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AI Engineering Manager – Pearson Learning Studio
Pearson Learning Studio (PLS)
We are seeking an AI Engineering Manager to lead and scale our Agentic Workflow engineering organization within the Pearson Learning Studio (PLS) product. This leader will oversee a team of 5+ engineers, driving both technical excellence and strong people leadership in a globally distributed environment (India and Sri Lanka).
This role is ideal for a leader who thrives at the intersection of people development, execution at scale, and data-driven product engineering. You will be responsible not just for delivery, but for building a high-performing, engaged engineering organization.
Key Responsibilities
Organizational & People Leadership (Primary Focus)
- Lead, manage, and scale a distributed engineering team of 5+ engineers, including senior engineers and team leads.
- Build a strong leadership bench by mentoring tech leads and emerging managers.
- Drive performance management, including goal setting, regular feedback, and career development plans.
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, psychological safety, and continuous learning.
- Manage hiring, onboarding, and team capacity planning to support business growth.
- Ensure high levels of team engagement, retention, and productivity across geographies.
Execution & Delivery Excellence
- Own end-to-end delivery for the Insights & Recommendations domain.
- Establish predictable execution rhythms, ensuring on-time, high-quality releases.
- Partner with Product, Design, and Analytics to translate strategy into clear engineering roadmaps.
- Identify risks early and proactively remove organizational, technical, or process bottlenecks.
- Drive operational excellence, including metrics, KPIs, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Technical Leadership & Strategy
- Provide architectural oversight for data-driven applications, analytics pipelines, and web platforms.
- Guide teams on best practices in SQL, data systems, ReactJS, and Java-based services.
- Ensure scalable system design, performance optimization, and reliability.
- Lead technical design reviews and promote sound engineering decisions across teams.
- Balance hands-on involvement (as needed) with effective delegation to senior engineers and tech leads.
Agile & Cross-Functional Leadership
- Champion Agile best practices across multiple teams (planning, backlog management, retrospectives).
- Align engineering efforts with business outcomes and customer impact.
- Collaborate with global stakeholders across time zones with strong communication discipline.
- Drive transparency through clear reporting, stakeholder updates, and data-driven decision-making.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of engineering leadership experience, including managing teams up to 5 engineers.
- 8+ years of overall experience in software engineering.
- Proven experience scaling and leading distributed engineering teams across geographies.
- Strong technical background in:
- SQL & data analytics systems
- ReactJS
- Java-based backend systems
- Demonstrated success in delivering data-driven platforms or analytics products.
- Strong experience with Agile/Scrum at scale.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and organizational leadership skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building or leading high-performing engineering organizations at scale.
- Experience in education technology and Learning science.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Experience with data visualization and analytics frameworks.
This is a hybrid work setup, where the candidate will be required to work up to three days onsite at our Hoboken office.
Applications will be accepted through June 30. This window may be extended depending on business needs.
Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:
The full-time salary range for this role is between $150,000 - $200,000.
This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here.
Who we are:
At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.
Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing TalentExperienceGlobalTeam@grp.pearson.com.
Job: Engineering
Job Family: TECHNOLOGY
Organization: Higher Education
Schedule: FULL_TIME
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Req ID: 24727
AI Engineering Manager – Pearson Learning Studio
Pearson Learning Studio (PLS)
We are seeking an AI Engineering Manager to lead and scale our Agentic Workflow engineering organization within the Pearson Learning Studio (PLS) product. This leader will oversee a team of 5+ engineers, driving both technical excellence and strong people leadership in a globally distributed environment (India and Sri Lanka).
This role is ideal for a leader who thrives at the intersection of people development, execution at scale, and data-driven product engineering. You will be responsible not just for delivery, but for building a high-performing, engaged engineering organization.
Key Responsibilities
Organizational & People Leadership (Primary Focus)
- Lead, manage, and scale a distributed engineering team of 5+ engineers, including senior engineers and team leads.
- Build a strong leadership bench by mentoring tech leads and emerging managers.
- Drive performance management, including goal setting, regular feedback, and career development plans.
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, psychological safety, and continuous learning.
- Manage hiring, onboarding, and team capacity planning to support business growth.
- Ensure high levels of team engagement, retention, and productivity across geographies.
Execution & Delivery Excellence
- Own end-to-end delivery for the Insights & Recommendations domain.
- Establish predictable execution rhythms, ensuring on-time, high-quality releases.
- Partner with Product, Design, and Analytics to translate strategy into clear engineering roadmaps.
- Identify risks early and proactively remove organizational, technical, or process bottlenecks.
- Drive operational excellence, including metrics, KPIs, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Technical Leadership & Strategy
- Provide architectural oversight for data-driven applications, analytics pipelines, and web platforms.
- Guide teams on best practices in SQL, data systems, ReactJS, and Java-based services.
- Ensure scalable system design, performance optimization, and reliability.
