Senior Manager of Engineering, Pluralsight
Skills Platform
$142.2-175.6k
Technology workforce development company
Open for applications
Technology workforce development company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$142.2-175.6k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To inspire and empower the tech workforce to achieve their goals.
Role
Who you are
- We are seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager with a strong background in backend development using Node.js (including modern frameworks like Nest.js, Express.js, and TypeScript) and React for front end interfaces (a plus)
- Additionally, the ideal candidate will have expertise in Postgres, AWS cloud services, containerization, API-first architecture, and event-driven systems (e.g., Kafka, SQS, SNS)
- You enjoy learning and are open to new ways of doing things
- You are not afraid to be yourself, experiment, make mistakes and learn from them, ask questions, or voice your concerns
- When communicating you are self-aware, insightful, and proactive
- You believe in continuous improvement and request frequent feedback from others
- Experience leading technical team that support and partner with international technology and product peers
- Hands-on experience with AWS Cloud – EC2, S3 Buckets, RDS
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as a Code (Terraform) and Version control tools
- Proven ability to focus engineering work on the top corporate objectives and priorities, and accountability for keeping strategic work on track
- Experience with API management, product instrumentation, analytics, continuous development and integration, and security and audit concerns
- Requires a minimum of 8 years of related or equivalent experience; or 6+ years with an advanced degree
- Experience as a software engineer and technical leader with large-scale projects delivered have prepared you for this role
- Experience partnering with product management teams with an ability to break down stories to help drive sprint planning
What the job involves
- In this role, you will lead a team of full-stack engineers, guiding them to build scalable, reliable, and maintainable solutions
- As a hands-on leader, you will influence technical strategy, mentor engineers, and collaborate closely with product and operations teams to deliver best-in-class services
- Coach and mentor full-stack engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth
- Set clear performance goals and support career development plans
- Define and evolve technical strategy for Skills Platform ensuring alignment with product objectives
- Champion API-first principles and scalable architectures
- Manage the entire software development lifecycle from requirements to maintenance
- Implement coding standards and best practices to maintain high code quality
- Drive continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to enhance productivity
- Embed security best practices into the development process
- Implement monitoring solutions to diagnose issues and optimize performance
- Enforce Quality Standards throughout the development cycle by integrating unit testing with tools like Jest for automated test execution, ensuring code reliability and early detection of issues.
- Partner with product management and stakeholders on feature requirements and delivery timelines
- Communicate technical decisions and roadmap updates across the organization
Our take
Pluralsight is dedicated to closing the global tech skills gap, a mission that has become increasingly urgent as industries worldwide face a growing shortage of IT talent. This high demand for upskilling makes Pluralsight's online training services more relevant than ever.
Founded in 2004, Pluralsight has matured into a prominent player in the online upskilling industry. The company has been significant growth in recent years, capitalizing on the surge in demandf fbefore many competiting startupos emerged. Depsite facing competition from major players like Grow with Google and UDemny, Pluralsight has maintained its strong position.
Though Vista Equity Partners' 2021 acquisition has brought some challenges, Pluralsight, once a unicorn startup now a public company, continues to thrive. With numerous partnerships with NGOs, educational institutions, and corporations, Pluralsight remains a key player in tackling the tech skills shortage.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Dec 2016
$30m
SERIES C
Aug 2014
$135m
SERIES B
Total funding: $195m
Company benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Summer Fridays
- Holidays
- Parental Leave
- Medical, Dental and Vision
Company HQ
Draper, UT
Leadership
Aaron Skonnard
(Co-Founder & CEO)Worked as a DevelopMentor Author, and was President of Skonnard Consulting. In 2004, left a Neumont University Associate Professorship to co-found Pluralsight.
Fritz Onion
(Co-Founder)Started as an Oracle Software Engineer after a degree at Harvard, and then spent 10 years as a DevelopMentor Instructor. Subsequently co-founded Pluralsight in April 2004, serving as Content Advisor.
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