Curriculum Associates - Software Engineering Manager - Full Stack Development

Description :

We are looking for a full-stack engineering leader with deep frontend architecture expertise, strong backend foundations, and an AI-first mindset someone who can drive AI adoption across both product innovation and engineering productivity.

This role combines people leadership, technical strategy, and hands-on architectural guidance to deliver impactful, reliable, and accessible education technology.

What Youll Do :

Lead & Grow :

- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of strong software engineers.

- Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing engineering culture.

- Align team goals with organizational and product priorities.

Technical Leadership :

- Define and drive architecture for modern React-based applications at scale.

- Ensure high standards of operational excellence across performance, scalability, accessibility, and reliability.

- Promote best practices in code quality, testing, CI/CD, and observability.

- Leverage business reports and operational metrics to drive engineering excellence and business impact.

AI & Innovation Agent of AI :

- Champion AI adoption across product experiences and engineering workflows.

- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify opportunities to embed AI into user journeys, personalization, and intelligent insights.

- Lead the team in leveraging AI tools to improve developer productivity (automation, testing, documentation, coding assistants).

- Evaluate emerging AI technologies and guide responsible, value-driven implementation.

- Implement best practices around AI performance, governance, and reliability.

Delivery & Execution :

- Partner closely with Product and UI/UX to define roadmaps and deliver impactful features.

- Balance feature development, technical debt, and operational excellence.

- Proactively identify risks, remove blockers, and ensure predictable delivery.

- Support production reliability and continuous improvement initiatives.

What Were Looking For :

- 10+ years of software engineering experience.

- 4+ years leading engineering teams.

- Strong expertise in React, TypeScript, and scalable modern frontend architecture.

- Solid backend experience (Java/Spring Boot or similar).

- Experience building scalable SaaS or distributed systems.

- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS preferred).

- Experience integrating AI-powered capabilities into applications and SDLC.

- Strong communication and stakeholder alignment skills.

- Passion for building technology that improves education outcomes.

Preferred :

- Experience in EdTech or mission-driven organizations.

- Accessibility (WCAG) experience.

- Experience leading AI-enabled product initiatives.