Job description
Parento is the first provider for paid parental leave, distributing the first and only paid parental leave insurance and support program. Our holistic program enables companies to offer paid maternity and paternity leave to all employees. We help more working parents, especially working moms, return to work full time after welcoming a new child.
We're an early-stage startup looking for a tenacious senior dev to partner with our senior product manager and staff software engineer, and will be responsible for our Leave Management System, claims and leave portals, internal-facing tools, and in-house development function; this role is directly responsible for programming as well as managing the team.
This position plays a key role in advancing our mission of expanding access to paid parental leave and improving the working parent experience. This role will work closely with the CEO to establish and develop our internal and external-facing products for companies and employees, establishing them as a competitive advantage. You’ll be responsible for the development and implementation of our employer and employee portals, integrations with external services, and developing in-house tools and databases.
We're looking for someone with experience developing complex products, preferably in the HR, insurance, or related spaces. However, this is a startup, so no job is too big or too little for you, you do whatever it takes.
Responsibilities
Serve as the lead technical voice of the internal/external customer, enabling systems that allow for providing timely, well documented and insightful input
Directly responsible for API integrations
Develop front end mobile and web architecture
Design user interactions on mobile/web
Ensure cross-platform optimization for mobile
Develop back end applications
Ensure application responsiveness
Work alongside UX/UI designers
Deliver quality solutions that meet or exceed consumer and technical needs
Improve your knowledge – includes staying educated on developments in mobile/web applications and programming languages
Own and understand existing/new customers’ technical needs and translating how our platform offerings could match those needs.
Better operationalize delivery of services and identify opportunities to sustainably scale the team, knowing that systems will require continuous iteration.
Desired Skills
7+ years development experience
Experience with different programming languages
Experience with React, preferably
Experience with PHP/Laravel, required
Experience with AWS
Experience with identity providers such Auth0 and Okta
Have experience with relational databases, preferably SQL Server
Have excellent communication, business partnering, and customer service skills
Be skilled working with cross-functional project and product teams
Self-starter, excited to roll up sleeves and dive in wherever is needed
Able to identify process gaps, create solutions and continually iterate on processes as the team grows and needs change
Able to multi-task across multiple projects, teams, and deadlines
Be accountable and deliver
Data-driven
Benefits of Working at Parento
Equity package
High-quality health insurance
Paid parental & family leave
Work for a company focused on changing society for the better
No bureaucratic holdups here
Skills Required
- 7+ years of software development experience
- Experience with multiple programming languages
- Experience with PHP and Laravel
- Excellent communication, business partnering, and customer service skills
- Ability to work with cross-functional project and product teams
- Ability to identify process gaps and create iterative solutions
- Ability to manage multiple projects, teams, and deadlines
- Accountability and ability to deliver
- React experience
- AWS experience
- Experience with identity providers such as Auth0 and Okta
- Experience with relational databases, preferably SQL Server
- Self-starter willing to work across responsibilities
- Data-driven approach
What We Do
Parento is the first and only paid parental leave insurance program, offering a white-glove solution to roll-out or expand paid parental leave affordably and easily. Designed to support working parents, our program mitigates the financial cost, risk, and management of paid parental leave for HR, payroll, and finance. To enhance the employee experience and successfully support working parents, Parento's program includes integrated, proactive one-on-one emotional and parent coaching. Directly linked to increases in retention, workplace diversity, productivity, and parental emotional wellness, paid parental leave is becoming a deal breaker among today's family-first generation. Parento's holistic approach to paid parental leave enables companies to retain, attract, and promote working parents, especially working moms.
