Senior Engineering Manager - Education Knowledge Graph

Learning Commons; Redwood City (CA); Hybrid; USD 241,000 - 331,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Paid time off to volunteer

Family-forming benefits

Relocation support

Job summary

Learning Commons is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for the Knowledge Graph team to lead the strategy, development, and operation of a foundational knowledge platform powering AI-enabled educational experiences. You will guide engineers building large-scale graph infrastructure, ingestion pipelines, and developer access tools.

You will collaborate with product managers, researchers, and educators to connect learning science with curriculum standards and classroom workflows in a scalable

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Deep technical expertise in data engineering, knowledge graphs, search and retrieval, or AI/ML infrastructure.
• Vision and pragmatism to drive adoption of AI systems within engineering and across Learning Commons.
• Strong technical judgment, communication skills, and ability to balance long-term platform investments with near-term delivery.
• Passion for education and building mission-driven technology for teachers and students.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Knowledge Graph platform, including graph infrastructure and data pipelines.
• Define and drive the technical strategy and roadmap for educational content integration.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Learning Science and Partnerships teams to improve data and platform infrastructure.
• Establish engineering practices across architecture, reliability, security, and ops, fostering collaboration.
• Support growth through mentoring and developing engineering leaders.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Data engineering

Knowledge graphs

AI/ML infra

Job description

Learning Commons is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for the Knowledge Graph team to lead the strategy, development, and operation of a foundational knowledge platform powering AI-enabled educational experiences. You will guide engineers building large-scale graph infrastructure, ingestion pipelines, and developer access tools.

You will collaborate with product managers, researchers, and educators to connect learning science with curriculum standards and classroom workflows in a scalable