by Ronald Barron | Feb 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Senior Graphic Designer
REMOTE – US / MARKETING / FULL-TIME / REMOTE
EMPOWER OVERVIEW
Empower is a high-growth financial technology company on a mission to expand access to fair credit to give anyone in the world the opportunity to improve their financial security and mobility. We dream up and launch one-of-a-kind features that help our members get money instantly whenever they need it, save for the future, and rewrite their financial story. Our members see Empower Cash Advance as a life-saver, Empower Automatic Savings as a game-changer, and the new Empower Thrive line of credit (currently in beta, launching soon) as a lifeline to low-cost borrowing and the only practical path to building good credit.
Empower is backed by Sequoia Capital, Blisce, and Icon Ventures. Inc. ranked Empower #55 in the 2022 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the US. Fast Company recognized Empower in their 2022 list of the Next Big Things in Tech.
Want to make a difference in someone’s journey to better credit? Let’s go.
WHAT EMPOWER OFFERS
- Competitive salary
- Generous equity package
- Full healthcare benefits
- Technology expense reimbursement
- Work from anywhere
JOB DESCRIPTION
Empower is searching for a Senior Graphic Designer to produce high-quality, high-performing digital assets in a collaborative and results-oriented environment. Projects range from web landing pages to social media graphics, email marketing templates, and basic video editing to help the marketing team acquire new customers and boost community engagement. The ideal candidate is creative and resourceful in solving marketing problems and is well-versed in delivering visually impactful designs across a variety of digital channels.
This position will report initially to the CMO.
Your portfolio is required at the start of the interview process.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and execute visual concepts and digital designs for a variety of channels, including social, search, web, and email
- Partner with marketers to quantify creative performance and translate insights to future creative development
- Partner with other brand and product designers to create a cohesive, consistent presentation of the brand in market
- Deliver projects on time and according to the specifications and budget outlined in the brief
- Serve as guardian of our brand standards and propose enhancements to keep the brand looking/feeling fresh and relevant
CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS
- 5-7 years of digital design experience in direct-to-consumer marketing
- Strong concepting and technical skill with expertise in Adobe and Figma
- Obsessive attention to detail and digital design standards
- Agility and initiative in a fluid fast-moving culture
- Ability to give and receive feedback and communicate honestly and respectfullyComfort with continuous iteration to optimize for performance
At Empower, we hire for people that push themselves to understand others and seek out ways to challenge their personal assumptions. Our hope is that by fostering such an environment, we strengthen our business and relationships by putting people first. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workspace where everyone (regardless of age, education, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or any personal characteristics) feels like they belong. Even if your experience doesn’t exactly match up to our job description, you should feel empowered to apply regardless!
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by Ronald Barron | Feb 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Sr Data Analytics Analyst
Location: Remote
What you’ll do
In a few words
Abarca is igniting a revolution in healthcare. We built our company on the belief that with smarter technology we are redefining pharmacy benefits, but this is just the beginning
From managing day-to-day pharmacy network operations, developing standard reporting, to crafting pricing and underwriting strategies. Pricing & Underwriting Strategy folks participate in client negotiations to establish rebates with key industry players while also creating attractive and lucrative pricing strategies and formulary recommendations for potential clients.
In this key role as a Sr Data Analytics Analyst, you will develop and maintain pricing procedures for underwriting RFP processes, specifically all procedures around data management (data collection, data mining, data standardization and analytics). You will be responsible for selecting the appropriate analytic tools and properly using such tools to execute data management and analytic processes.You will partner with Business Intelligence teams to define and support functional and/or architectural requirements of information delivery to ensure the integrity of project data, including extraction, storage, manipulation, processing and analysis. You will verify completeness, timeliness and accuracy of data warehouse information. Additionally, you will translate business requirements to design logical and physical data models and dashboards to monitor SLA rate performance.
The fundamentals for the job
- Ownership of data modeling in support of our underwriting and sales process, including repricing of historical claims data for prospective clients.
- Create new dashboards to monitor SLA rate performance and rebate performance.
- Translate business requirements into conceptual, logical, and physical data models. Design and implement scalable data models. Big data Modeling.
- Develop predictive models using multiple statistical techniques to uncover patterns and correlations in complex data to help predict likely future outcomes.
- Act as project leader providing the direction required for meeting the project objectives (when required).
- Effectively communicate results to clients and staff. Communication of results include well-organized presentations, both oral and written, to reflect analytic methods used and key decision points with sufficient detail to support comprehension of the analysis.
- Collaborate closely with all facets of the project’s stakeholders (business analysts, business subject matter experts, and all levels of clients) in the development of key decision support initiatives.
- Develop proper processes for data collection, data mining, data standardization and analytics; initiate data management and identify proper use of analytics tools.
- Combine business knowledge and technical expertise to assist customers when evaluating or addressing business issues through use of data.
