Director, Software Engineering

Director, Software Engineering

Remote - United States

The Opportunity:

Anthology offers the largest EdTech ecosystem on a global scale, supporting over 150 million users in 80 countries. Our mission is to provide dynamic, data-informed experiences to the global education community so that learners and educators can achieve their goals.

We believe in the power of a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. As we expand globally, we are committed to making diversity, inclusion, and belonging a foundational part of not only our hiring practices but who we are as a company.

For more information about Anthology and our career opportunities, please visit www.anthology.com.

This role focuses on Anthology’s Blackboard Learn, which provides students with a simple and intuitive learning experience that they can access anytime and anywhere. It is a solution that’s continuously evolving to meet users’ needs, and we’re looking for someone to join the team and get deeply involved in the existing product code base, improving the quality, and enhancing the functionality of the product.

As a Director, Software Engineering, you will be responsible for leading a global team of Software and Quality engineers. You will become an active member of an agile team of developers participating in daily stand-ups, design sessions, code reviews, and sprint demos. You will embrace test driven development as an integral part of what you deliver as a software developer. You will also be willing to respond to the unique challenges of delivering and maintaining cloud-based software including troubleshooting live production environments, minimizing downtime, and responding to client-reported issues. You would build the capabilities for looking at the complete stack of technology layers for providing fixes and developing features.

Primary responsibilities will include:

• Driving a high-performance software team to increase the delivery pace and quality of the product
• Developing plans for leading process improvement, internal initiatives across teams/managers
• Looking for gaps, opportunities to help drive organization change and coordinating action to move forward
• Influencing others outside of own job area regarding policies, practices, and procedures
• Coaching and developing team members and managers
• Leading a global team of software and quality engineers
• Designing, implementing, and testing solutions for the areas of the application owned by the team
• Understanding, demonstrating, driving towards Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices
• Taking ownership of the team's product areas running in production
• Resolving production issues and defects for solutions owned by the team
• Ensuring proper team and cross-team communication practices
• This role requires approximately 20% travel to meet with teams and plan product initiatives, may include international travel

The Candidate:

Required skills/qualifications:

• 10-12 years of relevant professional experience
• Significant experience within cloud software development
• Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, and written and oral communication skills
• Proven track record of managing and growing high performing teams providing education or enterprise SaaS
• Considerable experience with Java and SQL on database management systems such as SQL Server, Oracle, and Postgres
• Experienced with current web development technologies like Spring, jQuery, Angular, React, and Typescript
• A working understanding of software engineering best practices and Agile methods
• Experience working with product management at a senior management level
• Experience with large consumer-facing applications
• Experience working with and leading teams outside of the USA
• Fluency in written and spoken English

Preferred skills/qualifications:

• 5 or more years of experience with Blackboard Learn or another LMS suite
• Experience in implementing XP (Extreme Programming) practices
• Experience with cloud-based hosting solutions (AWS)                  

Pay range is $157,000 - $190,000/year depending upon experience. We use national and industry-specific survey data to assist in determining compensation. Additionally, we consider factors such as external market rate, budget for the role, and the compensation rates of current employees performing the same function. Some roles will have variable pay.

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.   

Anthology is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, protected military/veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.

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