Principal Platform Engineer, AI-Driven EdTech

Cengage Group; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 117,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Cengage Group is seeking a senior technology leader to guide critical systems for education technology platforms. You will build and lead remote software engineering teams using agile practices, partnering with product and design to address customer needs and deliver high-availability solutions.

You will balance technical leadership with product building, overseeing content workflows, AI platforms, and enterprise systems, while driving data-driven improvements and a customer-centric roadmap.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5 years of technology leadership experience across multiple time zones.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, architecture, and feature development for scalable education technology platforms.
• Manage remote software engineering teams using agile principles.
• Collaborate with product and design to deliver customer-centric solutions.
• Analyze performance data and user feedback for continuous improvement.
• Drive time-to-market with iterative development and prioritization of backlogs.
• Stay current with GenAI and cloud-native architecture trends to inform roadmaps.

Skills

Technology leadership

Distributed teams

Agile methodologies

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder communication

Product collaboration

Customer outcome focus

Mentoring/coaching

Architectural vision

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform / IaC

GitOps / AIOps

Jira / Azure DevOps

Job description

Cengage Group is seeking a senior technology leader to guide critical systems for education technology platforms. You will build and lead remote software engineering teams using agile practices, partnering with product and design to address customer needs and deliver high-availability solutions.

You will balance technical leadership with product building, overseeing content workflows, AI platforms, and enterprise systems, while driving data-driven improvements and a customer-centric roadmap.