Engineering Manager

ABOUT EDUPHORIA! 

We're a Texas-based company that loves making powerful and intuitive web-based software for K-12 educators so they can focus on spending more time with their students. Our software helps school districts analyze students' progress, plan lessons, and manage their day-to-day activities. We believe educators are heroes. Our purpose is to provide educators what they need to become superheroes. By bringing together assessment, curriculum, and professional growth for those closest to the student, educators can gain awareness, make thoughtful changes, and help students and educators thrive. 

Our supportive, family-like environment extends to the educators we work with, allowing us to collaborate effectively. We believe in creating a culture where everyone is learning, teaching, and growing.

OUR TEAM

Over the past few years, the Product & Engineering organizations have grown steadily in headcount, and as the department continues to grow and evolve, we are committed to continually providing high quality software that helps educators address their most demanding challenges. 

Based on this growth, we are hiring immediately for an Engineering Manager to join our team. This person will play a strategically pivotal role in the ongoing evolution of Eduphoria’s Engineering organization, as well as for the company as a whole. An Engineering Manager at Eduphoria thrives in two distinct but related roles: as “team coach / delivery manager” and as “people manager”, helping Engineering team members grow in their career. This Engineering Manager will enable our teams to build upon the foundation we’ve built, while also helping to guide the future growth of our offerings & teams. The position reports to the Director of Engineering. 

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

• Coaches multiple project “Build Teams” in developing & delivering new features & product improvements during 6-week build cycles. Manage the delivery of the product to include coaching, resolving escalations, technical guidance and fostering decision making.
• Helps Engineering Team Members identify, diagnose, and resolve day-to-day challenges. Address interpersonal or technical conflicts within the team quickly and constructively, maintaining a positive work atmosphere. 
• Coaches direct reports in identifying, committing to, and achieving individual goals that grow their career as well as benefit the team, department, and/or company
• Gathers & provides consistent feedback & guidance to Engineering Team Members on behavior & performance. This includes goal setting, performance management, career development and mentoring.
• Helps Team Members develop & strengthen key skills in the areas of decision-making, leadership, effective communication, emotional intelligence and personal growth goals.
• Forecast your team growth by assessing gaps and growth areas across the teams. Onboard New Hires onboarded and to the point where they are delivering value on a team.
• Helps teams ensure that risks associated with development activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled.
• Work closely with product managers, designers, and other departments to align engineering work with overall business objectives and customer needs.

Requested Skills/Experience:

• Deep understanding of Agile Software Engineering principles & practices
• Strong coaching & leadership abilities
• Able to quickly build rapport & trust among all team members
• Able to quickly establish an understanding of existing team relationships & dynamics
• Demonstrates a history of growing others 
• Able to collaborate with direct reports to set creative, observable, and measurable individual goals
• Can coach individuals and teams towards making difficult decisions
• Can adapt easily to existing team operational style and processes already in place
• Adept at managing time & attention across multiple teams & priorities
• Great at soliciting and delivering candid & honest feedback
• Lead and motivate engineering teams during production outages
• Able to build strong, healthy relationships cross-functionally with team members & stakeholders

Eduphoria! Offers You: 

• Competitive salary with bonus opportunity
• Medical & Dental Insurance: The company covers 100% of premiums for employee and their dependents 
• HSA - Employer contributes monthly to cover employee's individual deductible
• Unlimited flexible PTO
• 11 Holidays, as well as 2 weeks at the end of the year to rest and recharge
• 401k with employer match, pre-tax / Roth options
• Work Remotely with no pressure – (preference given to those who live in states that we currently operate in - AZ, CO, FL, GA, MA, MD, NC, OH, TN, TX, VA, WA)
• Long-Term Disability
• $50,000 Life Insurance Policy for the employee
• Cell Phone/Internet Stipend 
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Assortment of voluntary policies (Vision, MASA, Critical Illness, Accident, Supplemental Life Insurance, Pet insurance, and more)
• Reimbursement for business-related expenses
• Professional Development Opportunities with leadership support 
• Friendly, collaborative, small company environment with a technically progressive culture/focus

We Believe:

• We believe in creating an environment where everyone can learn, teach, and thrive. We want everyone on the team to continually improve themselves and also help others to improve.
• We think developers should have all the hardware and tools they need to do their best work. We believe technology can be used to improve students' and teachers' lives.
• We want developers who are self-motivated, take pride in crafting their code, and love collaborating with other developers.

Why work at Eduphoria? Our Employees say…

“It really is like a family here. You can talk to everybody at all levels, and they are open and very caring. Everybody is willing to share and contribute, and if any of us go through personal issues, everybody has been supportive. Work/Life balance here is second to none. We also listen to what our customer needs are and do our best to make it happen.” -- John, Sr Engineer

“[It’s an] exciting opportunity to make a difference in an unconventional tech space. In the front-end, we are using cutting-edge tools and process to deliver a great user and developer experience.”  -- Victor, Staff Engineer

“If you're willing to learn, everyone is always openly willing to give you access to knowledge. Whether it be resources, something that they have learned from their experiences in various companies/positions, or assisting you in finding the information that you seek. This allows me to grow my skill set to not only better serve myself professionally, but to better serve my teammates that require something from ME to do their job. I love that all it takes is asking a question, and you can learn so much here. ” — Ismael, QA Engineer

“Two things I love about working at Eduphoria:
Our mission - We've always cared most about empowering teachers and affecting students' success.
Our culture - I consider the people I work with my friends, not just coworkers. People come on board and stay. We find a balance between flexibility and getting stuff done.” — Jeremy, Sr Engineer
 

Eduphoria! is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex or gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Please note, we can hire those who are eligible to work in the United States, but we are not able to sponsor visas.