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Senior Engineering Manager

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Course Hero is an online learning platform providing content, tools and services to help students study and learn, around the world. With the rapid transition to online learning over the last decade, coupled with a strong business model and product offering, we are on a trajectory to redefine and increase access to online learning.

Company Details:

Our Vision: A world where every student graduates, confident and prepared.

Our Mission: The optimal learning destination for every course.

  • Late stage, profitable company with strong margins and consistent growth.
  • Achieved “unicorn” (billion-dollar valuation) status in 2019 and most recently raised a Series C of nearly $400M at a $3.6B valuation (USD) in 2021.
  • Ranked in Alexa’s top 200 sites in the US with over a billion visits in 2021.
  • Over 300 employees in the US, Canada, India, and Israel.
  • Headquarters in Redwood City, California.

Role Details:

To support our rapid growth and international expansion, Course Hero is establishing a product development organization in India. We are looking to make our first hire, an engineering leader who can create, build, and expand a world-class software engineering team building web, mobile, and machine learning products.

This high-impact role will report to Course Hero’s EVP of Engineering.

Our Ideal Candidate:

  • Has a passion for startups, innovation, and growth
  • Believes in Course Hero’s company values of responsibility, collaboration, customer focus, grit, and always learning
  • Has a track record of technical delivery, hiring, and team leadership
  • Is prepared for the challenges of hiring technical staff and rapidly scaling a team
  • Is excited about Course Hero’s vision of a world where every student graduates, confident and prepared
  • Brings strong, hands-on technical leadership in modern languages and frameworks such as Go, React, Python, Kafka, and AWS cloud infrastructure
  • Supports our commitment to building a diverse and inclusive culture

What does success look like?

  • Over the first year, you will build several product development teams in India. These teams will create features and infrastructure for our Q&A system (with millions of customers), search and recommendations engine, study document upload and analysis, and machine learning to power advanced learning tools.
  • In the early days, this will require hands-on technical mentorship with the first people you hire. As the team grows, this will transition into a full management and leadership role.
  • As a senior leader, you will collaborate with other Course Hero product, data, and engineering leaders around the world on product strategy and building a scalable, healthy organization.
  • Over the next three to five years, we expect Course Hero India to grow to 100 or more, and become a key engine of growth for Course Hero globally.

Equal ​Employment Opportunity Statement ​(EEO)

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and ​inclusion within our company.  ​We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender ​identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, ​veteran status, or ​ability status. We will ensure that individuals who are differently abled are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment as provided to other applicants or employees. Please contact us to request accommodation.

 

About Us:

Course Hero is on a mission to help students graduate, confident and prepared. The online learning platform offers over 60 million course-specific study resources created by and for students and educators, as well as 24/7 tutor help. More than 65,000 verified college educators use Course Hero to collaborate with other faculty and share resources to hone new strategies for instruction. Everyday, students, educators and tutors help more than 20 million students make every study hour count.

 

We have an awesome team and a truly engaging culture. We are customer-focused, collaborative, responsible, gritty, and we love to learn. Our bold mission is to help students graduate confident and prepared!


We are not the only ones that think we’re onto something big. Course Hero has been recognized as one of the 2021 Top 100 Best Places to Work in the Bay AreaTop 50 Best Paying Companies in the Bay AreaTop 100 Most Transparent Companies, and in the Top 50 Most Transformational Companies in Education Technology. Read up on some of our recent news coverage, blog, and learn more about us to see what it is like to work with our team. 


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What are Course Hero Perks + Benefits

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Course Hero employees participate in local volunteer activities, such as the Second Harvest Food Bank, Life Moves, etc.
Partners with nonprofits
Course Hero partners with non-profits like iMentor and continuously finds ways to volunteer or work together with others.
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Course Hero has a dedicated wellness committee that sets up weekly and monthly events.
Team workouts
Course Hero has on-site yoga and fitness classes taught by other Course Hero employees.
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Charitable contribution matching
Course Hero will match $1 for $1 up to $1,000 each calendar year to support a cause of your choice.
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Company sponsored family events
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Sabbatical
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Course Hero offers benefits for our commuting heroes. $150 on a public transportation card (Bart, Caltrain, muni, etc) or a $150 gas card, which reloads on the first day of each month.
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Employees receive free lunch on Tuesday, Thursday.
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
We offer employees free parking in our parking lot.
Recreational clubs
Relocation assistance
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Onsite gym
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Paid industry certifications

Additional Perks + Benefits

Our perks and benefits stem directly from employees themselves. Our People team sends out an engagement survey every quarter and make internal changes to our perks based on data stemming directly from our engagement surveys!

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