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Vista Higher Learning · 1 hour ago

Engineering Lead (Hybrid/Remote)

Boston, MA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$150K/yr - $170K/yr

5+ years exp

Vista Higher Learning is a company focused on developing culturally authentic language learning products for K-12 schools and universities. The Engineering Lead will be a hands-on technical leader overseeing scrum teams and collaborating with stakeholders to prioritize and deliver enhancements in the learning platform.

EducationPublishing

No H1B

Responsibilities

Set clear expectations and align individual performance goals with organizational priorities; provide regular feedback, performance reviews, and career development support

Mentor engineers at all levels, fostering a culture of continuous learning, professional growth, and technical excellence

Actively contribute to building a high-performing engineering team by participating in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring processes

Help shape a collaborative and inclusive team culture that supports innovation and long-term retention

Lead and advocate across all phases of the software development lifecycle, including project planning, system architecture, implementation, release, and continuous optimization

Proactively guide and oversee scrum teams, ensuring development plans are well-defined, timelines are realistic, and deliverables meet high standards of quality

Collaborate with technology leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to influence technical strategy and inform scalable solution design

Work effectively across teams to identify and implement opportunities for innovation, quality enhancements, and process improvements, ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals

Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences to align on progress, challenges, and outcomes

Serve as a liaison between engineering and other departments to drive transparency, clarity, and shared accountability

Conduct code reviews to uphold high standards in code quality, performance, testability, and accessibility, while reinforcing consistency with style guidelines and engineering best practices

Qualification

Ruby/RailsAWSAgileSDLCMySQLPostgresRedisElasticSearchJiraConfluenceTeam coordinationCommunication skillsInterpersonal skillsMentoringCollaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree

5 to 7 years software engineering experience developing large-scale systems

1+ year of people management experience including supervising people, work, and providing performance feedback

Experience collaborating with other departments/teams

Excellent communication, listening and interpersonal skills to be able to actively listen to needs and respond to audience appropriately

Deep hands-on experience leading full software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes, including project scoping, architectural design, agile execution, CI/CD pipeline management, release coordination, and post-deployment optimization

Proven ability to take full ownership of product quality, delivery timelines, and release stability, ensuring that systems perform reliably in production environments

Proven experience leading multiple scrum teams in agile environments, with demonstrated success in coordinating sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and backlog grooming using tools like Jira and Confluence

Results-oriented with a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risks, driving projects from concept to completion with clear accountability and outcomes

Demonstrated technical proficiency in architecting, building, and maintaining complex software systems designed for scalability, performance, and maintainability

Deep experience designing and deploying mission-critical applications in cloud environments such as AWS or GCP, including solutions built for high availability and performance optimization

Expertise in SDLC best practices to ensure consistent delivery of high-quality, maintainable code across teams

Languages/Frameworks: Ruby/Rails, JS, Vue

AWS or GCP for scalable, secure application deployment

Development Tools: SQL, Unix command-line, Git/GitHub

Collaboration & DevOps: Agile tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence), CI/CD pipelines, geographically distributed team coordination