SchooLinks is an ed-tech company that is changing how students explore and pursue their post-high school goals. We have a suite of over 80 tools for students and school staff including college application management, course planning, financial situations, personality assessments, college profiles, and many others. We are a remote-friendly, globally distributed, remote-friendly, and venture-backed startup.
We're looking for a hands-on full-stack engineering manager to lead a talented team of engineers in delivering delightful software for SchooLinks customers.
Note: We presently do not have the ability to sponsor H1-B Visas
What you'll do:
- Lead a small team of 3-5 software engineers to build out features as they come down our product roadmap
- Ensure the timely delivery of projects and remove blockers as they arise
- Collaborate with other managers and leads to identify and implement technical solutions to improve the performance, reliability, and quality of the SchooLinks Platform
- Triage, prioritize and manage the resolution of production issues and customer escalations as needed, to ensure optimal resolution
- Provide guidance and coaching on your team career paths in support of their professional development
- Ensure your team is maintaining good technical hygiene code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices
Requirements
- At least 5 years of IC engineering experience
- At least 2 years of management experience leading successful software engineering teams
- 4+ years experience working with Django and React
- Experience with asynchronous task management (Celery preferred)
- Solid fundamentals in relational databases such as MySQL
- Experience solving challenging technical problems
- Team-first, customer focus, and quality first mindset
- Strong communication and team-building skills
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Part of a remote-friendly company
- Flexible working hours and healthy asynchronous working practices
- Long term employment with considerations for promotion and raises every 6 months
- For US-based candidates:
- Full health (healthcare, vision, dental, ClassPass, etc.)
- Company 401k Program with up to 1% match