strong and clear communication across the org.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks related to engineering projects, proactively addressing challenges to minimize impact on timelines and deliverables.

About You

• A proven track record of highly technical delivery in high scalability, public cloud environments such as AWS or GCP
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in software development with a focus on application development using React, Javascript, Next.JS, Rails or similar frameworks
• 6+ years in a Senior Engineering management role
• A proven track record of evolving and up-leveling Engineering team practices, motivating and retaining a high-performing team
• Deep technical expertise in application development, architecture, performance optimization, and best practices
• Deep knowledge of e-commerce and the technology that powers the end-to-end customer experience. Subscription and direct to consumer experience is a plus
• Proven track record of working closely with product, design and marketing teams
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

The Benefits/Perks You’ll Enjoy

• Competitive salary, benefits and stock option package
• 3 weeks PTO in year 1 +14 paid holidays
• Generous parental leave
• Any equipment you need to get the job done
• Free/discounted Lovevery products
• Remote working option available anywhere in the US

Salary Range Information

Based on market data and other factors, the salary range for this position is $215,000 to $285,000. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.

Lovevery is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in all forms. All employment decisions at Lovevery are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, HIV status, marital status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

Manager, Software Engineering (Lovevery, Inc., Boise, ID)

Perform recruiting, hiring, and onboarding of new team members. Foster career development and performance management activities for team. Identify and implement process improvements to increase release velocity without compromising release quality. Actively participate in design, code and release readiness reviews. Write production level code that is deployed to production on a regular basis. Create high-quality web and mobile apps served to customers worldwide. Use strong communication skills (written and verbal) to partner with squad leaders from Product Management, UX Design, and QA to plan, test and deliver new features and functionality that delights customers. Design and deliver new product and platform features using tools such as XUnit and Selenium. Optimize existing features, own the frameworks and systems needed to deliver the product vision, roadmap, and strategy. Work closely with a product team consisting of a product manager, UX designer, and other developers. Define and establish development best practices and patterns through digital solutions. Write code considering security, testability, maintainability, scalability, and performance. Mentor and pair with mid-level and junior software engineers in order to develop their skills and understanding of the code, programming languages, and frameworks employed within the platform. Collaborate with teams through coaching, mentoring, and management support to build high performing teams with psychological safety and inclusivity. Establish software development best practices and streamline release planning process to drive iterative and rapid feature deployment working with teams across geographies. Position allows telecommuting from anywhere in the U.S. Salary: $195,000 - $267,000 per year.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree or U.S. equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, or a related field, plus 5 years of professional experience as a SW Engineer, Engineering Manager, or other occupation/position/job title involving software development.

Must also have experience in the following: 5 years of professional experience performing software development or engineering in an e-commerce business, digital community business, or consumer products business, and reviewing and approving technical designs and implementations, and leading delivery of product solutions and features using modern server-side frameworks; 3 years of professional experience utilizing test automation tools and frameworks including jest, react test library, Javascript, and React; 3 years of professional experience designing, building, testing, deploying, and supporting scalable web applications (including security, session management, and API integration) in a cloud-based environment (including AWS or GCP); 1 year of professional experience mentoring mid-level and junior software engineers to develop their skills and understanding of the code, programming languages, and frameworks; 1 year of professional experience collaborating with product, design and engineering teams; and 1 year of professional experience with Search Engine Optimization and A/B testing platforms (including Optimizely).

CONTACT: Please apply online at: https://careers.lovevery.com