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We believe in the power and joy of learning At Cengage, our employees have a direct impact in helping students around the world discover the power and joy of learning. We are bonded by our shared purpose – driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education. Cengage's portfolio of businesses supports student choice by providing a range of pathways that help learners achieve their goals and lead a choice-filled life. Our culture values inclusion, engagement, and discovery Our business is driven by our strong culture, and we know that creating an inclusive workplace is absolutely essential to the success of our company and our learners, as well as our individual well-being. We recognize the value of diverse perspectives in everything we do, and strive to ensure employees of all levels and backgrounds feel empowered to voice their ideas and bring their authentic selves to work. We achieve these priorities through programs, benefits, and initiatives that are integrated into the fabric of how we work every day. To learn more, please see https://www.cengagegroup.com/about/inclusion-and-belonging/ What you'll do here: As a Director of Software Engineering at Cengage, you will be responsible for the delivery of innovative, market leading platforms and products that continue to advance the education technology industry. Specifically, you will guide our Higher Education development teams in delivering trusted digital content that improves learning and research outcomes in the classroom, library, and beyond. Your role will be pivotal in shaping the AI-driven, high-performing remote software engineering teams. Following the Product Operating Model (POM), you'll collaborate with product and design teams, making data-driven decisions that focus on improving customer outcomes through frequent stakeholder engagements and data-driven insights. If you are passionate about digital transformation and thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, this opportunity is ideal for you! Responsibilities - Work with multiple leaders, including the Digital leadership team and business partners, to craft a convincing technical strategy and roadmap(s) to achieve business unit goals. - Collaborate across functions to align on priorities for scaling and building our products globally. - Identify scalable products and deliver them to support our global customer base. You will incorporate new technologies and industry trends into the outcomes. - Partner with multi-functional leaders, through POM, to standardize and improve development, testing, and release processes, ensuring timely delivery of quality products. - Drive product and technology strategy reviews with Product Leaders and senior collaborators, leading strategic technological discussions. - Lead high-performing engineering teams, developing a pipeline of high-caliber talent and encouraging leaders to achieve priorities. - Cultivate a high-performance, transparent environment passionate about accountability and results. - Reinvent and optimize the SDLC using modern frameworks, principles, automation, and generative AI. - Champion a culture of continuous learning and professional development, offering team members opportunities to grow. Skills you will need here: - 5+ years of leadership experience in developing technology strategies and driving innovation. - 10+ years of progressive software development experience. - Experience leading a global workforce of employees and contractors across different time zones. - Expertise in AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, CloudFormation), cloud-native development (Kubernetes, Docker, microservices), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK). - Solid understanding of AI concepts, technologies and methods, including machine learning, Language, Reasoning & multimodal models, prompt & context engineering, developing and using skills & agent frameworks, RAG, and vector databases. - Hands-on experience integrating or experimenting with commercial and open-source GenAI technologies and toolkits (e.g., coding assistants, OpenAI, Hugging Face, LangChain). - Strong experience in modernizing monolithic architectures, implementing hybrid cloud strategies, and crafting APIs to bridge legacy systems with cloud-native platforms. - Proven ability to compose and build scalable, secure, high-availability enterprise systems using CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks. - Skilled in agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and customer-centric product models to drive iterative development and rapid time-to-market. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Preferred - Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent combination of education and recent, relevant work experience. Cengage is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of any classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws. Cengage is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including during our job application process. If you are an applicant with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in our job application process, please contact us at accommodations.ta@cengage.com. About Cengage Cengage, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education. Compensation At Cengage Group, we take great pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees. Click here to learn more about our Total Rewards Philosophy. The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location. Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range. In this position, you will be eligible to participate in the company’s discretionary incentive bonus program. This position's bonus target amount, which is not guaranteed and is dependent on individual performance and overall company results among other factors, is provided below. 25% Annual: Individual Target $138,200.00 - $180,000.00 USD

