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EU-Based Software Engineering Manager (Django and React)

SchooLinks

SchooLinks

Software Engineering, Other Engineering
Austin, TX, USA
Posted on Oct 18, 2025

We're looking for EU-based hands-on engineering leader to lead a talented team of engineers in delivering delightful software for SchooLinks customers.

SchooLinks is an ed-tech company that is changing how students explore and pursue their post-high school goals. We have a suite of over 80 tools for students and school staff including college application management, course planning, financial situations, personality assessments, college profiles, and many others. We are a remote-friendly, globally distributed and venture-backed startup.

This is an EU based remote role.

What you'll do:

  • Initially you will serve as a Full Stack Software Engineer on an existing team - planning, coding and shipping features to get acclimated with domain of the product, tech stack and development process.
  • Over time you will work along side the existing Engineering Manager to plan and support the entire pods work.
  • Ultimately you will take over the team which comprises of 3-5 engineers (frontend and backend)
  • You will translate epics and user stories into technical specification and ultimately development tasks
  • You will pair plan, pair code and review your team members PR to ensure high quality.
  • You will ensure the timely delivery of projects and remove blockers as they arise
  • You will collaborate with other managers and leads to identify and implement technical solutions to improve the performance, reliability, and quality of the SchooLinks Platform
  • You will triage, prioritize and manage the resolution of production issues and customer escalations as needed, to ensure optimal resolution
  • You will ensure your team is maintaining good technical hygiene code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices
  • At least 2 years of management or leadership experience leading successful software engineering teams
  • At least 4 years of experience working with Django (DRF) and React
  • Experience with asynchronous task management (Celery preferred)
  • Solid fundamentals in relational databases such as MySQL
  • Experience solving challenging technical problems
  • Have a growth, team-first and customer-oriented mindset
  • Strong English speaker
  • Competitive Salary
  • Part of a remote-friendly company
  • Flexible working hours and healthy asynchronous working practices
  • Long term employment with considerations for promotion and raises yearly