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Cengage Group

Director, Software Engineering

Job Posted 17 Days Ago Posted 17 Days Ago
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
138K-174K Annually
Senior level
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
138K-174K Annually
Senior level
Lead the software engineering teams to deliver innovative education technology products. Oversee strategies for cloud-native development and scaling products globally.
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We believe in the power and joy of learning

At Cengage Group, our employees have a direct impact in helping students around the world discover the power and joy of learning. We are bonded by our shared purpose – driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.   

Our culture values inclusion, engagement, and discovery

Our business is driven by our strong culture, and we know that creating an inclusive workplace is absolutely essential to the success of our company and our learners, as well as our individual well-being. We recognize the value of diverse perspectives in everything we do, and strive to ensure employees of all levels and backgrounds feel empowered to voice their ideas and bring their authentic selves to work. We achieve these priorities through programs, benefits, and initiatives that are integrated into the fabric of how we work every day. To learn more, please see https://www.cengagegroup.com/about/inclusion-and-belonging/.    

What you'll do here:

As a Director of Software Engineering in our Product Technology and Innovation organization, you will be responsible for the delivery of innovative, market leading platforms/products that continue to improve the education technology industry. Specifically, you will lead our ed2go Learning Platform teams that deliver shopping, learning, and partner experiences to help individuals learn new skills and advance their careers. As a successful technology leader, you will build and lead remote software engineering organizations using agile principles to architect and deliver high availability enterprise software. You will partner closely with product and design teams, lead through data driven insights, obsess about customer outcomes in every decision made, and drive measurable improvements in user engagement. We want to take you with us on this journey to transform the education industry. If you are excited about digital transformation and want to work in a fast-paced environment and an exciting industry, this role is for you!  

 

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for working with multiple leaders, including the ed2go Technology leadership team and business partners in crafting a clear, convincing technical strategy and roadmap(s) to achieve the business unit goals & outcomes.

  • Responsible for collaborating across multiple functions to align on priorities for scaling and building our products globally across multiple markets.

  • Deliver products that scale to support our customers (direct consumers and partners) worldwide. Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends and integrate relevant advancements into our product roadmaps.

  • Partner with multi-functional leaders to standardize and improve development, testing and release processes to ensure quality products are delivered on time.

  • Drive ongoing product and technology strategy reviews in conjunction with the Product Leaders and senior stakeholders and drive strategic technological discussions.

  • Lead high performing engineering teams, develop an internal and external pipeline of high caliber talent, and inspire leaders to deliver against priorities.

  • Create a high-performance, transparent environment focused on accountability and results.

  • Develop a culture of continuous learning and professional development, providing opportunities for team members to grow and excel in their roles.   

 

Skills you will need here:  

  • 5 years of leadership experience, including developing technology strategies and driving innovation.

  • 10 years of progressive software development experience.

  • Experience building, developing, motivating, and leading a global workforce of employees and contractors across different time zones.

  • Expertise in AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, CloudFormation), cloud-native development (Kubernetes, Docker, microservices), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK).

  • Expertise in applications using Microsoft technologies (.NET Framework, .NET Core, MS SQL Server, etc.)

  • Strong experience modernizing monolithic architectures, implementing hybrid cloud strategies, and creating APIs to bridge legacy systems with cloud-native platforms.

  • Proven ability to design and build scalable, secure, high-availability enterprise systems, leveraging CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks for global user bases.

  • Skilled in agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and the principles of a customer centric product model to drive iterative development, continuous improvement, and rapid time-to-market.  Working closely with product and engineering teams to ensure definition of user stories, prioritization of backlog items, and timely and high-quality product releases in alignment with business priorities.

  • Experience with development methodologies and project lifecycle principles, with a proven track record of successfully planning, organizing, prioritizing, executing, and delegating work.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.    

Preferred

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent combination of education and recent, relevant work experience.  

Cengage Group is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, veteran status, and any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws.  

Cengage is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including during our job application process. If you are an applicant with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in our job application process, please contact us at accommodations.ta@cengage.com or at +1 (617) 289-7917.   

About Cengage Group

Cengage Group, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.  

Compensation

At Cengage Group, we take great pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees. Click here to learn more about our Total Rewards Philosophy.

The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location.  Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range.

$138,000.00 - $174,000.00 USD

Top Skills

Agile
AWS
Aws Cdk
Azure Devops
Ci/Cd
Docker
JIRA
Kanban
Kubernetes
Safe
Scrum
Terraform

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