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Senior Development Manager, Software Engineering
Anthology IncSenior Development Manager overseeing software engineering teams for Blackboard's LMS product. Leading technical strategy, fostering quality culture, and ensuring delivery of high-quality software solutions.
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJavaScriptPythonReact
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead & Grow High-Performing Teams
- Manage, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers and QA professionals, including developing other leads and senior engineers
- Foster a culture of quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Support career growth through coaching, feedback, and development planning
- Define hiring strategy and build out team capacity to meet long-term organizational goals
- Drive Delivery & Technical Excellence
- Own delivery of high-quality, scalable, and reliable software features and enhancements across multiple teams or workstreams
- Contribute as a hands-on technical leader, providing deep guidance on design, code, and architecture when needed
- Ensure strong engineering fundamentals across design, development, and operations
- Champion Agile and test-driven development practices
- Establish and enforce engineering standards, best practices, and technical quality bars across the team
- Explore and advocate for the adoption of modern development tools, including AI-assisted technologies, to improve team productivity and software quality
- Partner Across the Organization
- Collaborate with Product Management, Design, and Operations to define and deliver roadmap priorities
- Identify risks, propose trade-offs, and help balance speed, scope, and quality
- Maintain transparent, proactive communication on progress, challenges, and outcomes
- Influence technical and product direction with senior stakeholders and leadership
- Shape the Future of Our Platform
- Drive architectural decisions and long-term technical strategy
- Advocate for modern engineering practices and tools
- Help evolve our platform to deliver a seamless, next-generation learning experience
- Lead technical evaluations and make build-vs-buy and major technology adoption decisions
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of software development experience
- 4+ years in a technical leadership or engineering management role, including managing senior engineers
- Deep hands-on expertise with multiple modern programming languages and frameworks (e.g., Java, JavaScript/React, Python)
- Demonstrated experience designing and delivering large-scale, distributed, or high-availability systems
- Strong working knowledge of system architecture, scalability, and performance optimization
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP) and modern CI/CD pipelines
- Proven experience leading Agile teams delivering complex software systems
- Track record of setting technical direction and driving engineering standards across teams
- Ability to guide teams through ambiguity in fast-paced, evolving environments
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts clearly
- Thorough understanding of software development life cycles
- Ability to manage conflicts and assist with finding resolutions
- Strong decision-making/problem-solving skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Purpose-driven work: Make a real impact on global education
- Leadership opportunity: Shape teams, technology, and product direction
- Innovative environment: Work on a modern, evolving platform
- Inclusive culture: Be part of a team that values diversity and belonging
- Growth-focused: Invest in your development as a leader and technologist
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Hard Skills & Tools
JavaJavaScriptReactPythoncloud platformsAWSAzureGCPCI/CDsystem architecture
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationproblem-solvingorganizational skillsteam playerinterpersonal skillsdecision-makingcollaborationcoaching
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science