- Partner with BI team to define and support functional and/or architectural requirements of information delivery: participate and sometimes lead in the planning, design, and creation of both standard and ad-hoc reports, Dashboards and Scorecards.
- Assure the integrity of project data, including data extraction, storage, manipulation, processing, and analysis. Verify the completeness, timeliness, and accuracy of data warehouse information.
- Work with business owners and technical resources to identify and address data quality issues when they arise.
- Work closely with the Business Intelligence Team to determine appropriate data warehouse architecture and data modeling designs to maximize benefits.
- You will create dashboards and presentation materials that convey complex information clearly to various audiences.
- Work across departments to define streamlined processes.
- You’ll also analyze and report on various ad-hoc requests including market trends, sales, under/over performance and store specific analyses to provide information efficiently and promptly.
What we expect of you
The bold requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, Statistical Analysis, Healthcare Management, or a related field. (In lieu of a degree, equivalent relevant experience may be considered.)
- 3+ years of experience in a role requiring information analysis and various forms of report deliverables.
- Experience working in collaborative environment with a wide variety of developers and analysts.
- Experience working independently and participate as a member of a cross-functional team.
- Excellent oral and written communications skills.
- We are proud to offer a flexible hybrid work model which will require certain on-site work days (Puerto Rico Location Only)
Nice to haves
- Experience with business intelligence tools (i.e. Tableau, Qlikview, Microsoft BI, Business Objects); designing, reporting and delivering analytical solutions is a plus.
- Experience with Data Warehouse methodologies including relational and dimensional modeling, SQL querying, data profiling, and ETL design, and development.
- Experience with at least one tool of the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack, would be a plus: relational SQL engine, Integration Services, Analysis Services, Reporting Services, and MS Excel PowerPivot.
- Experience in PBM, Healthcare, and Insurance is a great big plus.
Physical requirements
- Must be able to access and navigate each department at the organization’s facilities.
- Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing.
The above description is not intended to limit the scope of the job or to exclude other duties not mentioned. It is not a final set of specifications for the position. It’s simply meant to give readers an idea of what the role entails.
Abarca Health LLC is an equal employment opportunity employer and participates in E-Verify. Applicant must be a United States’ citizen. Abarca Health LLC does not sponsor employment visas at this time
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, race/ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.
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by Ronald Barron | Feb 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Senior Engineering Manager
Location: Remote, US or New York, New York
About Bombas:
Bombas is a comfort focused apparel brand with a mission to help those in need. The company launched in 2013, after the founders learned that socks are the #1 most requested clothing item at homeless shelters. From there, they set out to solve that problem, donating a pair of socks for every pair they sell. How do you donate a lot of socks? You sell a lot. And how do you sell a lot? You make the most comfortable socks in the history of feet. Millions of pairs sold and donated later, Bombas is continuing to innovate with new socks and apparel while creating a positive impact on the community where we all work and live.
Click here to see what it’s like to work inside the Bombas Hive!
The word Bombas is derived from the Latin word for bumblebees. Bees work together to make their hive a better place. At Bombas, we’re inspired by that. We know it’s the collective efforts of our team that keeps the Hive alive and strong – a team that is diverse and inclusive. Different perspectives strengthen our ability to make the most comfortable versions of the products people wear closest to their bodies every day and to serve the communities where we all work and live. We are committed to continuously building a Hive where all are welcomed, seen, and heard regardless of age, color, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, genetics, physical or mental ability, protected veteran, status, race, religion and sexual orientation. As a team, we will strive to create room for different experiences and empower all voices
This role provides the opportunity to either work remotely within the U.S. or out of our Bombas HQ in New York City.
About the Job:
Bombas is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to join our engineering team. Reporting to the Director of Engineering, they’ll help guide the evolution of our online store with a focus on product discovery initiatives. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of experience leading teams and managing other engineers.
What you’ll be responsible for:
- Working closely with engineering leaders, digital product, and business stakeholders to define, guide, and implement various customer-facing initiatives across the stack
- Intentional strategy and decision making that balances speed to delivery and minimizing technical debt
- Serving as both a resource and mentor to empower your reports and other engineers to own and execute on their work, and navigate their professional development
- Accountability for the high quality and on-time execution of work for the entire team
What we’ll love about you:
- Agile and excited to work in collaborative and cross-functional team environment
- You have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and can communicate your ideas clearly
- A team player who is willing and happy to help
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Belief in our mission and understand the importance of giving-back
- Inquisitive, love to learn, embrace failure, and never give up
- Comfortable working in an open office environment while staying focused
What you’ll love about us:
- We are a team of smart, interesting, diverse, funny, and loving people.
- We offer competitive compensation, 100% employer paid health, medical and dental benefits, 401k with match, paid parental leave, snacks, socks and a fun, relaxed office environment.
