Software Engineer Manager Full Time

Job Summary:

Lead and coach multiple engineering teams, translating business goals into technical execution. Drive delivery quality, resolve blockers, and foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee planning, prioritization, and delivery of features across teams.
• Provide regular coaching, feedback, and technical guidance to engineers.
• Champion consistent coding, testing, and documentation practices.
• Track release progress, resolve delivery risks, and maintain documentation accuracy.
• Collaborate with product, QA, SRE, and business stakeholders to align technical work with business needs.
• Identify and mitigate blockers, ensuring timely resolution and transparent communication.
• Foster a culture of teamwork, quality, and inclusion.
• Promote adoption of AI tools and innovative practices to improve efficiency.

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Collaboration (6 – Advanced): Influence and coordinate across teams for seamless execution.
• Technical Acumen (5 – Experienced): Analyze and interpret complex technical data.
• Problem Solving (5 – Experienced): Create practical solutions for business and customer value.
• Innovation (5 – Experienced): Apply technology strategy to develop differentiated solutions.
• DevOps, API Management, Cloud Computing, Software Design, Data Security, Resilience Planning, Ethical Responsibility, Information Security (4 – Effective): Lead technical execution and ensure compliance.
• Artificial Intelligence, Ai Agents, AutoAI (4 – Effective): Drive adoption of future-focused technologies.
• Adaptability, Learning to Learn (4 – Effective): Respond productively to change and foster learning.

Qualifications (Education & Experience):

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and delivering complex software solutions.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Hands-on experience with modern development, DevOps, and AI tools.

Who we are:

At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world’s lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn’t just what we do. It’s who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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Job: Engineering

Job Family: TECHNOLOGY

Organization: English Language Learning

Schedule: FULL_TIME

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Req ID: 23748