Engineering Manager
Program Communication
Updated on 3/22/2023
Locations
Remote • Dorchester, Boston, MA, USA
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Requirements
- You have 5+ years of software development experience
- You have 2+ years of experience managing a team of engineers
- 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
We’re currently making a major investment in how our flagship product supports the communication needs of an EL program: sharing information with parents, sending out and then collecting progress reports from teachers, and coordinating various key meetings and signoffs that happen throughout the school year.
We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the teams that work in this domain.
As an Engineering Manager, you’ll co-lead the overall effort alongside a Product Manager -- the two of you collaboratively deciding how to work backwards from overall strategic goals to specific outcomes in your space. You’ll be able to depend on tech leads on your teams to help in that work, but ultimate accountability for doing it well lies with you.
As a manager, you’ll work with all the engineers on your teams to: understand their growth paths; ensure they have good challenges ahead of them; steadily provide them useful, direct feedback. You’ll also play a role in discussions that help guide the overall evolution of Ellevation’s engineering team.
Although you may do little day-to-day coding, you will play a crucial role in the technical work in your space in at least two core ways. First, you will help ensure your teams are making sound technical tradeoffs, steadily balancing short-term delivery against longer-term concerns. Second, you will 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.
To do your job well, you will be extremely comfortable weighing tradeoffs, generating options, and assessing risks.
Ideally, you will bring some real depth of experience in building and operating complex systems.
Much of the backend is written in C#; we’re very happy to hire folks who don’t know C# if they bring a depth of experience in another strongly typed language and plenty of real-world system design experience. For our front-end code, we’re in the process of moving to React.
We look for engineers who are excited to use their technical skills and experience in support of a mission-driven company.
We are currently prioritizing applications from candidates who are in EST/CST time zones.
About You
- You have 5+ years of software development experience
- You have 2+ years of experience managing a team of engineers
- 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
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About Us:
At Ellevation, we develop world-class software to help educators serve the fastest growing population of K-12 students: English Learners (ELs). Ellevation helps school districts transform their Multilingual Learner programs and ensure all students can achieve their highest aspirations. Our product suite includes a best-in-class data and instructional planning platform, resources to build teacher capacity, and student-facing programs to teach academic language.
We are a fast-growing, mission-driven technology company partnering with over 1,200 school districts and more than 3 million current and former English Learners. Over the next five years, we plan to double the number of ELs we serve and drive measurable outcomes for students. Ellevation merged with Curriculum Associates in 2021 to accelerate impact for Multilingual Learners. Our company continues to operate independently and is well-capitalized to support our ambitious social and financial objectives.
Why Ellevation?
In addition to our great benefits and competitive salaries, here are some things that make us unique:
+ Mission-driven organization where team members are empowered to make a significant impact
+ Opportunities to join DEIB-focused 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
Learn more about our team in our Culture Deck.
Here at Ellevation, we champion diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging. We strive to build a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values a range of ideas and opinions.
We believe in building a culture where productivity can flourish, one that is empathetic, respectful, and inclusive. We are proud to have been recognized in prior years as “Best Tech Workplace for Diversity” by the Timmy Awards for investing in training around inclusive behaviors, microaggressions, unconscious bias, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and feedback across the company. We are encouraged by our progress, but there’s more work to be done.
Benefits – Benefits eligible employees (and qualifying dependents) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees can enroll in our company’s 401(k) retirement plan and receive an employer match up to 7%. Employees have access to 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. In addition, we provide a generous parental leave benefit, back-up childcare or eldercare, and a variety of other perks to support the health and well-being of our employees.
Additional Information: Ellevation operates under Curriculum Associates, LLC, an Equal Opportunity Employer. Curriculum Associates, LLC will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by law. Curriculum Associates, LLC will grant employment, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by law. Such action shall include, but not be limited to, the following: employment, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising, layoff or termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.
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English learning software platform
Company Overview
Ellevation mission is to help English Language Learners realize their highest aspirations. Ellevation's product suite includes a best-in-class data and instructional planning platform, resources to build teacher capacity, and student-facing programs to teach academic language.
Benefits
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Flexible work schedules
- Competitive salaries & bonus plans
- 10 weeks paid parental leave for new parents & adoption benefits
- 401K Matching
- Commuter Benefits
- Tuition Reimbursement
Company Core Values
- Impact
- Continuous learning
- Inclusion
- Long-term vision
- Partnership
- People