Fast Facts

Lexia Learning is seeking a hands-on Software Engineering Manager to lead a team in developing applications for their cloud-hosted Education Technology platform. This role involves driving full-stack development and mentoring engineers while ensuring high-quality deliverables.

Responsibilities: Guide an agile team in building full-stack applications, collaborate across teams on product delivery, assist with technical product management, and mentor engineers.

Skills: Expertise in PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript, REST web services, version control (Git), containerization, and automation tools.

Qualifications: 8+ years of software engineering experience with 2+ years in management; knowledge of cloud platforms and frontend development is a plus; exceptional communication skills are required.

Location: This position is fully remote within the United States.

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $120,000 - $160,000.

Job Overview:

Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning Group company and industry leader in online reading technologies is looking to bring on an experienced Software Engineering Manager to run a team within our growing application development group.

As a hands-on Software Engineering Manager, you will play a key role in building applications on our cloud-hosted Education Technology platform. You will drive a small team of Software Engineers focused on the development and maintenance of rich web-based applications. You will be fully engaged in the development process, including writing code, designing systems, taking part in code reviews, and troubleshooting issues.

Job Responsibilities:

• Guide developers on an agile team in building full-stack applications using PHP, mySQL, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, QA and agile team members in ensuring successful delivery of product features.
• Assist with the technical product management of the platform, including writing requirements, planning objectives, and creating acceptance criteria.
• Hold yourself and the team to a high standard of quality and work with the broader team to ensure that the products meet those standards.
• Be an advocate for continuous improvement through the execution of technical initiatives, including refactoring and reduction of technical debt.
• Support hiring and mentoring of engineers on the team. Provide career development support to developers.

Job Requirements:

• Eight or more years of software engineering experience, including two or more years managing at least one direct report.
• Experience leading technical projects or teams.
• Knowledge and experience building web applications with PHP or another object oriented backend language.
• Experience designing, creating, and testing REST web services and APIs.
• Experience with version control (Git), containerization (Docker/Vagrant), automation (Bamboo or Jenkins), and shell scripting.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. Applicants will be asked to provide a technical writing sample.
• Ability to work in a fully remote environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience working with PHP and the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP).
• Experience with frontend development, including but not limited to Javascript, Typescript, Webpack, and node.js.
• Experience with at least one major Javascript framework, including Angular, React, or Vue.
• Exceptional relational database skills using technologies like MySQL or SQL Server.
• Bachelor's degree or better in a technical discipline.

To learn more about our organization and the exciting work we do, visit https://www.lexialearning.com/

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