Senior Engineering Manager

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We're modernizing how engineering works at The Princeton Review, and we need a Senior Engineering Manager to help lead that change from the inside. Our Director of Engineering currently has roughly 15 engineers reporting to him directly, too many for anyone to coach, develop, or unlock effectively.

We're looking for someone who has personally operated inside and helped build a modern engineering organization: real CI/CD, AI tools that make engineers faster without making them worse, engineers who own their work from conception through production support, tight collaboration with product, and ceremonies that actually drive continuous improvement rather than checking a box. You'll bring that operating model here, partner with the Director of Engineering and VP of Engineering to rebuild the org around it, and coach engineers to build those muscles themselves.

• This position reports to the VP Engineering.
• This position will initially manage up to 8 engineers with a mandate to help stand up the org's first layer of engineering management over the next two quarters.

• Technical Leadership
  • Contribute hands-on to code, architecture, and technical design while leading your team (target 40/60 IC/management split, adjusting as the team matures)
  • Help design and implement modern engineering practices: CI/CD, automated testing, code review, feature flagging, and static code analysis
  • Champion effective, responsible adoption of AI-assisted development. Tools that raise the ceiling on engineer output and code quality, not shortcuts that create new technical debt
• Team Development & Change Management
  • Build and develop a high-performing team through effective coaching, feedback, and career development, including engineers new to modern SDLC practices
  • Support the implementation of clear expectations, ceremonies, and standards. Bring engineers along with the "why," not top-down mandates
  • As part of a small engineering leadership team, foster a culture of psychological safety, collaboration, and continuous learning
  • Mentor engineers as they move from reactive, deadline-driven delivery to sustainable ownership of their systems end to end
• Delivery & Collaboration
  • Support your reports delivery from conception through production support while meeting quarterly deadlines
  • Build software that's scalable and maintainable by design, and delightful for the people using it
  • Partner with Product and Design to translate business goals into clear technical plans and ensure consistent execution
  • Communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences, ensuring alignment and managing dependencies
  • Drive measurable improvements in engineering KPIs

• You have 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with 3+ years of people management experience leading engineering teams
• You have led or been a driving force on a team operating with real CI/CD, automated testing, and short release cycles. You know what "great" looks like because you've built it, not just…