Prodigy Education is a global leader in game-based learning. Our mission is to help every student in the world love learning, motivating more than 20 million students a year to practice standards-aligned math and English. More than 800,000 teachers use Prodigy as a free instructional tool. Fun, motivating, and research-based, Prodigy is the EdTech platform students actually ask to use. Visit www.prodigygame.com to learn more.

We're looking for an Engineering Manager to join Prodigy, where you'll lead high-performing teams dedicated to building experiences that advance our mission to help every child love learning. In this role, you'll combine deep technical expertise with strategic thinking to empower engineers, drive technical excellence, and ensure our technology delights our users. You'll work closely with cross-functional leaders from product, design, and data teams to build products that make a meaningful impact on children's education.

As an Engineering Manager, you will be instrumental in shaping both the technical direction of our products and the growth of our engineering team. Your leadership will directly influence how we build and deliver high-quality software that supports our educational mission.

Your Impact

• Lead and mentor engineering teams, fostering a culture of accountability, performance, and continuous improvement.

• Drive the delivery of high-quality projects by managing team workflows, removing blockers, and maintaining alignment with organizational priorities.

• Partner with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate business priorities into actionable technical requirements.

• Establish and enforce high standards for code quality, testing, and documentation.

• Drive operational excellence through effective use of engineering metrics, retrospectives, and continuous improvement practices.

• Lead technical design reviews, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and cost-effective from inception. Balance the complexity of solutions with their user impact.

• Manage and prioritize the team's technical backlog, balancing technical debt, feature development, and scaling work.

• Maintain oversight of service health and performance, ensuring alignment with Prodigy's SLOs and delivering an excellent user experience.

• Create structured development plans to help team members progress in their careers.

About You

• Proven experience leading and managing software engineering teams.

• Strong technical background with hands-on software development experience.

• Deep understanding of software development practices, testing strategies, quality standards, and deployments.

• Excellence in project management and delivery optimization.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.

• Experience with agile methodologies and modern software development practices.

• Outstanding communication abilities across technical and non-technical audiences.

• Track record of successful cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.

Bonus Points

• Experience leading multiple engineering teams or managing managers.

• History of successfully implementing department-wide technical initiatives or standards.

• Track record of improving engineering metrics across multiple teams (deployment frequency, MTTR, etc.).

• Background in successful cross-functional leadership in product-led organizations.

Our Tech Stack

• We run on AWS with a modern cloud-native architecture using Kubernetes for container orchestration.

• Our backend services are primarily TypeScript and Python.

• Frontend development is React to a GraphQL API.

• Monitoring and observability are via Datadog and Sentry.

• We use Databricks, Airflow, and DBT for data engineering.

Working at Prodigy

• Be part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to helping every student in the world love learning! At Prodigy Education, your work positively impacts the lives of millions of students and teachers worldwide.

• Join a company which empowers a Growth Mindset among its team members, so you grow as we do. You’ll also work on award-winning products which harness the magic of math and power of language for students in grades 1st-8th.

• We understand that a thriving team is at the core of our success. So, on top of an inspirational mission and rewarding work, our Total Rewards Program reflects our commitment to your financial, physical, and mental well-being.

• It’s not just about the work though; it's about the culture. As the Toronto Star reports in a recent feature on Prodigy: "Prodigy’s secret sauce is that it sees its corporate culture as something that is built slowly from the ground up and is always evolving.” Check it out here.

• #LI-Hybrid

Prodigy Math is used by almost one million teachers a year, and was named the most popular supplemental education platform in classrooms in the United States! Our products have also won numerous consumer awards, including the Mom’s Choice Award, Parent and Teacher Choice Awards, and National Parenting Product Award.

Come as you are. We believe the power of our collective potential will transform education. We are building towards a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace to empower and create access and opportunity for all. We welcome applications from people from all underrepresented groups, including (but not limited to) people of any gender, age, or religion, members of the LGBTQIA2+ community, BIPOC and other underrepresented races and nationalities, people with disabilities, veterans, and anyone who may contribute to the further diversification of Prodigy Education. If you feel like you don’t have all the qualifications for this position and are willing to use your initiative to learn the rest, we’d still love for you to apply!

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA). Prodigy Education will provide accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodation, please notify us at jobs@prodigygame.com, and we will work with you to meet your needs.