Pearson VUE

Senior Software Engineering Manager – AI

Pearson VUE

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: HobokenNew JerseyUnited States

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $215,000 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Lead, manage, and scale a distributed engineering team of 10–20 engineers, including senior engineers and team leads.
  • Build a strong leadership bench by mentoring tech leads and emerging managers.
  • Drive performance management, including goal setting, regular feedback, and career development plans.
  • Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, psychological safety, and continuous learning.
  • Manage hiring, onboarding, and team capacity planning to support business growth.
  • Ensure high levels of team engagement, retention, and productivity across geographies.
  • Own end-to-end delivery for the Insights & Recommendations domain across multiple Scrum teams.
  • Establish predictable execution rhythms, ensuring on-time, high-quality releases.
  • Partner with Product, Design, and Analytics to translate strategy into clear engineering roadmaps.
  • Identify risks early and proactively remove organizational, technical, or process bottlenecks.
  • Drive operational excellence, including metrics, KPIs, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Provide architectural oversight for data-driven applications, analytics pipelines, and web platforms.
  • Guide teams on best practices in SQL, data systems, ReactJS, and Java-based services.
  • Ensure scalable system design, performance optimization, and reliability.
  • Lead technical design reviews and promote sound engineering decisions across teams.
  • Champion Agile best practices across multiple teams (planning, backlog management, retrospectives).
  • Align engineering efforts with business outcomes and customer impact.
  • Collaborate with global stakeholders across time zones with strong communication discipline.
  • Drive transparency through clear reporting, stakeholder updates, and data-driven decision-making.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of engineering leadership experience, including managing teams of 10+ engineers.
  • 12+ years of overall experience in software engineering.
  • Proven experience scaling and leading distributed engineering teams across geographies.
  • Strong technical background in:
  • - SQL & data analytics systems
  • - ReactJS
  • - Java-based backend systems
  • Demonstrated success in delivering data-driven platforms or analytics products.
  • Strong experience with Agile/Scrum at scale (multiple teams).
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and organizational leadership skills.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Benefits
  • This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program
  • Information on benefits offered is here
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
SQLdata analytics systemsReactJSJava-based backend systemsAgileScrumperformance optimizationscalable system designdata-driven platformsanalytics products
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringperformance managementgoal settingfeedbackcareer developmentteam engagementcommunicationstakeholder managementorganizational leadership
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Engineering