• Join group.one’s WordPress-focused product area, directly managing and leading several engineering teams • Establish and improve delivery cadences, planning hygiene, and execution rituals • Define, track and improve metrics related to throughput, flow efficiency, and predictability • Define and implement testing strategies (unit/integration/e2e), automation coverage, and quality gates • Implement observability standards (metrics, logs, traces), SLOs/error budgets, incident response and postmortems • Reduce build and feedback times, standardize pipelines, encourage trunk-based development and safe releases • Champion paved paths, templates, and tooling • Coach fellow Engineering Managers and Tech Leads to adopt best practices in delivery, quality, and operability; facilitate knowledge sharing • Partner with EMs to identify and remove impediments, refine workflows, and improve planning accuracy and team health • Convert product and platform goals into executable roadmaps, capacity forecasts, and release plans • Surface risks early, remove impediments, and ensure transparent communication • Maintain a living engineering handbook, playbooks, and guardrails

• Mentor & Scale: Lead and grow high-performing engineering teams, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous professional growth. • Bridge Potential: Proactively identify skill gaps and curate coaching/training opportunities to elevate individual and collective technical excellence. • Mission Alignment: Synchronise team objectives with broader product and enterprise goals to ensure every sprint delivers tangible business value. • Project Ownership: Drive the end-to-end execution of complex engineering projects, ensuring on-time delivery without compromising on high-quality standards. • Risk Management: Proactively identify and mitigate bottlenecks, resource constraints, and technical risks before they impact delivery. • Future-Proof Architecture: Set the technical direction for scalable, maintainable software while enforcing rigorous coding standards and best practices. • AI-Augmented Engineering: Lead the adoption of AI-assisted development—leveraging coding assistants, automated testing, and intelligent workflows to 10x team efficiency. • Security & Performance: Maintain a relentless focus on platform security, performance, and compliance, ensuring a "zero-defect" mindset across the lifecycle.

• Establish clear, reusable patterns and best practices for UI engineers developing security and networking code • Elevate the impact of all UI engineers across multiple product teams (Governance, Flink, Kafka, Connect, Tableflow) • Take a depth-first, hands-on approach to understanding systems and unblocking teams • Go deep in domain areas—understand the technical intricacies of networking protocols, security models, and billing systems to make sound architectural decisions • Drive the evolution of Experience Foundations infrastructure from UI-only to supporting the entire Experience organization, partner with the existing Engineering Manager to shape and execute the foundations roadmap • Own PM and Design partnerships for Security, Networking, and Billing domains • Ensure smooth execution and delivery of product initiatives across these verticals • Bridge technical and product perspectives to drive aligned outcomes • Translate domain complexity into clear execution plans • Challenge product specs when necessary to ensure technical feasibility • Partner with product teams across the portfolio to ensure patterns meet their needs • Communicate progress, risks, and trade-offs transparently to senior leadership • Collaborate with existing engineering leadership to build cohesive team strategy, including existing manager in the foundations space as your direct report • Mentor and develop engineers across multiple disciplines and experience levels • Foster a culture of ownership, excellence, and continuous improvement • Create leverage by empowering engineers with patterns, tools, and knowledge • Build strong connections between Experience Foundations and application teams • Champion developer productivity through AI tooling adoption, test automation, and improved engineering processes

