Engineering Manager, Subscriptions

Job Description

About Quizlet: At Quizlet, our mission is to help every learner achieve their outcomes in the most effective and delightful way. We’re a $1B+ learning platform used by two-thirds of U.S. high school students and half of college students, powering over 1 billion learning interactions each week. We blend cognitive science with machine learning to personalize and enhance the learning experience for students, professionals, and lifelong learners alike. We’re energized by the potential to power more learners through multiple approaches and various tools. Let’s Build the Future of Learning Join us to design and deliver AI-powered learning tools that scale across the world and unlock human potential. About the Team: Quizlet’s Subscriptions teams build mission-critical systems that provide seamless financial transactions, subscription lifecycles, and secure payment flows for our users globally. With millions of users subscribing to our platform, we focus on building reliable, scalable, and secure infrastructure that supports high volume payments and subscriptions across web and mobile. This is a high-impact area, with a lot of opportunities to innovate, optimize, and expand the scope of subscriptions at Quizlet. We are at the intersection of engineering, business, and compliance, which means you’ll have the chance to shape the future of subscriptions and drive key business outcomes. About the Role: As an Engineering Manager, you will help us build and grow our subscriptions teams based in San Francisco. You will lead world class engineers to build mission critical systems that power our subscriptions across web and mobile platforms. To add, you’ll collaborate closely with product management to analyze requirements, test new ideas and deliver highly scalable and reliable solutions. You will wear your technical hat to influence architecture decisions and lead engineering initiatives to improve the platform. While mentoring tech leads and engineers in your teams, guide them technically and grow the next leaders. We’re happy to share that this is an onsite position in our San Francisco office. To help foster team collaboration, we require that employees be in the office at a minimum of three days a week : Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday and as needed by your manager or the company. We believe that this working environment facilitates increased work efficiency, team partnership, and supports growth as an employee and organization.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the subscription engineering teams building our next gen subscriptions platform
• Collaborate closely with product and other cross-functional partners to define product roadmap, tech strategy, and goals
• Set up and improve engineering practices, set a high bar for engineering efficiency, and constantly improve the team
• Understand and balance team’s goals between business deliverables, short term and long term engineering needs
• Hire, mentor, and grow a diverse and high-performing engineering team that prides in delivering high quality business deliverables
• Communicate effectively with engineers, engineering leaders, and cross-functional partners, contributing to Quizlet’s overall success

What you bring to the table:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Over 10 years of software engineering experience with at least 4 years of experience managing software teams
• Proven track record of managing high performance teams, delivering highly scalable engineering products and platforms
• Strong technical skills with ability to roll up the sleeves to code when needed
• Excellent system design skills with experience in designing distributed systems, microservices and high volume global transactional systems
• Experience collaborating with cross functional teams and strong ability handling conflicting priorities of business and engineering
• Exceptional communication skills with ability to communicate with the team and upwards
• Excellent project management skills to plan term goals, sprint deliverables. Provide visibility and transparency, tracking and driving team to success
• Results-driven, energetic and all action manager who creates a culture of innovation, self-drive, ownership and accountability

Bonus points if you have:

• Experience working in payments and subscriptions domain
• Experience working in customer facing high volume transactional systems

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 $205,000 - $260,000, depending on location and experience, as well as company stock option
• Collaborate with your manager and team to create a healthy work-life balance
• 20 vacation days that we expect you to take!
• Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance (100% employee and 75% dependent PPO, Dental, 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, and Wellness benefits
• 40 hours of annual paid time off to participate in volunteer programs of choice

Why Join Quizlet? 🌎 Massive reach: 60M+ users, 1B+ interactions per week 🧠 Cutting-edge tech: Generative AI, adaptive learning, cognitive science 📈 Strong momentum: Top-tier investors, sustainable business, real traction 🎯 Mission-first: Work that makes a difference in people’s lives 🤝 Inclusive culture: Committed to equity, diversity, and belonging 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! In Closing: At Quizlet, we’re excited about passionate people joining our team—even if you don’t check every box on the requirements list. We value unique perspectives and believe everyone has something meaningful to contribute. Our culture is all about taking initiative, learning through challenges, and striving for high-quality work while staying curious and open to new ideas. We believe in honest, respectful communication, thoughtful collaboration, and creating a supportive space where everyone can grow and succeed together.” Quizlet’s success as an online learning community depends on a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer and a tech company committed to societal change, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Come join us! To All Recruiters and Placement Agencies: At this time, Quizlet does not accept unsolicited agency resumes and/or profiles. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our website or to any Quizlet employee. Quizlet will not pay fees to any third-party agency or firm nor will it be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. All unsolicited resumes received will be considered the property of Quizlet. Apply for this job