Senior Software Engineering Manager – AI

Pearson VUE

Senior Engineering Manager leading a distributed engineering team at Pearson Learning Studio. Overseeing technical excellence and people leadership across multiple geographies.

Posted 4/12/2026full-timeHoboken • New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $200,000 - $215,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaReactSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

What you’ll need

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

Comp & perks

This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program
Information on benefits offered is here

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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