Principal Software Engineer - EdTech Platform Lead (Remote)

Cengage Group; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 117,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Cengage Group in Louisville is seeking a technology leader to drive platforms that power education delivery. You will lead remote software engineering teams, align with product and design, and steer agile delivery across Content Systems, Content workflows, and Content AI platforms to scale for millions of learners.

The role combines technical composing with product building, balancing architecture modernization, cloud-native deployments, and data-driven decision making, with emphasis on customer

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• 5 years in technology leadership across time zones.
• Experience with GenAI, large language models, and AI tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead critical systems for education tech platforms.
• Build and guide remote software teams using agile methods.
• Collaborate with product and design to meet customer outcomes.
• Own features from design to scalable delivery.
• Drive performance analytics and post-release evaluations.
• Foster a customer-centric, high-performance culture.

Skills

Technology leadership

Distributed teams

Agile methodologies

GenAI concepts

Product delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

GCP

Azure

Terraform

Jira

Job description

Cengage Group in Louisville is seeking a technology leader to drive platforms that power education delivery. You will lead remote software engineering teams, align with product and design, and steer agile delivery across Content Systems, Content workflows, and Content AI platforms to scale for millions of learners.

The role combines technical composing with product building, balancing architecture modernization, cloud-native deployments, and data-driven decision making, with emphasis on customer