Senior Engineering Manager, User Management

Summary

Join Ellevation Education as an Engineering Manager and play a key role in enhancing Single Sign On (SSO) capabilities and improving authentication security. Collaborate with a product manager to achieve strategic goals, guide engineers' growth, and make sound technical tradeoffs. You will help ensure your teams are making sound technical tradeoffs, steadily balancing short-term delivery against longer-term concerns. You will also work with your teams to identify and advocate for technical investments -- work the engineers believe to be valuable but which is not being requested from outside the team. This position requires 5+ years of software engineering experience and 4+ years of managing engineering teams. The role offers a competitive salary, bonus potential, and comprehensive benefits.

Requirements

• You have 5+ years of software engineering experience
• You have 4+ years of experience managing a team of engineers
• You have a strong familiarity with authentication and authorization systems
• You have experience designing, implementing and operating complex systems
• You have a strong track record of helping the engineers on your teams learn and grow
• You demonstrate an eagerness to learn from others
• You are excited to put your technical skills to work to solve hard problems for a business
• Must be able to work core hours aligned with the Eastern Time Zone
• Remote employees for this role will be expected to travel about 3 times per year to the Boston office or company off sites

Responsibilities

• Co-lead the overall effort alongside a product manager
• Work with all the engineers on your teams to understand their growth paths, ensure they have good challenges ahead of them, and steadily provide them useful, direct feedback
• Play a role in discussions that help guide the overall evolution of Ellevation’s engineering team
• Help ensure your teams are making sound technical tradeoffs, steadily balancing short-term delivery against longer-term concerns
• Work with your teams to identify and advocate for technical investments -- work the engineers believe to be valuable but which is not being requested from outside the team

Benefits

• Competitive base salary, annual performance-based raise, and bonus (or commission for sales positions)
• 20% annual bonus potential
• Comprehensive benefits to all full-time employees
• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• Company's 401(k) retirement plan and receive an employer match up to 50% on the first 7% of your contribution, with pre-tax and Roth options
• Flexible paid time off for vacations, sick and disability policy
• Additional 10 paid company holidays, 2 floating holidays and a winter office closure between Christmas and New Year's
• Generous parental leave benefit
• Back-up childcare or eldercare
• Variety of other perks to support the health and well-being of our employees
• Mission-driven organization where team members are empowered to make a significant impact
• Opportunities to join Employee Resource Groups and support building a culture of belonging
• Professional development and growth opportunities
• Company and team offsites in various cities across the United States
• Collaborative workspace in the heart of Boston - a stone's throw from many central T stops (Downtown Crossing, Government Center, and Aquarium). Free snacks, beverages, and local organic fruit provided
• Remote and in-person engagement opportunities, including happy hours, themed events, and competitions
• Remote and in-person wellness programming to support team’s mental and physical wellbeing