Engineering Manager & Tech Lead - Remote-First

Cengage; United States; On-site; USD 117,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus program

Total Rewards package

Job summary

Cengage is seeking an Engineering Manager / Technology Lead to guide K12 learning platforms and lead remote software teams. You will partner with product and design to architect high-availability enterprise software, using agile practices to deliver continuous improvements and customer-focused outcomes.

You will balance team management with hands-on product development, collaborating with cross-functional partners in a fast-paced educational technology environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of leadership experience driving technology strategy and innovation.
• Experience building, motivating and leading a global workforce across time zones.
• Strong experience modernizing monolithic architectures and cloud-native platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead software engineering teams for application development and platform support.
• Partner with product and design to define requirements and drive timely releases.
• Own and mentor teams, act as player/coach for solution delivery across multiple products.

Skills

Leadership experience

Global team management

Cloud architecture

AWS

Kubernetes & Docker

Agile methodologies

CI/CD & automation

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Jira

CloudFormation

Job description

Cengage is seeking an Engineering Manager / Technology Lead to guide K12 learning platforms and lead remote software teams. You will partner with product and design to architect high-availability enterprise software, using agile practices to deliver continuous improvements and customer-focused outcomes.

You will balance team management with hands-on product development, collaborating with cross-functional partners in a fast-paced educational technology environment.