At Caribou, we care about giving people financial freedom so they can focus on what’s most important to them. Today, less than two percent of Americans refinance their auto loans despite drastic increases in the cost of new and used cars. We see huge potential to help folks reduce their monthly auto expenses, as well as increase the predictability of those expenses over time. We do this by building technology to pair customers with community banks and credit unions, and ushering them through the process quickly. On average, our drivers save $151/month on their car loans while protecting their investment long term.

Caribou is led by leaders from the technology, automotive, and finance industries. We’re proud to be backed by a great team of investors, including QED Investors, Goldman Sachs, Moderne Ventures, Accomplice, Link Ventures, Motley Fool Ventures and others.

What you’ll do

Provide stewardship over the codebases you're responsible for, striving for flexibility and agility in the face of expanding and changing business requirements
Run the SDLC for your team, efficiently and effectively delivering great software sprint by sprint
Continuously improve the processes and practices of your engineering team, ensuring they're doing their best work
Partner with Product Owners to provide market and business context to your teams, maintaining a collaborative environment for product design and evolution
Mentor and coach the engineers on your team to expand their skills and advance in their careers
Play a leadership role in defining and evolving how Engineering works at Caribou
This role is remote from a state where Caribou operates, with a preference for the Chicago, IL, Denver, CO, or Phoenix AZ areas and can work from our Denver or Chandler offices if desired.*

Interview Roadmap:

Recruiter phone interview (30 mins)
At-home coding assessment (60 mins)
Hiring Manager video interview (60 mins)
Final interview loop (combined 4 hrs scheduled across 1-4 business days):
System Design Interview (60 mins)
Leadership & Support (60 mins)
Partnership & Delivery (60 mins)
Team Development & Performance Manager (60 mins)
What we look for

Prior work leading engineers maintaining and improving web applications and back-end integrations in a Ruby on Rails codebase
Customer-focused leaders with an understanding of and passion for well-crafted software
Driven, life-long learners committed to expanding their skills in both leadership and engineering
Full-stack understanding of production software systems from hosts and HTML, to containers and caches, to databases and DNS, to runtimes and REST
Collaborative, people-first leaders who lead with context over command and control
Leaders with a commitment to bringing out the best in those around them as a measure of their success
How we will take care of you

Everyone at Caribou is a valued team member. Our compensation and benefits package includes:

Competitive compensation: $170-210k
Eligible for annual performance-based incentive
Equity options
401(k) retirement plan
Generous paid time off including Flexible Time Off (FTO) for all employees and 100% paid parental leave for all parents
Exceptional benefits including highly subsidized medical, dental, and vision plans, and fully company-paid mental health, disability, and basic life insurance
Optional benefits to suit your individual circumstances such as HSAs (with Caribou HSA contributions), FSAs, supplemental life and health, legal, and pet insurance
Up to $1,000 per year for eligible professional development expenses

Our Core Values
We come from all walks of life and are joined together by our shared values, which guide our work and how we work together.

Give a damn. What we’re doing matters. We show up determined to deliver results, and we love it.
Velocity. We’re intentional about where we’re going and we race towards it.
Make the assist. We have diverse strengths. We offer and ask for help so we all win.
Caribou is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy status, marital status, military or protected veteran status, genetics, or any other characteristic protected by law. This position is not restricted solely to the responsibilities listed above, and the scope and responsibilities are subject to change. A pre-employment background check is required as a condition of employment.

*Caribou does not currently have employee operations in AL, AK, AR, CT, DE, GA, HI, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, WV, WY.