We believe in the power and joy of learning At Cengage Group, our employees have a direct impact in helping students around the world discover the power and joy of learning. We are bonded by our shared purpose – driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education. Cengage Group’s portfolio of businesses supports student choice by providing a range of pathways that help learners achieve their goals and lead a choice-filled life. Our culture values inclusion, engagement, and discovery Our business is driven by our strong culture, and we know that creating an inclusive workplace is absolutely essential to the success of our company and our learners, as well as our individual well-being. We recognize the value of diverse perspectives in everything we do, and strive to ensure employees of all levels and backgrounds feel empowered to voice their ideas and bring their authentic selves to work. We achieve these priorities through programs, benefits, and initiatives that are integrated into the fabric of how we work every day. To learn more, please see https://www.cengagegroup.com/about/inclusion-and-belonging/. What you'll do here: As the Software Engineering Manager, you will lead a team dedicated to creating tools to deliver world-class content for our Cengage Learning Platforms (CLP). Working closely with internal partners, you will define and implement an innovative, AI-first roadmap ensuring content quality and accessibility remain a primary focus. Following the Product Operating Model (POM), you will collaborate with product and design teams in your role as technical lead. Together you will focus on improving customer outcomes through frequent stakeholder engagements and data-driven insights. - Lead, coach, and grow a high-performing engineering team focused on quality, accountability, and continuous improvement. - Reimagine and optimize content creation workflows using modern platforms, automation, and generative AI. - Engage in driving POM Discovery activities including continuous customer engagement, both internal and external, to derive solutions that meet end user, company, and technology goals. - Track quality and efficiency improvements through well instrumented SDLC tools and report progress to executive teams. - Balance technical debt and other maintenance activities alongside new feature development within each sprint. - Work with partners and customers to establish and handle product backlogs, product estimates and budgets. - Stay current on emerging technologies and industry trends to inject continuous innovation into our product roadmaps. Skills You Will Need Here: Education & Experience - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and recent, relevant work experience. - 3+ years of technology leadership experience, including developing technology strategies, fostering innovation, and leading globally distributed teams. Generative AI & Emerging Technologies - Working knowledge of AI concepts, including machine learning, LLMs, multimodal models, prompt engineering, AI agents, RAG, and vector databases. - Hands-on experience integrating or experimenting with commercial and open-source GenAI technologies and toolkits (e.g., coding assistants, OpenAI, Hugging Face, LangChain). Architecture & Cloud Platforms - Experience in modernizing legacy or monolithic architectures, migrating systems to modular, cloud-native platforms, and implementing hybrid cloud strategies. - Ability to design and develop APIs that integrate legacy systems with modern solutions. - Comfortable designing and deploying solutions on AWS, GCP, or Azure, including containers, serverless, and cloud storage/compute services. Software Engineering & Product Delivery - Proven ability to build secure, resilient, scalable, high-availability enterprise systems for global user bases. - Strong experience with agile delivery (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and tooling such as Jira or Azure DevOps - Demonstrated success organizing teams and delivery around a Product Operating Model Collaboration & Communication - Strong cross-functional collaboration skills in distributed, remote-first environments. - Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, including executives. Cengage Group is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of any classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws. Cengage is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including during our job application process. If you are an applicant with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in our job application process, please contact us at accommodations.ta@cengage.com. About Cengage Group Cengage Group, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education. Compensation At Cengage Group, we take great pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees. Click here to learn more about our Total Rewards Philosophy. The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location. Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range. In this position, you will be eligible to participate in the company’s discretionary incentive bonus program. This position's bonus target amount, which is not guaranteed and is dependent on individual performance and overall company results among other factors, is provided below. 10% Annual: Individual Target $101,900.00 - $132,450.00 USD

• You will oversee delivery for all products — scope management, release cadence, quality controls, and stakeholder alignment. • You will own the design and execution of our agentic software development lifecycle: - Define how AI agents participate in coding, testing, code review, and documentation — and where human engineers must intervene. - Build quality gates that catch AI sloppiness. Every AI-generated artifact needs a human verification step calibrated to the risk level. - Determine which agents we use, how they're configured, what guardrails they operate within, and how engineers supervise their output. - Define approved tools, IP protection policies, and ensure AI accelerates development without introducing risk. - Measure what's working, what's failing, and iterate. The playbook doesn't exist yet — you'll write it. • You will directly manage the engineering team — hiring, performance, coaching, feedback, conflict resolution, and retention. • You own the architecture across the full stack: web applications, APIs, infrastructure, and AI integrations. • You will build the release pipeline — CI/CD, environments, quality checkpoints, deployment automation. • You own engineering security: access controls, secrets management, audit trails, and SDLC security. • You will build the engineering team — define roles, maintain hiring standards, run technical interviews, and make hiring calls.