Software Engineering Manager
A pioneer in K-12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our captivating core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products turn data into practical instructional support to help students at every skill level build a strong foundation in early reading and math. Our programs provide teachers with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of all their students. Today, Amplify serves over eleven million students in all 50 states.
Amplify is creating a ground-breaking digital curriculum that brings together world-class academics, engaging digital media, and data analytics to change the way teachers teach and students learn. Our digital curriculum empowers teachers to offer more personalized instruction, allowing students to become more active, engaged learners.
We are looking for a talented and passionate Engineering Manager to be a leader within a technology team where every engineer is responsible for the quality of our product and the happiness of our students and teachers.
What You'll Do
- Technical Leadership: Collaboratively guide teams to be innovative and select appropriate architectures, strategies, and tech stacks. React is our chosen framework but there are many options to explore within it.
- Technical Guidance: Foster strong technical practices (code review, architectural planning, security by design) across multiple teams.
- Execution: Work with product leads to ensure teams have a high-value, high-velocity, and responsive product development lifecycle.
- Deliver: Take responsibility for successful delivery against quarterly OKRs, including leading teams in establishing best practices in estimation, requirements analysis, balancing trade offs, and executing against commitments.
- Communication and Collaboration: Work with Senior technical management, direct reports, offshore resources, Product Owners, Designers and QA to ensure smooth working relationships and the productivity that can drive successful deliveries.
- Strategy: Collaborate with business, product, design and tech leadership to drive business, product, and technical strategy and goals for your team.
- People management: Provide technical leadership, career development, coaching, and mentoring for engineers.
You must have
- BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent technical experience demonstrating strong CS fundamentals.
- At least 3 years of tech industry experience
- 2+ years designing and building quality applications that scale and perform well.
- Proven track record managing delivery of complex projects
- Proven track record as a hands-on leader
- Deep knowledge of Javascript, React, and Redux.
- Experience using SQL databases (e.g. Postgresql, MySQL, Oracle) and back end services.
- Familiarity with agile product development methodologies.
Extra Credit For
- Experience with tools we use every day:
- Front-end frameworks: React, Redux, Hooks
- Back-end frameworks: Node, Express, Java Dropwizard
- Tools and systems: Linux, AWS
- Data stores: Postgresql, S3
- Experience in AWS toolchains and devops
- Proven passion for building and learning: open source contributions, pet projects, self-education, Stack Overflow
- Experience in education or ed-tech
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To that end, we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.
Amplify is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
This position may be funded, in whole or in part, through American Recovery & Reinvestment Act funds.
Amplify Education, Inc. is an E-Verify participant.