Software Engineering Manager

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🕒 September 29

🏖️ New Jersey – Remote

🏖️ New Jersey – Remote

💵 $150k - $190k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👮‍♀️ Software Engineering Manager

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Pearson VUE

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1994

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Pearson VUE is a global leader in computer-based testing, providing a wide range of credentialing and certification exams for various industries. They support test-takers and test owners by offering resources, scheduling options, and accommodations to ensure equitable access to testing. Their mission is to empower candidates and enrich communities through the delivery of high-stakes exams that validate professional skills and knowledge, contributing to career advancement and industry standards.

📋 Description

• Lead, coach, and support a team of 5–8 software engineers building Ruby on Rails services and React frontends • Own team well-being, performance, and immediate output • Plan and allocate daily and sprint work • Monitor delivery progress and keep projects on track through priorities and course corrections • Troubleshoot obstacles and clarify requirements • Coordinate handoffs across engineers, teams, and vendors • Triage bugs and production issues to minimize customer disruption • Maintain coding, QA, code review, testing, and documentation standards • Give real-time constructive feedback and run regular 1:1s • Recognize contributions and celebrate team milestones • Own onboarding and skill development for new team members • Identify and introduce team-level process improvements • Escalate unresolved or higher-impact issues to senior engineering leadership • Champion responsible use of AI-assisted development tools • Uphold secure, ethical, and resilient engineering practices • Partner with Product, Customer Success, and external vendors to deliver reliable solutions

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software development experience • 2+ years managing or formally leading a software engineering team • Working familiarity with Ruby on Rails, React, AWS, and PostgreSQL • Familiarity with API management, cloud computing, DevOps practices, and software design • Technical acumen to guide discussions and evaluate trade-offs • Proven track record of reliable team delivery and adherence to coding and QA standards • Strong problem-solving skills • Exceptional collaboration and communication with engineers, non-technical stakeholders, and external vendors • Experience onboarding and developing engineers • Sound judgment about resolving issues locally versus escalating • Adaptability and commitment to continuous learning • Strong understanding of information and data security fundamentals • Ethical, customer-centric approach to decisions • Comfortable using AI tools for coding, testing, documentation, and learning • Nice to have: hands-on Rails, React, or full-stack engineering background • Nice to have: AWS and Azure production workload experience, CI/CD, and automated deployment practices • Nice to have: experience with third-party or vendor teams • Nice to have: resilience planning, incident management, or on-call processes • Nice to have: distributed or service-oriented systems and asynchronous, event-driven communication • Nice to have: experience introducing AI agents or automated AI tooling

🏖️ Benefits

• Eligible to participate in an annual incentive program • Benefits offered by Pearson (link referenced in posting)