Sr. Manager, Engineering - Subscriptions & Payments

About Quizlet:
Inspired by our belief that anyone can learn anything and powered by our own curiosity, we build the smartest tools we can imagine to help students learn.  
Quizlet is the popular, global learning platform and app that millions of students, teachers and everyday people use to study any subject imaginable for school, work or as part of their personal interests -- including two-thirds of high school students and half of all college students in the US. Combining cognitive science and machine learning, Quizlet guides students through adaptive study activities to confidently reach their learning goals. We’re on track to become the undisputed leader in user-generated learning content and engagement, at the scale of YouTube.  
Valued at $1 billion, Quizlet has raised over $60 million in venture capital from investors including Icon Ventures, Union Square Ventures, General Atlantic, Costanoa Ventures, Owl Ventures, and Altos Ventures.  
To serve our global community of learners, our teams tackle lofty technical challenges and design for use cases across cultures and languages. We work hard, act like owners, and collaborate every chance we get. We’re energized by the potential to power more learners through multiple approaches and various tools.

About the Team:
Quizlet provides ML-driven learning tools focused on high school and college students worldwide. With over 60M monthly active users and 400 million Study Sets created, the scale of the platform and user interactions we support is massive. With a talented and diverse team of engineers, we are proud of our inclusive culture, deep customer focus, and technical excellence. 
About the Role:
In this critical engineering leadership position, reporting to our Head of Subscriptions Engineering, you will work closely with your business, product, and design counterparts as well as data science and data engineering peers to deliver a world-class consumer internet subscription experience (Quizlet Plus) that drives our large and growing business. 
This is a hybrid role based out of our Denver, New York, and San Francisco offices.

In this role you will:

• Lead the cross functional engineering team responsible for critical user facing features, back-end services, and infrastructure for subscriptions and payments
• Prioritize short-term and long-term goals, along with architectural trade-offs, to ensure the team is able to deliver quality results while meeting the team’s deliverables
• Provide strong architecture and design leadership
• Collaborate and build strong cross-functional partnerships with Product Management, Design, Business Operations, and Finance
• Hire, coach, and promote a diverse and talented team of fullstack engineers and managers
• Be a critical leader contributing to Quizlet’s broader success

What you bring to the table:

• At least 1 year of experience with subscriptions or payments engineering 
• 4+ years experience successfully leading, managing, and coaching multiple engineering teams
• 10+ years of total software development experience, including back-end design and architecture for transactional systems
• Strong interest in developing technical and people leaders, supporting career development
• Infectious enthusiasm about building a highly successful and growing consumer business
• Experience leading teams of 6+
• Ability to develop a results-driven culture focused on core values of ownership and accountability

Compensation, Benefits & Perks:

• Quizlet is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Salary transparency helps to mitigate unfair hiring practices when it comes to discrimination and pay gaps.  Total compensation for this role is market competitive, including a starting base salary of $170,000 - $265,000, depending on location and experience, as well as company stock options
• Collaborate with your manager and team to create a healthy work-life balance
• 20 vacation days (and we expect you to take them!)
• Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance (100% employee and 75% dependent PPO, HMO, VSP Choice)
• Employer-sponsored 401k plan with company match
• Access to LinkedIn Learning and other resources to support professional growth
• Paid Family Leave, FSA, HSA, Commuter benefits, Wellness benefits
• 40 hours of annual paid time off to participate in volunteer programs of choice

We strive to make everyone feel comfortable and welcome! We work to create a holistic interview process, where both Quizlet and candidates have an opportunity to view what it would be like to work together, in exploring a mutually beneficial partnership.We provide a transparent setting, that gives a comprehensive view of who we are!