Senior Engineering Manager

Outschool • San Francisco, CA

5d • $225,000 - $280,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Join Outschool and help redefine the future of education by leading the engineering team focused on our core initiative. As Engineering Manager, you'll play a critical role in advancing Outschool Memberships and building innovative solutions that make alternative education (Alt-Ed) more accessible and engaging for families and learners everywhere.

This is a unique opportunity to bring both your technical depth and leadership acumen to a high-impact team shaping how families discover, consume, and stay engaged with learning on Outschool. You’ll work at the forefront of experimentation and iteration to build engaging experiences that turn students into lifelong learners.

Outschool saw exponential growth during the pandemic, scaling 15x to meet the needs of a global community of learners. We’re now in a pivotal chapter—investing in deeper, more seamless educational pathways to serve evolving family needs.

As the Engineering Manager your contributions will directly impact our mission to inspire kids to love learning by making high-quality, interest-based education more discoverable, consumable, and engaging.

You might be a great fit for this role if:
You have experience as an engineering manager in a fast-paced startup or growth-stage company, and enjoy supporting teams through change and scale
You bring strong technical judgment and a track record of leading engineering teams that ship impactful products quickly and iteratively
You’re passionate about education, access, and user experience, and motivated by a mission-driven environment
You demonstrate strong interest in hands-on experience with applying artificial intelligence for features like personalized learning experiences, smarter content discovery and educational recommendations
You enjoy balancing technical decision-making with coaching, and you’re committed to building inclusive, high-performing teams
You excel at owning and driving engineering roadmaps; collaborating with cross-functional partners to prioritize initiatives, align with business objectives, and ensure timely, high-quality execution

This role is the equivalent to a senior engineering manager position. At Outschool we have decided to take an unconventional approach to titling that aligns with our values and is focused on impact above status.

Requirements

• 7-10+ years of software engineering experience
• 5+ years of engineering management experience leading teams of 5-10 software engineers
• Experience managing and growing senior or staff ICs and leads
• Experience in performance management, including conducting reviews and providing feedback
• Demonstrated ability to oversee multiple parallel projects from planning to execution and on time delivery
• Data-driven mindset: experimentation, A/B testing, analytics, and metrics-informed decisions
• Ability to align team goals with business objectives and contribute to strategic planning
• Experience in recruiting, hiring, and onboarding software engineers
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, both written and verbal

Nice To Haves

• Practical experience applying AI to improve learning experiences, content discovery, or personalization

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and grow a team of engineers responsible for building and innovating on Outschool's classroom and learning environment
• Oversee the design, development, and evolution of discovery, personalization, and classroom features, ensuring they are performant, user-centric, and aligned with our mission
• Collaborate closely with product, design, marketing, and data analytics to drive forward core initiatives that lower barriers to learning and encourage continuous educational engagement
• Partner with senior leadership to align on strategy, metrics and priorities
• Champion technical excellence and a culture of high ownership, providing mentorship, feedback, and support for the professional growth of engineers on your team

Benefits

• Shared Financial Success: Competitive salaries, stock options, retirement plans.
• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance — plus fertility/family planning coverage and access to ModernHealth coaching & therapy.
• PTO & Family Benefits: Generous PTO and family leave policies.
• Hybrid & Remote-Friendly: Outschool has a distributed team across the U.S. and Canada and a new office in San Francisco. Bay Area–based employees work in the office part of the week and receive commute-related benefits. Team members outside the Bay Area remain fully remote, with support for expensable home office setup, internet, and weekly meals to stay connected no matter where you are.
• Lifelong Learners: Annual budgets for professional development and DEI learning; budgets for children to take Outschool classes.
• Community Impact: Outschool matches employee donations to eligible charities and supports Outschool.org’s nonprofit programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees