Manager, Technology - Craft Education

WGU; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 152,000 - 251,000; Full time

Job summary

Craft Education in Nashville is seeking a Manager, Technology for Craft to lead a team of software engineers across product development and integration. You will provide vision, set technical standards, and guide engineers across front-end, back-end, QA and cloud responsibilities.

You will collaborate with leadership to foster a culture of collaboration and innovation, mentor engineers, and drive secure, scalable solutions in a fast-paced, in-office environment at our downtown Nashville office.

Qualifications

• Ability to provide technical and architectural leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of software engineers on product development and integration, providing vision and direction.
• Collaborate with leadership to strengthen a culture of collaboration and innovation.
• Mentor and pair with team members to drive mission-critical development tasks.
• Ensure optimized performance, security, and compliance across platforms and data handling.
• Recruit and grow engineering talent to scale the team.

Job description

If you're passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you're committed to working hard to play your part in building that future-consider Craft Education as the next step in your career.

Craft Education is on a mission to solve skilled labor shortages by powering work-based learning pathways for all.

At Craft, we're revolutionizing the apprenticeship degree, combining on-the-job learning with accredited instruction to create innovative educational pathways that accommodate working professionals and meet employer needs. Our flagship product - Craft Connect - helps organizations administer apprentice degree programs and address mission-critical data and reporting needs. Through the same platform, Craft is also transforming how on-the-job learning converts into academic credits.

Our team of technology, education and workforce professionals also provides technical assistance to organizations looking to launch and manage apprenticeship degree programs. We are working tirelessly to accelerate the expansion of these programs along with the data infrastructure that underpins them.

If you're looking to join the work-based learning revolution, we'd love to talk with you. At Craft, you'll have the opportunity to solve hard problems in a high-growth startup environment and make a lasting impact on the future of education and workforce development. We couldn't be more excited to advance this work as a team of innovative, collaborative and mission-oriented professionals - we hope you'll consider joining us.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:

Grade: Management Technical 714

Pay Range: $151,800.00 - $250,500.00

Job Description

As the Manager, Technology for Craft you will lead a team of software engineers on product development and integration. You will provide vision, training, technical standards, and direction to engineers who are required to know multiple languages for front-end, back-end, QA and cloud engineering responsibilities.

As a Manager you will work closely with leadership team to strengthen a culture of collaboration and innovation within highly effective teams. You will contribute to cross-functional teams as a lead engineer mentoring or pairing with team members in technical and development tasks that drive the mission of Craft.

• *This is an in-office position working out of our incredible office in downtown Nashville, TN.
• Manages technology team members, providing training, technical standards, and direction.
• Collaborates with leadership, designers, developers, and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze trade-offs between usability and performance needs, determining platforms, components, software applications, technologies, and security measures.
• Interfaces with product, project, and external teams in the definition and execution of development projects; maintains collaborative relationships with all appropriate stakeholders.
• Works with internal and external customers to elicit technical requirements. Negotiates dependencies and maintains productive working relationships.
• Ensures optimized performance for high utilization, 24x7 access, accessibility (ADA), responsiveness, and scalability.
• Ensures data is always handled securely and in compliance with applicable laws.
• Develops and directs software system testing procedures, programming, and documentation.
• Continuously improves team's development approach, maximizing team's ability to balance quick execution with security and stability.
• Clearly communicates constraints, conflicts, requirements, compatibility issues, and items which could affect project outcome, final performance level, or product efficacy. Offers appropriate alternatives and contingency plans.
• Responsible for both software and data engineering individuals.
• Works in a fast-paced environment and organizes work efforts and individual efficiency of engineers.
• Recruits and hire individuals as needed
• Leans into AI code development practices and ensures currency with evolving technical landscape.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

This job description includes a general representation of job requirements rather than a comprehensive inventory of all required responsibilities or work activities. The contents of this document or related job requirements may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Ability to provide technical and architectural leadership and successfully coach an en