Senior Engineering Manager, Partner & Connector Ecosystems

Quizlet • Full-time • Hybrid in San Francisco, California, United States • $235,781 - $311,070 / year • 1w ago

Fast Facts

Join Quizlet as a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Partner and Connector Ecosystems, focusing on building secure and scalable platforms for learning integrations with third-party products.

Responsibilities: Lead and grow engineering teams for APIs, SDKs, and connector services while designing secure and scalable integration ecosystems and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enable successful partner integrations.

Skills: Proven leadership in software engineering, experience with platform and API development, strong understanding of data governance, and empathy for developers and partners.

Qualifications: 12+ years in software engineering with 3+ years managing teams, experience with ML platforms, and familiarity with AI interoperability and event-driven architectures preferred.

Location: This position is located in San Francisco, CA, with a requirement to work onsite a minimum of three days a week.

Compensation: $235781 - $311070 / Annually

About Quizlet:

At Quizlet, our mission is to help every learner achieve their outcomes in the most effective and delightful way. Our $1B+ learning platform serves tens of millions of students every month, including two-thirds of U.S. high schoolers and half of U.S. college students, powering over 2 billion learning interactions monthly.

We blend cognitive science with machine learning to personalize and enhance the learning experience for students, professionals, and lifelong learners alike. We’re energized by the potential to power more learners through multiple approaches and various tools.

Let’s Build the Future of Learning

Join us to design and deliver AI-powered learning tools that scale across the world and unlock human potential.

About Engineering:

Quizlet's Product Engineering organization builds the core experiences that help millions of students and teachers achieve their learning goals. We collaborate across teams to achieve user-centric outcomes, focusing on developing intuitive interfaces, engaging learning tools, and robust, scalable systems.

You’ll be joining a passionate group of engineers, designers, product managers, and data scientists dedicated to solving real-world educational challenges. Our teams operate with autonomy, embrace experimentation, and are deeply committed to user-centric design. We value transparency, inclusivity, and collaboration at all levels.

About the Role:

We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead Quizlet’s Partner and Connector Ecosystems, building the platform foundations that allow Quizlet’s learning experiences to safely extend into third-party products, platforms, and AI environments.

In this role, you will own the engineering strategy and execution for APIs, SDKs, connectors, and orchestration services that power embedded learning experiences, agentic workflows, and real-time data exchange. You will work at the intersection of platform engineering, AI interoperability, partner enablement, and privacy-first system design, collaborating closely with Product, Partner BD, Legal, Security, and Trust & Safety teams.

We’re happy to share that this is an onsite position in our San Francisco office. To help foster team collaboration, we require that employees be in the office a minimum of three days per week: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday and as needed by your manager or the company. We believe that this working environment facilitates increased work efficiency, team partnership, and supports growth as an employee and organization.

In this role, you will:

Lead and grow engineering teams responsible for partner APIs, SDKs, plugin frameworks, and connector services
Design and operate Quizlet’s Ecosystem API Gateway and Connector Runtime, ensuring integrations are secure, scalable, discoverable, and sandboxed
Establish platform standards for authentication, authorization, rate limiting, consent, and data access across all partner integrations
Build tooling and infrastructure that enable partners to integrate quickly while maintaining Quizlet’s high bar for reliability and safety
Enable real-time, event-driven, and agentic workflows across internal systems, partners, and AI agents
Power Model Context Protocol (MCP)–ready interoperability, connecting Quizlet with multi-agent systems, AI assistants, and partner platforms
Support intelligent coordination between learning content, user context, and external tools
Drive platform capabilities that unlock key partner scenarios, including agentic flows, embedded experiences, and data exchange
Partner with Product and Partner BD to translate ecosystem strategy into scalable technical solutions
Collaborate closely with Partner BD, Legal, Security, Privacy, and Trust & Safety to ensure all integrations meet compliance, security, and user-protection requirements
Influence roadmap priorities by balancing partner needs, platform health, and long-term scalability
Establish metrics for platform adoption, reliability, partner success, and ecosystem health

What you bring to the table:

12+ years of software engineering experience with 3+ years managing engineering teams
Proven experience leading platform, API, or ecosystem teams at scale
Experience collaborating with Business Development and external stakeholders
Deep experience with ML platform, API design, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures
Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, consent, and data governance
Experience building SDKs, plugin frameworks, or integration platforms
Familiarity with AI interoperability, agentic systems, or workflow orchestration is a strong plus
Experience with multi-tenant, high-availability platforms preferred
Platform-first mindset with empathy for developers and partners
Strong systems thinking and ability to design for long-term extensibility
Excellent communication skills and ability to align technical and business stakeholders
Bias toward building safe, privacy-preserving, and scalable systems

Compensation, Benefits & Perks:

Quizlet is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Salary transparency helps to mitigate unfair hiring practices when it comes to discrimination and pay gaps. Total compensation for this role is market competitive, including a starting base salary of $235,781 - $311,070. The total compensation is dependent on location and experience, as well as company stock options
Collaborate with your manager and team to create a healthy work-life balance
20 vacation days that we expect you to take!
Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance (100% employee and 75% dependent PPO, Dental, VSP Choice)
Employer-sponsored 401k plan with company match
Access to LinkedIn Learning and other resources to support professional growth
Paid Family Leave, FSA, HSA, Commuter benefits, and Wellness benefits
40 hours of annual paid time off to participate in volunteer programs of choice

Why Join Quizlet?

🌎 Massive reach: 60M+ users, 1B+ interactions per week

🧠 Cutting-edge tech: Generative AI, adaptive learning, cognitive science

📈 Strong momentum: Top-tier investors, sustainable business, real traction

🎯 Mission-first: Work that makes a difference in people’s lives

🤝 Inclusive culture: Committed to equity, diversity, and belonging

We strive to make everyone feel comfortable and welcome!

We work to create a holistic interview process, where both Quizlet and candidates have an opportunity to view what it would be like to work together, in exploring a mutually beneficial partnership.

We provide a transparent setting that gives a comprehensive view of who we are!

In Closing:

At Quizlet, we’re excited about passionate people joining our team—even if you don’t check every box on the requirements list. We value unique perspectives and believe everyone has something meaningful to contribute. Our culture is all about taking initiative, learning through challenges, and striving for high-quality work while staying curious and open to new ideas. We believe in honest, respectful communication, thoughtful collaboration, and creating a supportive space where everyone can grow and succeed together.”

Quizlet’s success as an online learning community depends on a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

As an equal opportunity employer and a tech company committed to societal change, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Come join us!

To All Recruiters and Placement Agencies:

At this time, Quizlet does not accept unsolicited agency resumes and/or profiles.

Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our website or to any Quizlet employee. Quizlet will not pay fees to any third-party agency or firm nor will it be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. All unsolicited resumes received will be considered the property of Quizlet.

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