Remote Senior Engineering Manager

Summary

Nerdy is seeking a remote Sr. Engineering Manager with at least 5 years of leadership experience to join their growing team in South America. The manager will lead multi-discipline engineers on the Varsity Tutors For Schools engineering team and contribute to Nerdy engineering culture. Qualifications include technical architecture knowledge, Agile development experience, a strong desire to learn, and a passion for educational technology. Nice-to-have qualifications are AWS Services, microservice experience, and test-driven development. Responsibilities include managing the technology platform, providing direction on architectures and systems design, supporting engineering staff, and optimizing team performance.

Requirements

• 5+ years of successful leadership experience
• At-scale technical architecture - you’ve designed and built complex yet performant systems
• Agile development (Scrum or Kanban)
• A strong desire to learn and a passion for educational technology

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the operation and innovation of the technology platform helping thousands of students be the best they can be
• Own delivering insightful, accurate and easily consumable student data to school administrators, teachers and parents
• Provide direction and oversight on technical architectures and systems design
• Support our engineering staff’s daily feeding and care: championing objectives, monitoring progress, and removing blockers
• Continually monitor, improve and optimize your teams’ performance - the humans on your team and the systems they’ve created
• Above all, you inspire, mentor and advocate for the engineers entrusted to your care so they can reach their full potential

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Services
• Microservice experience
• Test-driven development

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Remote Position
• Flexible PTO
• Hackfest! (Multiple times per year)
• Free Learning Membership for you and your household (1-1 tutoring hours, unlimited use of on-demand services, and access to online classes)
• A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help transform how the world learns!
• A fun, collaborative, and team-oriented work environment with plenty of training and a feedback-rich culture