Senior Engineering Manager

TPR Education, LLC

24d•$180,000 - $220,000

About The Position

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.

Requirements

8+ years of professional software engineering experience
3+ years of people management experience leading engineering teams
Led or been a driving force on a team operating with real CI/CD, automated testing, and short release cycles.
Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools as part of a disciplined engineering practice
A change agent with a track record of driving process improvements in CI/CD, testing, quality assurance, or other SDLC process toolchains
Balance strategic thinking with tactical execution. The ability to zoom out to see the org-level picture while diving into technical details when needed
Excel at developing others, including coaching experienced engineers helping them grow their technical and professional capabilities
Communicate with clarity and empathy, adapting your style to your audience and building trust across diverse stakeholders
Demonstrate sound judgment balancing tradeoffs between scope, quality, speed, and long-term technical health
Model collaborative, inclusive leadership that creates psychological safety and empowers team members to do their best work
Take ownership and accountability for both individual and team outcomes, addressing challenges proactively and with integrity
Operates and teaches a full-lifecycle model: engineers own design, build, test, deploy, and support for what they ship.
Drives organizational change through transparency and incremental wins rather than top-down mandates; brings people along rather than around them.
Uses AI tooling to raise engineering quality and velocity, with the judgment to know where it helps and where it introduces risk.
Builds the capabilities and skills of engineers by increasing their effectiveness in current roles and accelerating their potential for new ones; provides feedback and creates growth assignments.
Works cooperatively with Product, Design, and other engineering leaders, leveraging each other's skills and knowledge in pursuit of a shared roadmap.
Demonstrates depth of knowledge across multiple substantive areas of software systems, programming languages, and technical components.

Nice To Haves

C# .NET
React
Cloud native systems design
Modern CI/CD tool chains / Platform Engineering

Responsibilities

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
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
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