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Teaching Strategies is an innovative edtech organization focused on connecting teachers, children, and families. As front runners in the early childhood education market, we build dynamic, top-quality digital products that integrate all of the essential elements of a high-quality solution: curriculum, assessment, professional development, and family engagement. We are building a team of results-oriented individuals who will thrive in a collaborative, work-hard/play-hard culture. We pride ourselves on the impact we have on the early childhood field through supporting teachers who are doing the most important work there is, teaching children to become creative, confident thinkers.
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Position Overview
Teaching Strategies is looking for a highly talented, innovative and creative Software Engineering Manager to join its technology team. We are looking for engineers that want to make a real impact in early childhood education. Our platform is evolving, so you need to be someone who can build new functionality and learn new technologies quickly, as well as be able to maintain and extend existing code to support organizational needs.
Our technology team is responsible for building SaaS solutions used by educational organizations across the globe. The team works on a wide variety of projects, solving existing problems and enabling new business objectives. We are growing our group by extending our technology team to bring a new suite of capabilities around Center Management. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, working on products that support millions of users daily, then you have an opportunity to join the technology group at Teaching Strategies.
Specific Roles & Responsibilities:
- Provides management oversight to the software engineering team
- Leads the team in development of mission critical solutions to support organizational goals to power high-trafficked SaaS platform
- Participates in planning, analysis and design of new software solutions
- Works collaboratively with Product Managers to translate product requirements into functional production software and architecture components
- Responsible for production readiness and availability of the product while upholding the highest standard of performance, security and user experience
- Mentors and enables team members to excel in their career progression
- Collaborates with other managers to define processes
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of production experience in software engineering
- 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams
- Experience with designing and building scalable solutions that perform under load
- Familiarity with cloud architecture, specifically AWS
- Experience working with product managers to co-create, refine and execute on product and technology roadmap
- Practical understanding of Agile methodology and modern software design patterns
- Ability to effectively communicate with senior management and other departments
- Experience working with Early Childhood Education (ECE) Center Management or Billing and Payments products is a plus.
- Proven ability to step back and see the whole ecosystem and provide solutions that impact the entire user flow, not only discrete features.
- Experience building and implementing ERP and CRM solutions into B2C SaaS products is a strong plus
- Strong sense of collaboration, teamwork, and accountability
Why Teaching Strategies
At Teaching Strategies, our solutions and services are only as strong as the teams that create them. By bringing passion, dedication, and creativity to your job every day, there's no telling what you can do and where you can go! We provide a competitive compensation and benefits package, flexible work schedules, opportunities to engage with co-workers, access to career advancement and professional development opportunities, and the chance to make a difference in the communities we serve.
Let's open the door to your career at Teaching Strategies!
Some additional benefits & perks while working with Teaching Strategies
Teaching Strategies offers our employees a robust suite of benefits and other perks which include:
- Competitive compensation package, including Employee Equity Appreciation Program
- Health insurance benefits
- 401k with employer match
- 100% remote work environment
- Unlimited paid time off (which includes paid holidays and Winter Break)
- Paid parental leave
- Tuition assistance and Professional development and growth opportunities
- 100% paid life, short and long term disability insurance
- Pre-tax medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA)
- Voluntary life and critical illness insurance
Teaching Strategies, LLC is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer of Minorities, all Genders, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.