Manager Engineering

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What We’re Looking For:
In this hands-on leadership role, you will lead one of the teams responsible for our course onboarding and delivery software products. You will lead and grow a team of full stack engineers, dedicated to designing and building products that make our partner delivery experience as efficient, easy, and profitable for our partners as we can while successfully helping learners achieve their goals. This software is ever more important as edX grows its credit-backed content catalog.
Your team will be a healthy mix of five junior and senior engineers with expert domain knowledge in the edX certificates/credentials space and, more generally, in our learning management system. This team is one of five software teams focused on solving partner challenges.
Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:
Lead, coach and mentor a team of 5 software engineers
Guide direct reports in areas of software development practices, agile/lean practices, performance management, and goal setting
Partner with Product Management, UX, and Data Science to understand customer needs, and to identify, define and scope solutions
Maintain and foster a healthy environment for this high performing agile team
Practice a “you build it, you run it” philosophy to software development and delivery
Identify opportunities to accelerate delivery and implement solutions that span people, process and technology
Things That Should Be In Your Background:
Software development experience and ideally 1 year in a team lead or people management role
Experience with Python or similar backend languages
Exposure to multiple technologies, including but not limited to Javascript, Django, and MySQL
Demonstrated experience with agile methods
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Other Attributes That Will Help You In This Role:
Demonstrated servant leader management style
About edX
edX is the education movement for restless learners. Together with our founding partners Harvard and MIT, we’ve brought together more than 38 million learners, the majority of top-ranked universities in the world, and industry-leading companies onto one online learning platform that supports learners at every stage. And we’re not stopping there—as a global nonprofit, we’re relentlessly pursuing our vision of a world where every learner can access education to unlock their potential, without the barriers of cost or location.
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2U is comprised of 3 lines of business: Graduate Degree Programs, Short Course, and Boot Camps. Going beyond traditional learning management systems, we use tech, people, and data to help top universities and enterprise organizations transform in the digital era—and eliminate the back row in higher ed. We support lifelong learning which means thinking beyond a single degree. It means finding ways for students to gain the skills they need to change careers, evolve their expertise, and meet the challenges of the changing world head-on. We help our partners fill those needs—developing new digital education technologies and offerings capable of supporting students at different points in their lives. Whether they need a simple refresher, to learn something new, or to change their career trajectories completely, our partners are there to help them succeed. Together with our partners, 2U has positively transformed the lives of more than 275,000 students and lifelong learners.
2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement
At 2U, we are committed to creating and sustaining a culture that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities of our employees. We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by the ways in which we are different, as well as the ways in which we are the same.
Benefits & Culture
Working at 2U means working with individuals that are passionate and mission driven. We collaborate on tough problems to deliver the best outcomes for our partners, students, and each other. You will find team members working together in our open office spaces, gathered in the kitchen grabbing a snack, or taking a break in our game rooms.
2U offers a comprehensive benefits package:
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Life insurance, disability and 401(k)
Unlimited snacks and drinks
Generous paid leave policies including unlimited PTO
Additional time off benefits include: volunteer days, parental leave, and a company-wide winter break
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Note: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
2U is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against applicants or employees and ensures equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, marital status, disability, citizenship, military or veterans’ status, or any other classifications protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. 2U’s equal opportunity policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, job benefits and pay.

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