- We take the responsibility to make sure you are excited, happy, and find fulfillment in your work very seriously.
- We value fun. This is why we host office lunches, offsite team outings, and two annual company retreats.
- We believe in giving back to the community and helping those in need, which is why we volunteer as a team regularly.
- We believe success comes from the collective effort of all, which is why all full-time employees receive equity in the business.
- We offer flexible paid time off for all full-time employees. This includes unlimited vacation, sick days, and wellness days because we understand the value of health, relaxation, spending time with friends and family, and traveling the world.
- We believe a healthy body equals a healthy mind, so we offer a $100 monthly health and wellness reimbursement.
What you’ll bring:
- At least 8 years of software engineering experience, and 3 years leading teams and managing direct reports
- Familiarity with modern programming languages and frameworks (Preference for Next.js, GraphQL, Ruby on Rails, and Kafka)
- A desire to solve complex problems in the most simple and efficient ways possible
- A value for the importance of mentoring other engineers through thoughtful code and architecture reviews and sharing of best practices.
- An ability to reevaluate anchors and in doing so weigh tradeoffs, risks, and rewards in using or changing different technologies
Bombas is committed to delivering competitive and equitable pay for our employees.
Each component of the Bombas total rewards package, including benefits and pay, is aimed at contributing to an environment where team members have resources to manage their lives and are enabled to focus on doing their best work.
The pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $172,500 and $215,000/year. However, the base pay offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, experience, market factors, and business need.
The Bombas total rewards package offered for this position may also include other elements, such as annual bonus and equity target award opportunities as well as medical, financial, and well-being benefits. Additional details of these benefits will be provided if a candidate receives an offer of employment.
If hired, the position is at-will and the Company reserves the right to modify any component, plan, or program of the total rewards package at any time, for any reason.
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by Ronald Barron | Feb 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Senior Information Security Engineer (Remote – Austin, or U.S.)
Location: Austin, Texas
Introduction:
The Zebra, named a Best Place to Work in Austin four years running, is revolutionizing how connected consumers research and shop for insurance. We intentionally strive to build diverse teams that feel inclusive for all. Our motto is “All Stripes Welcome,” and we put that into practice by valuing both traditional and non-conventional backgrounds and perspectives. Our Zeebs are passionate about learning, growing, & working together to tackle exciting problems.
We’re seeking a Senior Information Security Engineer to help us secure, maintain and grow a world-class insurance buying experience. This role offers a unique opportunity to help shape and grow our security culture while focusing on the corporate side of our company. We are looking for a versatile, expert cloud security professional who loves to make an impact through cross-organizational efforts to keep The Zebra secure and aligned with various state and federal laws.
Location:
While we are open to remote work across the contingent US, we are still in the process of establishing our company to support work in all states! We’ve recently made the shift from an in-office organization to a hybrid model and love the flexibility it allows our employees. We are set up to support employees who want to be fully remote, in-office only, and a mix of the two. Please note – we will not be supporting work based out of the following states: CA, MA, NY, NJ.
What You’ll Do:
- Create runbooks and standard processes for monitoring and managing information security risk.
- Create, design and document processes to support the policies and standards of the company to help reduce risk and vulnerability exposure.
- Work with other key partners to define, design and implement security measures as needed.
- Define requirements, help evaluate and analyze new technology to address security gaps and concerns in a cloud environment.
- Analyze IT requirements and provide objective advice on the use of IT security requirements and controls.
- Ensure proper DevSecOps practices are being implemented.
- Act as a leader to secure our security posture.
- Implement efficient security controls to help improve security posture. (e.g. WAF, DLP, SIEM, TVM, SAST/DAST, DevSecOps, etc.)
- Know the latest with industry trends.
- Monitor and respond to regulatory developments and industry standard processes in a timely manner.
What We’re Looking For:
As we evaluate candidates across all roles, we look for folks who have a strong sense of ownership, great communication and collaboration skills, and a dedication to continuous improvement.
- 5+ years of experience in Security Operations/Engineering
- Experience with DevSecOps
- Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, etc.)
- Experience with container security
- Experience with scripting tools (e.g. Python, Node, Bash, etc.)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code
- Ability to multitask and prioritize contending demands
- Expertise in writing run books, and complexity analysis
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Pride in the quality of work
Experience that will Impress the Heck Out of Us:
- CISSP, CCSP, CISA, CRISC, CISM, or AWS Security
- Application security experience
- Experience with SIEM platforms
Benefits & Perks:
Inclusive and healthy environments are crafted intentionally. All of our employees can join and participate in (or create your own!) Employee Resource Groups. Here are some other wonderful perks of working here:
- Competitive Compensation & Stock Option Offering
- Health, Dental, Vision & Disability Coverages
- HSA offering + employer contribution
- 401k with match
- Unlimited PTO (paid time off)+ flexibility to enjoy it
- Paid Parental Leave Program
- Wellness perk ($100/month)
- Pet Adoption Reimbursement ($300/year)
- Learning & Development Opportunities
- Join a team that truly lives their values (outside of the office. Cliche, we know but we really mean it)
About The Zebra:
The Zebra is the nation’s leading, independent insurance comparison site. With our dynamic, real-time quote comparison tool, consumers can identify insurance companies with the coverage, service level, and pricing to suit their unique needs. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, The Zebra has sought to bring transparency and simplicity to insurance shopping since 2012 — it’s insurance in black and white.
