Engineering Manager
Engineering Manager
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Prodigy Education a global leader in gamebased learning is on a mission to make every student in the world love learning. We believe learning should be as fun as playing a video game. This is central to our educational philosophy because when you love what you do you do it better. Visit www.prodigygame to learn more.
With Prodigy kids practice standardsaligned skills in Math and English as they play our fun adaptive learning games. All with teacher and parent tools to support their learning in class and at home.
Were looking for an Engineering Manager to join Prodigy where youll lead highperforming teams dedicated to building experiences that advance our mission to help every child love learning. In this role youll combine deep technical expertise with strategic thinking to empower engineers drive technical excellence and ensure our technology delights our users. Youll work closely with crossfunctional leaders from product design and data teams to build products that make a meaningful impact on childrens education.
As an Engineering Manager you will be instrumental in shaping both the technical direction of our products and the growth of our engineering team. Your leadership will directly influence how we build and deliver highquality software that supports our educational mission.
Your Impact
Inspire and Guide Teams: Lead and mentor engineering teams to foster a culture of accountability performance and continuous growth.
Deliver Excellence: Oversee workflows eliminate blockers and ensure alignment with organizational priorities to deliver highquality projects.
Collaborate Strategically: Partner with product managers designers and stakeholders to transform business goals into actionable technical requirements.
Raise the Bar: Set and enforce high standards for code quality testing and documentation ensuring best practices across the board.
Optimize Operations: Champion engineering metrics retrospectives and continuous improvement practices to drive operational excellence.
Engineer Solutions: Lead technical design reviews to deliver secure scalable and costeffective solutions while balancing complexity and user impact.
Manage Priorities: Own the technical backlog prioritizing between technical debt new features and scalability initiatives.
Ensure Performance: Monitor service health aligning with SLOs to guarantee an outstanding user experience.
Develop Careers: Create structured development plans to empower team members and nurture their career growth.
About You
Proven Leadership: Experience leading and managing highperforming software engineering teams.
Technical Expertise: A strong handson background in software development and deep knowledge of development practices testing strategies and deployments.
Project Delivery Excellence: Expertise in project management optimizing workflows and driving successful project outcomes.
ProblemSolving Prowess: Exceptional analytical and problemsolving skills with keen attention to detail.
Agile Advocate: Experience with agile methodologies and modern software development practices.
Exceptional Communication: The ability to bridge technical and nontechnical audiences effectively.
CrossFunctional Collaboration: A proven history of successful collaboration with product teams designers and stakeholders.
Educational Foundation: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or related fieldor equivalent experience.
Bonus Points
Led multiple engineering teams or managed managers.
Implemented successful departmentwide technical initiatives or standards.
Improved engineering metrics across teams (e.g. deployment frequency MTTR).
Crossfunctional leadership experience in productdriven organizations.
Working at Prodigy
Be part of a missiondriven organization dedicated to helping every student in the world love learning! At Prodigy Education your work positively impacts the lives of millions of students and teachers worldwide.
Join a company which empowers a Growth Mindset among its team members so you grow as we do. Youll also work on awardwinning products which harness the magic of math and power of language for students in grades 1st8th.
We understand that a thriving team is at the core of our success. So on top of an inspirational mission and rewarding work our Total Rewards Program reflects our commitment to your financial physical and mental wellbeing.
Its not just about the work though; its about the culture. As the Toronto Star reports in a recent feature on Prodigy: Prodigys secret sauce is that it sees its corporate culture as something that is built slowly from the ground up and is always evolving. Check it outhere.
#LIHybrid
Prodigy Math is used by almost one million teachers a year and was named the most popular supplemental education platform in classrooms in the United States! Our products have also won numerous consumer awards including the Moms Choice Award Parent and Teacher Choice Awards and National Parenting Product Award.
Come as you are. We believe the power of our collective potential will transform education. We are building towards a diverse inclusive and equitable workplace to empower and create access and opportunity for all. We welcome applications from people from all underrepresented groups including (but not limited to) people of any gender age or religion members of the LGBTQIA2 community BIPOC and other underrepresented races and nationalities people with disabilities veterans and anyone who may contribute to the further diversification of Prodigy Education. If you feel like you dont have all the qualifications for this position and are willing to use your initiative to learn the rest wed still love for you to apply!
We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2005 (AODA). Prodigy Education will provide accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodation please notify us at and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
