Engineering Manager | Education

At RV Education (EDU), we believe in the power of online learning to create opportunities and transform lives. In partnership with over 300 colleges and universities, we help individuals make smart educational decisions that meet their needs and career aspirations. Our trusted brands like BestColleges serve over 90 million unique annual visitors with educational resources and advice.

Red Ventures is looking for a highly technical, results-oriented, and innovative Engineering Manager to lead an engineering team responsible for data and application development. We are looking for a collaborative leader who will understand our people, business, technology, and customer needs. This individual will help drive our culture of diversity, empowerment, ownership, and accountability while developing a team both technically and professionally. They will also identify and successfully implement improvements in our engineering processes, tools, pipelines, and architecture to enable us to deliver on our key initiatives.

RV EDU is proudly headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and is dedicated to cultivating local talent and driving economic development on the island. While many of our roles are located in Puerto Rico, some are also located at RV’s main campus south of Charlotte, NC, or are remote-based. 

This role requires a hybrid schedule and will be based out of our San Juan, Puerto Rico office, with in-office Monday-Thursday and fully remote work on Fridays each week. Please note that relocation assistance may be provided for qualified candidates who are interested in joining our team in Puerto Rico. 

We believe diverse, inclusive teams are better teams. Think of the bullets below as guidelines: If you don't have all the qualifications, we encourage you to apply anyway!

What You'll Do

As an Engineering Manager, you will have the critical leadership role of enabling excellence, productivity, and growth within RV Education’s engineering organization. This role involves both technical and managerial responsibilities, including project planning, resource allocation, and performance management. You crave the opportunity for hands-on mentorship, and to accelerate not only your career, but for those of your team as well. Your responsibility would come in several forms, including but not limited to:

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers by helping the team define, set, and adhere to goals and expectations
• Foster a collaborative and high-performing team culture by driving a culture around excellence, learning, and connectedness
• Critically observe and improve development and management processes within RV Education engineering
• Serve as a liaison between engineering and other departments stakeholders such as Customer Experience Associates, Product Managers, Designers, SEO Associates, and Editorial leads to deliver high quality software at a rapid pace for an ever-improving portfolio
• Change, and be a part of key decision-making processes within the engineering organization
• Our tech stack is primarily React / NextJS on the front end, WordPress (decoupled) / PHP / Apache / MySQL / GraphQL on the backend, and Github Actions / Terraform for infrastructure/ AWS Services.

What We're Looking For

• 1-2+ years of experience leading and managing high-performing teams.
• 5-7+ years of hands-on software engineering industry experience. You will be leading a team of junior through senior level engineers so you need to be technically very strong.
• Proven track record of technical leadership. Strong fundamentals in software architecture at scale, effective engineering processes, and cross-team function.
• Strong understanding of fundamental front-end web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience with front-end frameworks like React and NextJS.
• Experience with tried content management systems such as WordPress.
• Technical background with proficiency in APIs and container based and serverless backend technologies.
• Proven track record of managing and delivering complex engineering projects.
• Understanding of data privacy and security fundamental
• You love scaling up through well-written documents and well-defined processes. 
• You are compassionate, put people first as a mentor, and are tactful with both accepting and delivering criticism to others.
• You have the leadership skills to think and execute strategically but are not afraid to get your hands dirty when needed.
• Your technical understanding of engineering systems, especially related to modern architectures, is world-class.
• You can relate to and admire RV Education’s values of Ownership, Integrity, Curiosity, Excellence, Teamwork, and Connectedness
• Web Accessibility matters to you.
• Core Web Vitals matter to you.
• You have a high level of understanding SEO concepts.
• You've set up successful test suites to cover unit, integration, e2e, load, and security tests.
• You've worked in cross-functional Agile Scrum teams and are familiar with proven management methodologies.

Compensation

• Compensation Range: $130,000 - 190,000*
  *Note actual salary is based on geographic location, qualifications, and experience 

Additionally, the following benefits are provided by Red Ventures, subject to eligibility requirements.

• Health Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, and vision)
• Life Insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay
• 401(k) with match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Bonding Benefit Program

Who We Are

Founded in 2000, Red Ventures (RV) is home to a diverse portfolio of industry-leading brands and businesses, strategic partnerships and proprietary technology – including Bankrate, Lonely Planet, The Points Guy, BestColleges and more. Together, RV helps millions of people worldwide make life’s most important decisions, accelerates digital adaptation, and innovates the online consumer experience by improving every step of the consumer journey – from first discovery of information, throughout the decision-making process, to transactions. Headquartered south of Charlotte, NC, Red Ventures employs thousands of people across the US and Puerto Rico, with international offices in the UK and Brazil. For more information, visit https://redventures.com and follow @RedVentures on social platforms.

We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits program for full-time employees, including medical, dental and vision coverage, paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, 401(k) plan and a paid parental leave program.

Red Ventures is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or any other basis protected by law. Employment at Red Ventures is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications. 

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities. This includes providing reasonable accommodation where appropriate. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to apply or participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected]. 

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