Senior AI-Powered Platform Engineering Manager

brightwheel; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Brightwheel is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead a full-stack team building customer-facing products for schools, teachers, and families. You will translate business goals into concrete engineering plans, define quality and reliability standards, and collaborate with Product and Design to drive measurable adoption and impact.

You will hire, mentor, and grow engineers, manage capacity and risks, and own platform health across web, mobile, and backend systems, including AI-driven

Qualifications

• Led engineering teams to deliver measurable customer or business outcomes.
• Shaped engineering strategy and investment Priorities.
• Shipped AI-powered product/workflow to production with measurable impact.
• Built trusted partnerships with Product, Design, and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a full-stack engineering team from problem definition through production, measurement, and iteration.
• Translate company goals into outcomes, investment choices, and an execution plan.
• Set engineering strategy for quality, reliability, security, privacy, and health.
• Ship AI-powered products and drive adoption with measurable impact.
• Hire and develop engineers, set performance bars, and address underperformance.
• Own product and platform health across web, mobile, and backend systems.

Job description

Brightwheel is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead a full-stack team building customer-facing products for schools, teachers, and families. You will translate business goals into concrete engineering plans, define quality and reliability standards, and collaborate with Product and Design to drive measurable adoption and impact.

You will hire, mentor, and grow engineers, manage capacity and risks, and own platform health across web, mobile, and backend systems, including AI-driven