Remote Engineering Manager – Open Syllabus

VitalSource; United States; Remote; USD 154,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Culture

Competitive salary

401K match

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible schedule

Remote work

Job summary

VitalSource is seeking a Manager, Engineering (Open Syllabus) to lead a remote engineering team in the United States. You will own the roadmap, hire and mentor engineers, and contribute code for data pipelines and web scraping projects.

You will collaborate with Product Management on releases, focus on performance, security, and accessibility, and drive AI-enabled development practices while coordinating with partners and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including experience as a senior or lead engineer.
• Demonstrated experience working with big data.
• Strong Python experience, including building data pipelines.
• Demonstrated experience managing or significantly contributing to large-scale, distributed systems.
• Experience leading agile delivery processes (Scrum, Kanban, or similar) and working with cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Contribute hands-on as a working manager: write Python code, build and maintain data pipelines, and analyze data to support the Open Syllabus mission.
• Oversee the collection and processing of course catalog and syllabus data, including web scraping pipelines and the 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, and application performance and security.
• Communicate proactively 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 the responsible use of AI-assisted development tools, including standards for code review, quality, and security.
• Own observability, alerting, and service level objectives for team-supported services.
• Ensure team-delivered software meets accessibility standards and supports VitalSource's customer accessibility commitments.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Python

Big data

Distributed systems

Agile delivery

Senior/lead experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Python data pipelines

Web scraping

Jupyter notebooks

Job description

VitalSource is seeking a Manager, Engineering (Open Syllabus) to lead a remote engineering team in the United States. You will own the roadmap, hire and mentor engineers, and contribute code for data pipelines and web scraping projects.

You will collaborate with Product Management on releases, focus on performance, security, and accessibility, and drive AI-enabled development practices while coordinating with partners and stakeholders.