Job DescriptionManager of Platform Development partners with technical product management and other key business stakeholders to lead the technology direction, facilitate key technical decision points, and deliver products. The position aligns technology to business strategy and proactively drives a technical direction throughout the organization. The Manager will oversee the platform engineering teams responsible for our Curriculum Experience where our full-time students in K to 12 go to school every day.Essential Functions: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.Partners with technical product management and other key business stakeholders to lead the technology direction, facilitate key technical decision points, and deliver products.Interfaces with other engineering groups and enterprise architecture; collaborate on integration projects, best practices, and the introduction of new technologies.Commits to roadmaps with capabilities and timelines, with a proven track record for new product and technology evaluation and introductionAligns technology to business strategy, and proactively drives a technical direction throughout the organizationAdopts a Continuous Integration/Deployment (CI/CD) methodology and institutes a frequent release cadence.Manages multiple team(s) consisting of Software Engineers, Quality Assurance Engineers, and DevOps. Oversees both fulltime and contract resources.Leads and mentors engineering team membersHave an innovation mindset to product development, engineering, and development processes and provide thought leadership and information dissemination in this area. Supervisory Responsibilities: Directly supervises 5 or more Full-time Equivalent (FTE) regular employees and/or contractors. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. Minimum Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems or a related field ANDThree (3) years’ proven experience in software engineering leadership roles ANDStrong engineering delivery and execution track record, with proven experience around the complete lifecycle of product development ORAn equivalent combination of education and experience Certificates and Licenses: None Required OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Ability to attract talent, inspire the organization, and develop the next generation of leadersAbility to build trusting, meaningful relationships with peers, stakeholders, and partners.Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including influencing technical decisions and direction, conflict management, negotiation, and presentationsFull commitment to customer satisfactionIdentify and drive innovation in products, technologies, processes, and solutionsHas high standards, results-oriented, pro-active and a commitment to delivering high-quality software on time and in budgetLeadership skills to include coaching/mentoring, critical thinking, facilitation, change leadership, and team developmentSoftware development and overall automation including Agile, CI/CD, DevOps, build and test automation, orchestration/fulfillment, assurance, performanceRelevant experience in large-scale application architecture/design, middleware architecture, integration architecture, application deployment methods, automation, testing, compliance, auditingService-oriented and microservice architecture for highly available cloud-hosted applications and services in AWSUnderstanding of UI/UX principles and best practicesAbility and desire to thrive in a proactive, high-pressure environmentAbility to clearly write technical specifications and strong estimating and planning skillsExperience with object-oriented design and design patternsSolid understanding of source control and using it effectivelyExperience working with offshore and distributed teamsAbility to pass a required background checkMicrosoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, etc.); Web proficiency.Ability to travel 10% of the timeAbility to clear required background checkCompensation & Benefits: Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range.We anticipate the salary range to be $93,328.50- $150,000.00. An individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors which inc