Software Engineering Manager
Company Description: Veracross provides SaaS-based School Information Systems (SIS) designed to meet the specific needs of independent K-12 schools worldwide. Our one-record solution combines the power of a fully integrated single-record database, personalized communication tools, and an elegant architecture that is unique in our industry. We are a growing, values-led community of employees in the US, UK and Australia who share a vision to unify school communities, improve the quality of education, and enhance learning. Veracross is five product brands in one global tech company Veracross SIS is a one-person, one-record school management platform Magnus Health provides cloud-based Student Health Record (SHR) solutions Digistorm connects with their communities through Digistorm Websites, Digistorm Funnel, and Digistorm Apps. Epraise incentivizes student well-being and connects teachers, students, and families. Firefly provides an online learning space for students and teachers Job Description: We are seeking an Engineering Manager / Technical Lead to oversee a new FinTech engineering team and guide the evolution of a mission-critical product suite used by private K-12 schools across the world. This is a strategic, high-impact leadership role responsible for shaping the team’s culture, driving architectural and technical direction, and ensuring the successful delivery of a product suite that helps schools promote equity, affordability, and access for families from diverse economic backgrounds. In this role, you will lead a team of full-stack engineers working across Ruby, Ruby on Rails, SQL, Javascript, and modern AI-assisted development workflows. You will balance people leadership with hands-on technical direction—setting standards, mentoring engineers, and partnering closely with product, design, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver a cohesive, scalable, next-generation experience. Responsabilities: Lead, mentor, and grow the engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and technical excellence. Own the technical roadmap for the assigned product suite, aligning engineering strategy with product vision and long-term business goals. Drive modernization efforts, guiding the team as we evolve legacy systems into scalable, maintainable, next-generation architectures. Provide technical oversight across the stack, ensuring high-quality design decisions, consistent patterns, and strong engineering fundamentals. Champion AI-assisted development, helping the team adopt agentic tools for code generation, refactoring, testing, and workflow automation. Partner closely with product and design, translating requirements into actionable engineering plans and ensuring smooth, iterative delivery. Coordinate cross-team integrations with our Student Information System, Admissions, Fundraising, and other platform areas. Improve engineering processes, including CI/CD, code review practices, documentation standards, and developer experience. Guide technical discovery and risk assessment, ensuring the team makes informed decisions and delivers predictable outcomes. Represent the engineering team in planning, prioritization, and cross-functional leadership discussions. Support integrations with third-party systems commonly used by private K-12 schools.