At 2U, we are all in on purpose. We are motivated by our mission – to eliminate the back row in education – and connected by our shared passion to deliver world-class digital education at scale. As the parent company of edX, the world’s leading online learning platform, 2U powers more than 4,000 online higher education offerings – from free courses to full degrees. Together with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporate partners, we are helping to unlock human potential.
What We’re Looking For:
We are seeking an experienced Engineering Sr. Manager to head the development and execution of a centralized experimentation platform. You'll lead the architectural design, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and partner closely with our Technical Program Manager to ensure alignment with our overarching strategy.
You will be the technical leader for the long-term direction of our experimentation platform. You will have an opportunity to re-evaluate our entire experimentation platform and be empowered to help create high quality developer experiences by assembling a world-class experimentation toolset. Your work will eliminate silos across the organization and enable teams to efficiently configure, run, and analyze experiments to optimize our business.
Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:
Design and implement a world-class experimentation platform that empowers teams across 2U to run high quality experiments at high velocity using intuitive tools.
Partner closely with the Technical Program Manager, Experimentation to establish operational objectives and plans to implement the company’s strategic experimentation strategy.
Research, design, and implement large-scale architectural decisions to build our experimentation platform. Your decisions will require deciding between 3rd party vendor solutions and building custom applications to fit requirements.
Lead and manage a team of two software engineers. You will act as a player-coach and be expected to both perform hands-on software development and lead the development efforts of your team.
Develop and administer goals, schedules, and conduct performance reviews for your team members.
Serve as the experimentation platform subject matter expert across the company. You will collaborate with engineering teams across the company to ensure the experimentation platform seamlessly integrates with our application and data infrastructure.
Things That Should Be In Your Background:
8+ years of software development experience.
Strong opinions on how experimentation platforms should be built to enable high-velocity, trustworthy experimentation programs.
Real-world experience with architecting complex experimentation platforms, preferably with tools like Optimizely and/or Amplitude.
Expertise in full-stack development (Python/React preferred) and familiarity with instrumentation platforms like Segment, Rudderstack, GTM.
Familiarity with basic SQL and data analysis.
Demonstrated ability to interact and collaborate with various teams, with substantial experience in prior roles.
Experience working in an agile development environment.
Other Attributes That Will Help You In This Role:
Prior experience leading engineering teams.
Familiarity with experimentation tools like Optimizely, Google Optimize, Statsig, VWO, etc.
Familiarity with systems thinking, DevEx, and building platforms with internal teams as the primary user/consumer.
Benefits & Culture
Our global employee base is a diverse collection of innovators, dreamers, and doers working together to transform lives through higher education. We believe that every employee can advance our shared purpose, and that life at 2U should be fun and meaningful. If you’re excited by the opportunity to provide over 40 million learners and counting with access to world-class online higher education, then join us – and do work that makes a difference. #NoBackRow
We offer comprehensive benefits (unique per country) and excellent work/life balance. Full-time, U.S.benefits include:
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Life insurance, disability, and 401(k) employer match
Employee stock purchase plan
Free snacks and drinks in-office
Generous paid holidays and leave policies, including unlimited PTO
Additional time off benefits include: volunteer days, parental leave, and a company-wide winter break
The anticipated base salary range for this role is ($130,000-160,000), with potential bonus eligibility. Salary offers are made based on the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and education as they directly relate to the requirements of the position, budget for the position and cost of labor in the market in which the candidate will be hired.
2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement
At 2U, we are committed to building and sustaining a culture of belonging, respect, and inclusion. We are proud of the steps we’ve taken to bring together an employee base that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities. We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by what makes us different, as well as by how we are alike.
2U is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodations, please reach out to us at: recruitingaccommodations@2u.com .
About 2U Inc. (NASDAQ: TWOU)
For more than a decade, 2U, Inc. has been the digital transformation partner of choice to great non-profit colleges and universities delivering high-quality online education at scale. As the parent company of edX, a leading global online learning platform, 2U provides over 45 million learners with access to world-class education in partnership with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporations. Our people and technology are powering more than 4,000 digital education offerings — from free courses to full degrees — and helping unlock human potential. To learn more: visit 2U.com. About edX
edX is the education movement for restless learners and a leading global online learning platform from 2U, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWOU). Together with the majority of the world’s top-ranked universities and industry-leading companies, we bring our community of over 45 million learners world-class education to support them at every stage of their lives and careers, from free courses to full degrees. And we're not stopping there — we're relentlessly pursuing our vision of a world where every learner can access education to unlock their potential, without the barriers of cost or location. Learn more at edX.org.
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