Engineering Manager

What is Teachable?

Teachable is the platform for experts and businesses who take education seriously. In a world where anyone can ask AI for information, we’re the home for those who educate with purpose, modernity, and humanity. We help experts and businesses scale their impact and operations through courses, coaching, and digital downloads that students actually love. From a finance expert teaching Python for investment analysis to a multilingual coach offering business Spanish for executives, Teachable powers human-led learning that drives student trust, connection, and results. With a sleek, intuitive interface and AI as a time-saving partner, the platform enables transformative education rooted in real-world experience. Teachable experts have lived it—that’s why they teach it.Are you ready to join a dynamic, cross-cultural team at an exciting turning point in our company’s journey?

Part of the global Hotmart Company portfolio, whose platforms have helped creators, experts, and businesses earn more than $10 billion, Teachable continues to cement itself as a true industry leader. Together, Teachable and Hotmart are delivering market-leading products that prioritize student outcomes, business growth, and flexibility. If you have big ideas, relish the chance to challenge convention, and deeply believe in the power of real-world learning to shape the future, we want you on our team!

Teachable is a platform for creators who want to build a more impactful business through courses, coaching, downloadable content, and community. With Teachable, creators can engage their online audiences and get paid-on their own terms. Today, tens of thousands of creators use Teachable to share their knowledge and, to date, have reached more than 46 million students around the world.

Are you ready to join a dynamic, cross-cultural team at an exciting turning point in our company’s journey? Now part of the global Hotmart Company portfolio, Teachable continues to take the creator economy by storm as a true industry leader. Together, Teachable and Hotmart are delivering market-leading products that prioritize creator control and flexibility, alongside meaningful partnership and support from our team. If you have big ideas, relish the chance to challenge convention, and deeply believe in the power of creators to shape the future, we want you on our team!

What is the role?

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead and grow the engineers within our team. This inkividual will balance people management, delivery leadership, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure our team delivers high-impact projects that support Teachable’s business goals.

This contract is CLT and paid in $BRL.

What You’ll Bring:

• Manage, coach, and mentor more than 6 software engineers at the same time, providing performance feedback, and helping them develop their careers;
• Knowledge in developing and managing web applications;
• Establish and improve department processes in all areas including software development, operational efficiency, and delivery to achieve operational excellence;
• Partner with Engineering leadership to help determine Engineering department strategy, tackle team-wide inefficiencies, and promote a culture of continuous improvement;
• Drive management initiatives across the Engineering department and Technology organization, e.g hiring, career development, policies, budgets, etc;
• Engage in sponsorship of Engineering-wide guilds, projects, and activities;
• Collaborate and communicate with other pods and functions (Product Management, Product Design, Marketing) on cross-team and cross-functional initiatives;
• Lead successful development and delivery of pod projects and operations;
• Partner with engineering leadership to help determine Engineering-wide department strategy, tackle department-wide inefficiencies;
• Work on remote, distributed teams;
• Upholds Teachable values, including building and growing as part of a diverse team.

Key requirements:

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with 1-2+ years of combined tech leadership or people management;
• Proficient at project management; has a track record of making tradeoffs to deliver projects on time, with a high degree quality, and with a focus on achieving business goals;
• Experience leading technical initiatives with impact across multiple teams or domains;
• Thrives in ambiguity and can make forward progress in situations when given minimal guidance;
• The relentless drive for continuous improvement and ownership with proven ability to instill in their teams;
• Experience mentoring individual contributors of different seniority levels and specializations;
• Has effectively recruited, hired, and led diverse engineering teams;
• Knowledge in Ruby on Rails, Go and React (nice to have).

Additional Details:

At Teachable, we are committed to providing fair and competitive pay (using market data to inform our pay bands), rewarding high performance, and ensuring all employees have the opportunity and ability to impact Teachable’s overall company value. Base salaries will be reviewed at regular intervals throughout the year, typically following performance review cycles currently conducted annually or in conjunction with a promotion.

While Teachable maintains our NY office for local employees to use, we operate as a remote-first culture in order to give our employees added flexibility. In order to maintain connection and create a community beyond the screen, Teachable holds in-person events throughout the year, where employees and teams can come together for bonding, strategic alignment, goal-setting, and celebrations!

Teachable encourages individuals from a broad diversity of backgrounds to apply for positions. We are an equal opportunity employer, meaning we’re committed to a fair and consistent interview process. Please tell us in your application if you require an accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job.