Director of Engineering

About the Role

Lead product engineering for a mission-driven K-12 education technology company helping schools create schedules for teachers and students. You will manage multiple product squads, shape the platform's technical direction, and connect engineering priorities to business outcomes.

What You'll Do

• Lead multiple product engineering squads, supporting engineers and managers and driving delivery across their work.

• Stay hands-on with coding, code reviews, and pairing, with an initial balance of roughly half hands-on work and half leadership.

• Make and communicate architecture decisions that support platform reliability and future growth.

• Partner with product and other cross-functional teams to set squad goals and align engineering priorities with business outcomes.

• Deliver high-value product features, including AI-powered capabilities.

What We're Looking For

• At least 3 years of engineering management experience, including managing multiple teams and experience scaling teams or managers.

• Strong backend architecture and design skills, with a record of guiding technical decisions through growth and change.

• Ability and interest in staying hands-on, including reading, reviewing, and writing code.

• Experience with TypeScript or Python, AWS, and MongoDB; familiarity with React is also relevant.

• Background in K-12 EdTech or related education, learning, or teaching fields, and experience with mission-driven work.

• Ability to translate technical decisions into product and business outcomes and work effectively in a fast-moving environment.

• Willingness to travel for periodic company retreats and business trips.

Compensation & Benefits

Annual base salary is $210,000 to $240,000. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

Fully remote within the United States.