IXL Learning
Software Engineering Manager, DevOps
IXL Learning, San Mateo, California, United States, 94409
IXL Learning, a leading edtech company with products used by 15 million students worldwide, is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to manage a team of talented DevOps engineers and provide hands-on technical and project leadership.
This is a full-time position with a hybrid schedule in our San Mateo, CA office.
What You'll Be Doing
Manage a high-performing team of DevOps engineers and help with recruitment for the team.Work with your team to master a variety of production technology stacks, ensuring appropriate knowledge coverageTake responsibility for site performance, uptime and scalabilityDevelop and maintain accurate monitoring dashboards, alerting and runbook documentationManage on-call rotationsPartner with application engineering teams to understand product needs, support test environments, and manage CI/CD pipelinesPropose architecture changes that will allow us to consolidate, simplify, and streamline our technology, company-wideGuide and mentor engineers to ensure a high level of work satisfaction, technical advancement, and progress towards individual career goalsMake company initiatives, mission, goals, and values clear to each team member
What We're Looking For
Bachelor's or advanced degree in computer science or a related discipline7+ years of professional hands-on software engineering or DevOps experience2+ years of experience leading a software engineering or DevOps team2+ years of experience managing and troubleshooting online multi-user SaaS systemsFluency in DevOps concerns such as source control, builds, deployments, networking, scaling, and monitoringFlexibility to work with a variety of technologies and legacy systems, balanced against a passion to streamline and modernizeSkill at troubleshooting problems across the stack, providing both immediate fixes as well as long term solutionsExperience running services in cloud platforms such as AWS or GCPExperience with common service technologies like web servers, message queues, load balancers, and databasesExperience with Docker and Kubernetes is a plusFlexibility about work hours and being on callStrong communication, leadership, and time management skills
Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The base salary range for this full-time position is $170,000 to $220,000 + equity + benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position. Individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
About IXL Learning
IXL Learning is the country's largest edtech company. We reach millions of learners through our diverse range of products. For example:
1 in 4 students in the United States uses IXL.comRosetta Stone provides an immersive learning experience for 25 languagesWyzant is the nation's largest community of tutors, covering 300+ subjectsTeachers Pay Teachers (TPT) is a comprehensive marketplace for millions of educator-created resources
Our mission is to create innovative products that will make a real, positive difference for learners and educators and we're looking for passionate, mission-minded people to join us in achieving this goal. We have a unique culture at IXL that fosters collaboration and the open exchange of ideas. We value our team and treat one another with kindness and respect. We approach our work with passion, tenacity, and authenticity. We find it immensely satisfying to develop products that impact the lives of millions and we are eager to have you join our team.
At IXL, we value diversity in age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, political and religious beliefs, and life experience, and we are proud to promote a work environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work. IXL Learning is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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This is a full-time position with a hybrid schedule in our San Mateo, CA office.
What You'll Be Doing
Manage a high-performing team of DevOps engineers and help with recruitment for the team.Work with your team to master a variety of production technology stacks, ensuring appropriate knowledge coverageTake responsibility for site performance, uptime and scalabilityDevelop and maintain accurate monitoring dashboards, alerting and runbook documentationManage on-call rotationsPartner with application engineering teams to understand product needs, support test environments, and manage CI/CD pipelinesPropose architecture changes that will allow us to consolidate, simplify, and streamline our technology, company-wideGuide and mentor engineers to ensure a high level of work satisfaction, technical advancement, and progress towards individual career goalsMake company initiatives, mission, goals, and values clear to each team member
What We're Looking For
Bachelor's or advanced degree in computer science or a related discipline7+ years of professional hands-on software engineering or DevOps experience2+ years of experience leading a software engineering or DevOps team2+ years of experience managing and troubleshooting online multi-user SaaS systemsFluency in DevOps concerns such as source control, builds, deployments, networking, scaling, and monitoringFlexibility to work with a variety of technologies and legacy systems, balanced against a passion to streamline and modernizeSkill at troubleshooting problems across the stack, providing both immediate fixes as well as long term solutionsExperience running services in cloud platforms such as AWS or GCPExperience with common service technologies like web servers, message queues, load balancers, and databasesExperience with Docker and Kubernetes is a plusFlexibility about work hours and being on callStrong communication, leadership, and time management skills
Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The base salary range for this full-time position is $170,000 to $220,000 + equity + benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position. Individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
About IXL Learning
IXL Learning is the country's largest edtech company. We reach millions of learners through our diverse range of products. For example:
1 in 4 students in the United States uses IXL.comRosetta Stone provides an immersive learning experience for 25 languagesWyzant is the nation's largest community of tutors, covering 300+ subjectsTeachers Pay Teachers (TPT) is a comprehensive marketplace for millions of educator-created resources
Our mission is to create innovative products that will make a real, positive difference for learners and educators and we're looking for passionate, mission-minded people to join us in achieving this goal. We have a unique culture at IXL that fosters collaboration and the open exchange of ideas. We value our team and treat one another with kindness and respect. We approach our work with passion, tenacity, and authenticity. We find it immensely satisfying to develop products that impact the lives of millions and we are eager to have you join our team.
At IXL, we value diversity in age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, political and religious beliefs, and life experience, and we are proud to promote a work environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work. IXL Learning is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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