We’ve garnered attention and investment of some of the nation’s top venture capitalists. Check out all of our awards & recognition!
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by Ronald Barron | Feb 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Senior Software Engineer, Abstract Wikipedia
Location: Remote
Summary
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Abstract Wikipedia team, reporting to product engineering management. As a product software engineer, you will be responsible for software engineering for our product user experiences. In this role, you will work in a mostly-remote environment, where we value teamwork and a consensus-oriented approach. You get to write open source code for collaborative experiences supporting over a billion users, and you get to do it at a place that believes we’re all more successful when everyone has a good work-life balance.
You are responsible for:
- Improving the Wikipedia product experience
- Iterating on new products and features through collaboration with designers and product managers
- Writing multilingual and accessible JavaScript, CSS, and PHP
- Creating and maintaining internet APIs with server scripting languages
- Instrumenting components to monitor feature and quality characteristics
- Leveraging caching and persistence technologies
Skills and experience:
- 5+ years related professional experience in functional programming or OOP
- Experience building user-friendly features and software components with good performance
- Focused software engineering: you enjoy writing unit and integration tests, proactively addressing security and code review feedback, and thoughtfully balancing architectural tradeoffs
Qualities that are important to us:
- A desire to make meaningful contributions to knowledge equity, free culture, and open access
- An emphasis on communicating clearly in both synchronous and asynchronous channels
Additionally, we’d love it if you have this:
- Fluency in one or more regional languages in Africa, Asia, or Latin America
- Experience developing for markets in Africa, Asia, or Latin America
- Practical skills with Vue.js or React
- Project work in data science, machine learning, AI (especially on natural language)
- A history of open source contribution
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate degree in computer science, management information systems, or STEM field (or equivalent certification)
- Familiarity with Wikipedia / wikitext / markdown editing or content management systems (e.g., MediaWiki, Drupal, WordPress). We grow and care for MediaWiki and Wikimedia specific services. MediaWiki is an open source, PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript web application that powers Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation websites. It has been incrementally developed for over 15 years to become a richly featured wiki engine and the basis for hundreds of extensions and skins, and has a vibrant volunteer community. Our services layers utilize a number of technologies.
The following team is actively seeking candidates:
- Abstract Wikipedia: We are building a new programming system, Wikifunctions, where a community will be able to write and arrange code functions in a multilingual way with multiple programming languages (Python and JavaScript to start, as well as with a low-code / no-code GUI). This will be a production grade function-as-a-service platform for Wikimedia volunteers to utilize as we work toward the larger initiative of symbolically generating natural language in all of Wikimedia’s supported languages for Wikipedia. We are a dedicated group of diverse folks who build our values of feminism, decolonialism, and psychological safety into our everyday work. We work in a collaborative, high trust, high-empathy environment
The Wikimedia Foundation is…
…the nonprofit organization that hosts and operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge, free of interference. We host the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive. The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive financial support from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based in more than 50 countries. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$101,161 to US$157,200 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.
U.S. Benefits & Perks*
- Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their eligible families (yes, fully paid premiums!)
- The Wellness Program provides reimbursement for mind, body and soul activities such as fitness memberships, baby sitting, continuing education and much more
- The 401(k) retirement plan offers matched contributions at 4% of annual salary
- Flexible and generous time off – vacation, sick and volunteer days, plus 22 paid holidays – including the last week of the year.
- Family friendly! 100% paid new parent leave for seven weeks plus an additional five weeks for pregnancy, flexible options to phase back in after leave, fully equipped lactation room.
- For those emergency moments – long and short term disability, life insurance (2x salary) and an employee assistance program
- Pre-tax savings plans for health care, child care, elder care, public transportation and parking expenses
- Telecommuting and flexible work schedules available
- Appropriate fuel for thinking and coding (aka, a pantry full of treats) and monthly massages to help staff relax
- Paid travel to Wikimedia Foundation events all around the world!
- Equipment including a laptop, monitor, plus a one-time stipend to cover any additional needs to make sure you have the best work experience
- Great colleagues – diverse staff and contractors speaking dozens of languages from around the world, fantastic intellectual discourse, mission-driven and intensely passionate people
*Please note that for remote roles located outside of the U.S., we defer to our PEO to ensure alignment with local labor laws.
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