Manager, Engineering – Open Syllabus

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $154k - $170k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👮‍♀️ Software Engineering Manager

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VitalSource

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201 - 500 employees

📚 Education

🛍️ eCommerce

☁️ SaaS

Education • eCommerce • SaaS

VitalSource is dedicated to transforming digital learning through innovative educational platforms and tools. The company offers a range of solutions designed to provide affordable and accessible course materials, leveraging technologies like smart content creation, digital storefronts, and seamless integrations. VitalSource serves a diverse client base including academic institutions, faculty, corporate learning, and publishers, with a commitment to improving learning outcomes and user engagement through the use of powerful data analytics and learning science. Their platforms, such as Bookshelf and Intrepid, support a global network that prioritizes equitable access and learning personalization.

📋 Description

• Lead and manage the Open Syllabus engineering team, including engineers, contractors, and shared research roles • Own hiring, onboarding, 1:1s, performance feedback, and career development plans • Own the team's roadmap and priorities • Partner with the business owner to rationalize requests, create estimates, and keep delivery on track across concurrent workstreams • Write Python code, build and maintain data pipelines, and analyze data • Oversee collection and processing of course catalog and syllabus data • Manage web scraping pipelines and cleanup of unstructured source documents • Manage outside contractor relationships and shared-management arrangements with research and academic partners • Partner with Product Management on release planning, technical concerns, application performance, and security • Communicate with stakeholders on roadmaps, delivery goals, impediments, and risks • Coordinate with engineering leadership on cross-team integration, deployment, and service operations • Establish team practices for responsible use of AI-assisted development tools • Own observability, alerting, and service level objectives for team-supported services • Ensure team-delivered software meets accessibility standards • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience • 5+ years of software engineering experience • Experience as a senior or lead engineer • Demonstrated experience working with big data • Strong Python experience, including building data pipelines • Experience managing or significantly contributing to large-scale, distributed systems • Experience leading agile delivery processes, such as Scrum or Kanban • Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders • Experience building web scrapers preferred • Experience with Jupyter notebooks and Python data pipelines preferred • Academic background or background in data visualization, data science, or data analytics preferred • Experience building applications on top of large data sets preferred; React experience a plus • Experience managing contractors, outsourced engineering vendors, or research partnerships preferred • Familiarity with observability tooling, SLO frameworks, and incident management practices preferred • Curiosity and willingness to apply AI tooling; ability to learn and grow with current tooling strongly preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary and a strong variable component • Medical, Vision, Dental, Life, Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, FSA, HSA, ID Protection, Pet and Legal Insurance • 401K match up to 5% • 12 weeks of paid parental leave • Tuition reimbursement program • 4 weeks of vacation • 12 sick days • 11 company holidays • 3 personal days • Flexible work schedules • Remote capabilities by team • Casual dress • Fitness challenges and rewards