Engineering Manager

At EdSights, we're building the technology for higher education to understand what students are actually thinking and feeling, so they can act before small struggles become big problems. We call it Student Voice Intelligence: engaging students in real-time, AI-powered conversations, uncovering the real drivers of attrition, and delivering those insights to power student success and enrollment workflows.

Today, we partner with 280+ colleges and universities across the country. We're backed by an $80M investment from JMI Equity and are in a phase of rapid execution and expansion. This is an opportunity to do meaningful, hands-on work at a high-growth startup tackling one of higher education's most urgent challenges: helping more students persist from enrollment through graduation.

You’ll join a driven, thoughtful team that values ownership, moves quickly, and cares deeply about building products that make a measurable difference for students.

“EdSights has perhaps the world’s most valuable data set on what college students need to navigate their academic lives.”

- The Washington Post

The Opportunity
We’re hiring an Engineering Manager to lead a newly formed, product-focused teams as we continue to scale our SaaS platform. This is a true player-coach role: you’ll contribute hands-on to meaningful technical work while mentoring, supporting, and leading a small team of engineers.

You’ll be responsible for building a high-trust, high-output team in a fully remote environment, and you’ll play a key role in improving how we build, ship, and scale our product—ultimately helping institutions better support student success.
What You’ll Do

• Build, lead, and develop a remote engineering team of ~5 engineers.

• Act as a hands-on technical leader—participating in code reviews, architecture decisions, and occasional implementation work.

• Drive clarity, accountability, and execution across your team.

• Foster a high-trust, ownership-driven culture with strong collaboration and effective async communication.

• Partner closely with product to plan, prioritize, and deliver meaningful outcomes.

• Improve engineering processes, quality, and productivity as the company scales.

• Hire top engineering talent both in and out of the US.

• Identify and solve problems proactively, bringing solutions—not only issues—to the table.

What We’re Looking For

• Recent experience as an Engineering Manager, preferably in a startup environment.

• Hands-on technical skills with the ability to "walk the walk" as a player–coach.

• Proven success contributing to or leading teams in a fast-scaling SaaS environment.

• Strong communication skills with experience leading remote teams across time zones.

• Results-driven mindset with a focus on impact, velocity, and quality.

• Demonstrated ability to mentor and grow engineers.

• Experience with GoLang, Python, or Node.js.

• Experience leveraging AI tooling, and familiarity with building or integrating AI-driven agents, workflows, or automation into products or engineering processes.

• Bias toward action and comfort making decisions in a dynamic environment.

• Experience hiring and managing globally distributed teams.

• Direct experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

The Process

1. Recruiter Screen/Intro - You’ll chat with Mary, our Head of Talent, to discuss the role, your background, and logistics.

2. Hiring Manager Interview - You’ll meet with John, VP of Engineering, to dive deeper into role-specific experience and expectations.

3. Technical Interview - You'll meet with members of the engineering team to dig into your technical skills. This will include live/pair coding.

4. Engineering Manager Call - You'll meet with another engineering manager on the team.

5. Product Call - You'll meet with your VP of Product.

6. Leadership Call - You’ll meet with the co-founders, Claudia and Carolina for a final chat!

7. References - We’ll ask for 3 references. Ideally, 1 to 2 will be previous managers.

8. Offer!

Why join EdSights?

• Make a real impact in higher education — Be part of a mission you can be proud of to help colleges and universities better support students through AI-driven insights, real-time engagement, and student-centered technology.

• Join a values-driven, collaborative culture — Be part of a kind, inclusive, “no-ego” team that prioritizes trust, transparency, and respect.

• Grow with a fast-scaling EdTech company — EdSights is ranked on Inc. 5000 for rapid growth and innovation.

• Enjoy flexibility and competitive benefits — Remote-friendly work, unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, competitive compensation, new Apple hardware, 401k matching, and strong health and wellness benefits.

EdSights provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.