Fast Facts

Ascend Learning is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead a DevOps-driven culture, ensuring efficient team communication and software development processes.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include facilitating communication within the development team, mentoring members, managing the software development lifecycle, and overseeing project delivery.

Skills: Candidates should possess strong leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills, along with technical knowledge in multiple programming languages and methodologies.

Qualifications: A Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, 8 years of technical experience, 3 years in people management, and knowledge of software development processes are required.

Location: This position can be done from Leawood, KS, Minneapolis, MN, or Burlington, MA.

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $120,000 - $160,000.

We Impact Lives Through Purpose-Driven Work in A People First Culture

Ascend Learning is the connection between a powerful portfolio of brands serving students, educators, and employers with outcomes-based, data driven solutions across the lifecycle of learning.

Our values-driven culture unifies our teams and inspires a mindset of action, innovation, and collaboration, with a relentless focus on customers.

We're always looking for talented, passionate professionals to join us in our mission to help change lives. If this sounds like an environment where you'd thrive, read on to learn more.

Ascend Learning leads the way in innovation and solution creation to improve outcomes and deliver results for students, educators, and healthcare workers in the ever-changing field of healthcare. We offer advanced resources that drive nursing success, empower front-line certified allied health workers, help physicians pass boards and stay current, and provide education management tools for medical education programs.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

The Software Engineering Manager at Ascend Learning will lead the charge in embracing and guiding a DevOps-driven culture. This role is responsible for facilitating seamless communication within the development team and with senior management, as well as proactively removing any obstacles to the team's efficiency. The manager will also focus on providing leadership, mentorship, and promoting the professional advancement of their team members. Working alongside other organizational leaders, the manager will play a crucial role in organizing and determining the priorities for the product backlog. They will manage the software development lifecycle, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives, in collaboration with Technical Product Managers/Owners. The manager will also directly supervise a cadre of software engineers, including those working remotely from offshore locations, ensuring that their efforts are synchronized with the company's strategic objectives.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

This position will work a hybrid schedule from our Leawood, KS, Minneapolis, MN, or Burlington, MA office locations.

HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME

• Help to meet business needs outside of agile sprints or assign them to capable resources on your team
• Model the culture we want to have: a DevOps mindset, caring interactions, and accountability
• Ensure employees are operating as efficiently and effectively as possible with their teams
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to define project requirements and scope.
• Work with the development teams to ensure they are able to deliver committed work items
• Ensure their team maintains the technical quality and architectural integrity of the software products
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and meet customer expectations
• Manage risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule, and quality
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and drive the implementation of solutions
• Handle day-to-day management responsibilities for direct reports
• Assist/lead teams’ program increment and iteration planning, retrospectives, and demos
• Work with Release Train Engineers and Technical Product Owners to lead release deployments across cross functional teams
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with business and technical staff in on-site and virtual environments

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience required
• Certified Scrum Master / Iteration Lead or equivalent work experience
• 8 years of software development or technical experience
• 3 years of people management experience
• Experience with process management and process change implementation
• Solid knowledge of multiple languages and development methodologies, including c#, Angular or AngularJS, .NET Core, JQuery, MVC, WCF, SQL, HTML5, and CSS 3.0
• Solid grasp of infrastructural and operational principles
• Strong team player
• Good problem-solving skills
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts
• Able to communicate technical information to non-technical users
• Must be able to facilitate discussion and facilitate alternatives or different approaches
• Must be able to lead a team to self-organization
• Able to lead across and up as well as down the formal organization

BENEFITS

• Flexible and generous paid time off
• Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• 401(k) employer matching program
• Parental leave
• Wellness resources
• Charitable matching program
• Hybrid work
• On-site workout facilities (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington)
• Community outreach groups
• Tuition reimbursement

Fostering A Sense of Belonging

We seek out and celebrate all people and perspectives and cultivate an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued and be their authentic selves. Our culture is firmly rooted in the belief that by embracing our differences and drawing on diverse perspectives, we are a stronger, more innovative, and more successful organization where employees experience a sense of belonging.

About Ascend Learning

As a tech-enabled services company, Ascend Learning is a national leader in developing and delivering data-driven online educational content, software, assessments, analytics, and simulations serving institutions, students and employers across healthcare, fitness and wellness, public and workplace safety, skilled trades, insurance, financial services, cybersecurity, and higher education. We're committed to accelerating the learning pathways that can move people into careers where they have the knowledge and skills to have an impact and help change lives in the communities they serve. Headquartered in Burlington, MA with additional office locations and hybrid and remote workers in cities across the U.S., Ascend Learning was recognized by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group as one of America's 2023 Greatest Workplaces for Diversity.

Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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