Remote Open Syllabus Engineering Manager

VitalSource Technologies; United States; À distance; USD 154 000 - 170 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Culture of collaboration

Competitive salary + variable bonus

Health, vision, dental, life insurance

Résumé du poste

VitalSource is seeking a Manager, Engineering (Open Syllabus) to lead the Open Syllabus engineering team, own the roadmap, and deliver on strategic priorities. The role combines hands‑on coding in Python with people leadership, data pipeline work, and collaboration with researchers and contractors.

As a working manager, you will hire, onboard, and develop engineers, manage external partnerships, and align product releases with performance and security considerations while prioritizing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of software engineering, including senior/lead experience.
• Experience with big data and Python data pipelines.
• Experience leading agile delivery and cross-functional teams.

Responsabilités

• 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.

Connaissances

Python

Big data

Distributed systems

Agile leadership

Leading teams

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Outils

Jupyter

Data pipelines

Description du poste

VitalSource is seeking a Manager, Engineering (Open Syllabus) to lead the Open Syllabus engineering team, own the roadmap, and deliver on strategic priorities. The role combines hands‑on coding in Python with people leadership, data pipeline work, and collaboration with researchers and contractors.

As a working manager, you will hire, onboard, and develop engineers, manage external partnerships, and align product releases with performance and security considerations while prioritizing