- Lead technical design reviews and promote sound engineering decisions across teams.
- Balance hands-on involvement (as needed) with effective delegation to senior engineers and tech leads.
Agile & Cross-Functional Leadership
- Champion Agile best practices across multiple teams (planning, backlog management, retrospectives).
- Align engineering efforts with business outcomes and customer impact.
- Collaborate with global stakeholders across time zones with strong communication discipline.
- Drive transparency through clear reporting, stakeholder updates, and data-driven decision-making.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of engineering leadership experience, including managing teams up to 5 engineers.
- 8+ years of overall experience in software engineering.
- Proven experience scaling and leading distributed engineering teams across geographies.
- Strong technical background in:
- SQL & data analytics systems
- ReactJS
- Java-based backend systems
- Demonstrated success in delivering data-driven platforms or analytics products.
- Strong experience with Agile/Scrum at scale.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and organizational leadership skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building or leading high-performing engineering organizations at scale.
- Experience in education technology and Learning science.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Experience with data visualization and analytics frameworks.
This is a hybrid work setup, where the candidate will be required to work up to three days onsite at our Hoboken office.
Applications will be accepted through June 30. This window may be extended depending on business needs.
Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:
The full-time salary range for this role is between $150,000 - $200,000.
This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here.
Who we are:
At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.
Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing TalentExperienceGlobalTeam@grp.pearson.com.
Job: Engineering
Job Family: TECHNOLOGY
Organization: Higher Education
Schedule: FULL_TIME
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Req ID: 24727
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Who's Hiring
- Amazon260
- Apple227
- HDR180
- Google145
- NVIDIA135
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services1,906
- Technology & Software1,625
- Construction & Real Estate523
- Electronics & Hardware515
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in software engineering manager jobs.
- 5+ years of engineering experience with 2+ years managing engineering teams
- Proven ability to hire, develop, and retain software engineers
- Experience driving agile or scrum delivery across multiple sprint teams
- Strong technical background in software architecture and system design
- Cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and data stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Software Engineering Manager Job Search
Quantify your engineering team impact
Hiring managers want to see numbers behind your leadership, not just titles. On your resume, call out team size, delivery velocity improvements, and retention outcomes you drove directly. Vague claims about 'leading teams' get skipped.
Highlight technical depth alongside management
Many software engineering manager roles expect you to stay hands-on enough to review architecture decisions. Make your resume show both the managerial and the technical layer, or you risk being filtered out for roles that want a player-coach, not a pure people manager.
Target openings by engineering org size
A software engineering manager role at a 20-person startup and a 5,000-person company require completely different skills. Filter openings by company stage so your application speaks directly to the scope of management they actually need.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists software engineering manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare for the engineering manager loop
Expect rounds covering behavioral leadership scenarios, system design at a high level, and cross-functional collaboration. Practice narrating past incidents where you unblocked your team, handled underperformance, or made a technical tradeoff call under pressure.
Negotiate scope before you negotiate salary
Before accepting an offer, clarify team size, reporting structure, and whether the role is a backfill or a new headcount. These details define your actual leverage and day-to-day authority far more than the title itself does.
Software Engineering Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most software engineering managers?
The companies hiring the most software engineering managers right now include Amazon, Apple, and HDR, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Demand is especially high at companies scaling their engineering orgs through new product lines or infrastructure buildouts.
How many software engineering manager jobs are remote?
About 25% of software engineering manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of June 2026, reflecting a role that often requires in-person presence for team rituals and performance conversations. Platform and infrastructure management sub-areas tend to attract the highest share of fully remote postings compared to consumer-facing product engineering teams.
How do you become a software engineering manager?
Most software engineering managers move into the role from a senior or staff individual contributor position after demonstrating informal leadership, such as mentoring engineers, leading project delivery, or running on-call rotations. From there, the path typically involves taking on a formal lead role on a small team, building a record of hiring and growing engineers, and developing skills in roadmap planning and cross-functional communication.
Can you get a software engineering manager job with little management experience?
Yes, especially at smaller companies or startups that need a first engineering manager on a growing team. If your direct management experience is limited, emphasize informal leadership you have already done, such as leading a project, onboarding junior engineers, or acting as a tech lead. Targeting roles explicitly labeled as 'first-time manager' or 'lead to manager' positions improves your odds significantly.
What does the software engineering manager interview process look like?
The process typically starts with a recruiter screen, followed by a hiring manager conversation about your leadership philosophy and team experience. From there, expect a technical discussion covering system design and how you approach engineering standards, plus a behavioral loop with cross-functional stakeholders focused on conflict resolution, prioritization, and how you develop engineers. Final rounds often include a presentation or a case study on a past team challenge.
Where can I find and apply to software engineering manager jobs?
You can find and apply to software engineering manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from companies across the United States. Search the openings to find roles that match your experience and location preferences, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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