Ascend Learning
Director, Software Engineering
🇺🇸 Hybrid - Leawood, KS
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Software Engineering
🗓️ May 23rd, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Ascend Learning is hiring a Director, Software Engineering. The role involves developing long-term strategic product and financial plans, guiding and coaching engineering managers, and ensuring adherence to DevOps practices. The Director will also provide technical leadership and manage the software engineering budget while fostering collaboration between development and operations teams.
Highlights
Highlights
- Develop long-term strategic product and financial planning.
- Guide and coach engineering managers for professional development.
- Ensure adherence to DevOps practices and processes.
- Provide technical leadership in Java, Ruby, PHP, .NET.
- Required: Master's degree and 3 years of related experience.
- Competitive compensation with flexible paid time off and 401(k) matching.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Hybrid work and telecommuting permitted.
- Tuition reimbursement and wellness resources available.
Director, Software Engineering Full Description
Director, Software Engineering
Full-Time
Kansas, USA
Job Details
Description
We Impact Lives Through Purpose-Driven Work in A People First Culture
Ascend Learning is the connection between a powerful portfolio of brands serving students, educators, and employers with outcomes-based, data driven solutions across the lifecycle of learning.
Our values-driven culture unifies our teams and inspires a mindset of action, innovation, and collaboration, with a relentless focus on customers.
We're always looking for talented, passionate professionals to join us in our mission to help change lives. If this sounds like an environment where you'd thrive, read on to learn more.
Ascend Learning leads the way in innovation and solution creation to improve outcomes and deliver results for students, educators, and healthcare workers in the ever-changing field of healthcare. We offer advanced resources that drive nursing success, empower front-line certified allied health workers, help physicians pass boards and stay current, and provide education management tools for medical education programs.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Develop long-term strategic product and financial planning for a development organization. Provide guidance and coaching to Engineering Managers to support their professional development and their team’s evolution. Set and ensure Objective and Key results are being achieved. Ensure the DevOps practices are adhering to the development process, change management process, and other relevant operational processes. Ensure all teams are delivering committed and best in class work items. More Details are listed below.
HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME
- Develop long-term strategic product and financial planning for a development organization.
- Provide guidance and coaching to Engineering Managers to support their professional development and their team’s evolution.
- Set and ensure Objective and Key results are being achieved.
- Ensure the DevOps practices are adhering to the development process, change management process, and other relevant operational processes.
- Ensure all teams are delivering committed and best in class work items.
- Maintain a strong understanding of Java, Ruby, PHP, .NET and related technologies to provide technical leadership and guidance.
- Champion DevOps practices and principles, ensuring seamless collaboration between development and operations teams to automate and optimize our software delivery pipeline.
- Create strategy to implement and oversee security testing processes to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in our software products.
- Manage the software engineering budget, ensuring efficient resource allocation.
- Partner and collaborate with PMO and Product Management for portfolio management to streamline execution.
- Provide leadership and strategy for the shared services teams in support of the continuous improvement and evolution.
- Responsible for day-to-day leadership responsibilities to include hiring and developing a best-in-class team.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with business and technical staff in on-site and virtual environments.
- Develop and lead software engineering best practices initiatives.
- Travel 20% within the US and Overseas to different Ascend office locations.
- Telecommuting is permitted.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
- Master’s or foreign equivalent degree in Information Systems, Computer Science/Engineering, or a related field
- Three (3) years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
- Experience must include three (3) years with each of the following:
- Software development leadership.
- Leading Java, Ruby, .NET, and PHP teams with strong team-building skills.
- Managing multiple and large onsite, offsite, and overseas teams including hiring, goal setting, performance evaluation, and career enhancement plans.
- Development methodologies, technologies, and DevOps practices.
- Aligning technical strategy with business objectives and goals.
- Project and resource management, including budget allocation.
- Collaborating and conveying technical concepts.
BENEFITS
- Flexible and generous paid time off
- Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- 401(k) employer matching program
- Parental leave
- Wellness resources
- Charitable matching program
- Hybrid work
- On-site workout facilities (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington)
- Community outreach groups
- Tuition reimbursement
Fostering A Sense of Belonging
We seek out and celebrate all people and perspectives and cultivate an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued and be their authentic selves. Our culture is firmly rooted in the belief that by embracing our differences and drawing on diverse perspectives, we are a stronger, more innovative, and more successful organization where employees experience a sense of belonging.
About Ascend Learning
As a tech-enabled services company, Ascend Learning is a national leader in developing and delivering data-driven online educational content, software, assessments, analytics, and simulations serving institutions, students and employers across healthcare, fitness and wellness, public and workplace safety, skilled trades, insurance, financial services, cybersecurity, and higher education. We're committed to accelerating the learning pathways that can move people into careers where they have the knowledge and skills to have an impact and help change lives in the communities they serve. Headquartered in Burlington, MA with additional office locations and hybrid and remote workers in cities across the U.S., Ascend Learning was recognized by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group as one of America's 2023 Greatest Workplaces for Diversity.
Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
TO APPLY, please apply online at www.ascendlearning.com or mail your resume to: Ascend Learning, Inc., ATTN: Heather Vincent. 11161 Overbrook Road, Leawood, KS 66211. Please refer to job title and this posting. EOE
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
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