Symetra has an exciting new opportunity to join us as an Engineering Manager! About the role As an Engineering Manager, you’ll lead the engineering delivery of our enterprise Login & Identity platform. You’ll manage two development teams and partner closely with the Product Manager for Login & Identity to deliver secure, scalable authentication and identity solutions that support Symetra’s customers, partners, and employees. What you will do - Lead, coach, and develop two Login & Identity engineering teams - Drive delivery of authentication, authorization, SSO, MFA, and identity lifecycle capabilities - Partner with the Product Manager for Login & Identity to translate roadmap and business outcomes into executable delivery plans - Manage multiple concurrent initiatives, balancing feature delivery, platform stability, security, and technical debt - Ensure solutions meet Symetra’s security, privacy, resiliency, and compliance standards - Collaborate with Security, Architecture, Infrastructure, and Business partners across Symetra - Communicate progress, risks, and tradeoffs to stakeholders and leadership Why Work at Symetra Here’s what some of our employees have to say about why they work at Symetra: "Symetra will spoil you. There aren't many companies that will put as much effort into you being a success as Symetra. The culture will challenge you but simultaneously put you at ease. Failure is seen as integral to the learning process so there is less reason to be fearful of it." - Kerry S., Sr. Systems Analyst “If you want to invest in yourself and build a career, this is a great place to work. If you don't want to put in the effort to learn the industry and become a student of the business (it takes real effort!), there are easier places to work.” - Cris H., VP Internal Sales What we offer you Benefits and Perks We don’t take a “one-size-fits-all” approach when it comes to our employees. Our programs are designed to make your life better both at work and at home. - Flexible full-time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements - Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan and take advantage of immediate vesting and company matching up to 6% - Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days and ten paid holidays - Give back to your community and double your impact through our company matching - Want more details? Check out our Symetra Benefits Overview Compensation Salary Range: $128,700 - $214,600 plus eligibility for the company annual bonus program. Who You Are: - High School Diploma is required; a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field preferred. - 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years of direct experience managing people and teams. - You have a proven ability to lead multiple teams and manage concurrent initiatives in a fast-moving environment. - You hold deep expertise in identity and access management, including OAuth/OIDC, SAML, SSO, and MFA, and have direct experience with Customer Identity Access Management - You’re experienced in delivering secure, highly available platforms across cloud or hybrid environments. - You’ve worked in insurance, financial services, or other regulated industries, bringing an understanding of the standards required. - You’re familiar with enterprise IAM platforms and how they support scalable identity ecosystems. - You naturally collaborate with Product, Business, and cross-functional partners, building strong relationships that drive outcomes. - Some minimal annual travel required (for people manager roles only) Travel: - Required Training & Professional Development All newly hired people leaders with direct reports are required to complete a comprehensive leadership development program within their first year. This program includes both virtual and in-person training. The in-person sessions will take place at Symetra’s corporate headquarters in Bellevue, Washington. Symetra covers all travel and accommodation expenses. - Reasonable Accommodations Symetra is committed to providing equitable access to all job-related responsibilities, including required travel. If reasonable accommodation is needed for travel, Symetra’s HR department will work to provide appropriate solutions in alignment with individual needs and company policies. We empower inclusion At Symetra, we aspire to be the most inclusive insurance company in the country. We’re building a place where every employee feels valued, respected, and has opportunities to contribute. Inclusion is about recognizing our assumptions, considering multiple perspectives, and removing barriers. We accept and celebrate diverse experiences, identities, and perspectives, because lifting each other up fuels thought and builds a stronger, more innovative company. We invite you to learn more about our efforts here. Creating a world where more people have access to financial freedom Symetra is a national financial services company dedicated to helping people achieve their financial goals and feel confident about the future. In our daily work, we’re guided by the principles of Value, Transparency and Sustainability. This means we provide products and services people need at a competitive price, we communicate clearly and openly so people understand what they’re buying, and we design products—and operate our company—to stand the test of time. We’re committed to showing up for our communities, lifting up our employees, and standing up for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Join our team and help us create a world where more people have access to financial freedom. For more information about our careers visit https://symetra.eightfold.ai/careers/ Work Authorization Employer work visa sponsorship and support are not provided for this role. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States at hire and must maintain authorization to work in the United States throughout their employment with our company. Please review Symetra’s Remote Network Minimum Requirements: As a remote-first organization committed to providing a positive experience for both employees and customers, Symetra has the following standards for employees’ internet connection: - Minimum Internet Speed: 100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload, in alignment with the FCC's definition of "broadband." - Internet Type: Fiber, Cable (e.g., Comcast, Spectrum), or DSL. - Not Permissible: Satellite (e.g., Starlink), cellular broadband (hotspot or otherwise), any other wireless technology, or wired dial-up. When applying to jobs at Symetra you’ll be asked to test your internet speed and confirm that your internet connection meets or exceeds Symetra’s standard as outlined above. Identity Verification Symetra is committed to fair and secure hiring practices. For all roles, candidates will be required (after the initial phone screen) to be on video for all interviews. Symetra will take affirmative steps at key points in the process to verify that a candidate is not seeking employment fraudulently, e.g. through use of a false identity. Failure to comply with verification procedures may result in: - Disqualification from the recruitment process - Withdrawal of a job offer - Termination of employment and other criminal and/or civil remedies, if fraud is discovered #LI-BW1 #REMOTE