Senior Engineering Manager

The Princeton Review is a tutoring, test preparation, and college admission services company whose Tutor.com brand provides online tutoring services. The Senior Engineering Manager will help modernize the engineering organization, lead and develop a team of engineers, contribute to technical decisions and code, and establish effective engineering practices and delivery processes.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute hands-on to code, architecture, and technical design while leading your team (target 40/60 IC/management split, adjusting as the team matures)
• Help design and implement modern engineering practices: CI/CD, automated testing, code review, feature flagging, and static code analysis
• Champion effective, responsible adoption of AI-assisted development. Tools that raise the ceiling on engineer output and code quality, not shortcuts that create new technical debt
• Build and develop a high-performing team through effective coaching, feedback, and career development, including engineers new to modern SDLC practices
• Support the implementation of clear expectations, ceremonies, and standards. Bring engineers along with the "why," not top-down mandates
• As part of a small engineering leadership team, foster a culture of psychological safety, collaboration, and continuous learning
• Mentor engineers as they move from reactive, deadline-driven delivery to sustainable ownership of their systems end to end
• Support your reports delivery from conception through production support while meeting quarterly deadlines
• Build software that's scalable and maintainable by design, and delightful for the people using it
• Partner with Product and Design to translate business goals into clear technical plans and ensure consistent execution
• Communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences, ensuring alignment and managing dependencies
• Drive measurable improvements in engineering KPIs

Requirements:

• You have 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with 3+ years of people management experience leading engineering teams
• You have led or been a driving force on a team operating with real CI/CD, automated testing, and short release cycles
• You can demonstrate a history of results in some or all of the following domains: C# .NET
  • React
  • Cloud native systems design
  • Modern CI/CD tool chains / Platform Engineering
• You have hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools as part of a disciplined engineering practice
• You are a change agent with a track record of driving process improvements in CI/CD, testing, quality assurance, or other SDLC process toolchains
• You balance strategic thinking with tactical execution. The ability to zoom out to see the org-level picture while diving into technical details when needed
• You excel at developing others, including coaching experienced engineers helping them grow their technical and professional capabilities
• You communicate with clarity and empathy, adapting your style to your audience and building trust across diverse stakeholders
• You demonstrate sound judgment balancing tradeoffs between scope, quality, speed, and long-term technical health
• You model collaborative, inclusive leadership that creates psychological safety and empowers team members to do their best work
• You take ownership and accountability for both individual and team outcomes, addressing challenges proactively and with integrity