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Teaching Strategies is an innovative edtech organization focused on connecting teachers, children, and families. As front runners in the early childhood education market, we build dynamic, top-quality digital products that integrate all of the essential elements of a high-quality solution: curriculum, assessment, professional development, and family engagement. We are building a team of results-oriented individuals who will thrive in a collaborative, work-hard/play-hard culture. We pride ourselves on the impact we have on the early childhood field through supporting teachers who are doing the most important work there is, teaching children to become creative, confident thinkers.
Position Overview
Teaching Strategies is looking for a highly talented, innovative, and creative Software Engineering Manager to join our technology team. Our platform continues to evolve rapidly, and we are looking for a leader who can help teams move quickly, build high-quality software, adopt new technologies, and scale engineering delivery across a growing SaaS platform supporting millions of users globally.
The ideal candidate combines strong technical leadership with a highly collaborative, product-oriented mindset and thrives in iterative environments where speed, ownership, quality, and continuous improvement are critical. This is leadership role focused on delivering high quality products by accelerating engineering effectiveness through modern automation, AI-assisted development, and agentic workflows.
Specific Roles & Responsibilities:
- Lead and support engineering teams delivering scalable, high-quality SaaS products and platform services.
- Drive fast, iterative, and customer-focused delivery through close collaboration with Product Managers.
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, innovation, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Use AI-assisted development and agentic workflows to improve engineering velocity, product quality, operational efficiency, and team effectiveness.
- Participate in planning, architecture, technical design, and implementation of new software solutions and platform capabilities.
- Guide teams in building scalable, secure, and resilient systems that perform reliably under high traffic and operational load.
- Mentor and grow engineers while helping teams adapt quickly to evolving business and technical priorities.
- Collaborate with engineering leadership to improve development processes, delivery practices, and organizational effectiveness.
Qualifications:
- Strong technical background with the ability to guide architecture, implementation, and engineering execution decisions.
- Experience designing and building scalable systems that perform under load.
- Experience leading teams in Agile and iterative product development environments.
- Strong collaboration skills with Product Managers and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of AI-first and agentic development approaches to accelerate implementation, delivery, and operational workflows.
- Excellent communication, organizational leadership, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong sense of ownership, accountability, teamwork, and customer focus.
Why Teaching Strategies
At Teaching Strategies, our solutions and services are only as strong as the teams that create them. By bringing passion, dedication, and creativity to your job every day, there's no telling what you can do and where you can go! We provide a competitive compensation and benefits package, flexible work schedules, opportunities to engage with co-workers, access to career advancement and professional development opportunities, and the chance to make a difference in the communities we serve.
Let's open the door to your career at Teaching Strategies!
Some additional benefits & perks while working with Teaching Strategies
Teaching Strategies offers our employees a robust suite of benefits and other perks which include:
- Competitive compensation package
- Employee Equity Appreciation Program
- Health and wellness insurance benefits
- 401k with employer match
- Flexible work environment
- Unlimited paid time off (which includes paid holidays and Winter Break)
- Paid parental leave
- Tuition assistance, professional development, and opportunities for career growth
- Best in class technology equipment for every employee
- Penthouse suite in downtown DC seconds away from Washington Nationals Stadium and Audi Field
Teaching Strategies is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a workplace where everyone can thrive.
