Job Summary

Manager, Software Engineering At Skillsoft, we believe skills fuel growth. Our mission is to empower every organization and every learner to turn constant change into continuous growth. As part of the team, your skills will help organizations understand what skills they have, what they need next, and how to apply them in ways that drive real performance and progress.

Skillsoft is seeking an adaptive, innovative experienced Software Engineering Manager who excels in dynamic product environments, possesses a genuine interest in AI-native development, and has a proven ability to build and mentor top-tier engineering teams during periods of rapid, as we look to build out our new next-generation LX Studio AI-native course designer and suite of technologies. This leader will be challenged with setting high standard for quality, communicate with clarity, and fostering an environment where team members can be their best and achieve their best work. If youre driven to shape the future of workforce transformation and make a meaningful global impact while helping us build innovative software tools and technologies, we invite you to be part of whats next.

Responsibilities

- Translates functional plans into operational delivery processes; guides cross-functional pods through ambiguity with up to one-year delivery impact.
- Champions spec-first development as a force multiplier;helps engineers write sharper specs, makesplanningthe starting point for ambitious work, and usesmetricsto surface signal and unblock the team.
- Applies AI-assisted code review as the default; scopes human review to security, data access, financial flows, and architectural decisions.
- Clearly communicate across engineering, product,



and external stakeholders; able to drive cross-squad alignment on shared ownership and review SLAs.
- Partners with customers, product, design, and GTM to translate real user problems into shipped features and stays close to adoption and feedback after release.

Skills Experience Required

- 8+ years of Software Engineering experience with 2+ managing skilled engineers; runs spec, architecture, and release-readiness checkpoints as delivery gates, not ceremonies with a Bachelors degree in Information Technology or Software Engineering.
- Proficient in modern web frameworks, our stack includes React,GraphQLNode.js and Postgres
- Practiced with spec-driven, AI-native development using Claude or equivalent; daily workflow includes spec writing, PR review, test generation, and regression sweeps.
- Fluent in AI evaluations as a discipline;designs eval sets for generation quality,tracks metrics across model and prompt changes, and uses regression results to gate releases and inform productdecisions.
- Familiar with LangGraph (or similar) agentic architecture: harness engineering, async job queues (RabbitMQ), SSE streaming, and S3 + Postgres content persistence.

Preferred Experience

- Built or shipped products with AI-generated media pipelines TTS narration, AI video generation, or multi-modal content productionsimilar toSpark's podcast/video workflow.
- Background in authoring tool platforms or e-learning content publishing pipelines (SCORM,xAPI, CP pipeline).

Experience Level

Mid Level Disclaimer : This job posting & Location has been aggregated from external source. Role details, content, and availability are subject to change. Applicants are advised to confirm the latest information directly on the company website before applying.

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