Manager, Engineering (Open Syllabus)

• →Lead and manage the Open Syllabus engineering team, including engineers, contractors, and shared research roles; own hiring, onboarding, 1:1s, performance feedback, and career development plans.
• →Own the team's roadmap and priorities: partner with the business owner to rationalize requests, create estimates, and keep delivery on track across concurrent workstreams.
• →Contribute hands-on as a working manager: write Python code, build and maintain data pipelines, and analyze data to support the Open Syllabus mission.
• →Oversee the collection and processing of course catalog and syllabus data, including web scraping pipelines and the cleanup of unstructured source documents.
• →Manage outside contractor relationships and shared-management arrangements with research and academic partners.
• →Partner with Product Management on release planning, technical concerns, and application performance and security.
• →Communicate proactively with stakeholders on roadmaps, delivery goals, impediments, and risks; coordinate with engineering leadership on cross-team integration, deployment, and service operations.
• →Establish team practices for the responsible use of AI-assisted development tools, including standards for code review, quality, and security.
• →Own observability, alerting, and service level objectives for team-supported services.
• →Ensure team-delivered software meets accessibility standards and supports VitalSource's customer accessibility commitments.
• →Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including experience as a senior or lead engineer.
• Demonstrated experience working with big data.
• Strong Python experience, including building data pipelines.
• Demonstrated experience managing or significantly contributing to large-scale, distributed systems.
• Experience leading agile delivery processes (Scrum, Kanban, or similar) and working with cross-functional stakeholders.

• Prior experience managing direct reports. First-time managers with a strong senior or lead engineering background are encouraged to apply.
• Experience building web scrapers.
• Experience with Jupyter notebooks and Python data pipelines.
• Academic background, or a background in data visualization, data science, or data analytics.
• Exposure to building applications on top of large data sets (React experience a plus).
• Experience managing contractors, outsourced engineering vendors, or research partnerships.
• Familiarity with observability tooling, SLO frameworks, and incident management practices.
• Curiosity and willingness to apply AI tooling as appropriate for the role; a demonstrated ability to learn and grow with current tooling is strongly preferred.

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