Director of Engineering

About the Role

Lead and scale multiple product engineering squads at a mission-driven K-12 education technology company. You will guide technical direction and product delivery as the organization grows, partnering closely with product and other cross-functional teams.

What You'll Do

• Manage multiple engineering squads and drive delivery across scheduling, reporting, and elementary school product areas.

• Contribute code, review work, and pair with engineers, with an initial balance of hands-on engineering and leadership that shifts toward leadership over time.

• Make architecture decisions to support a robust, scalable platform.

• Partner with product and other stakeholders to set squad goals and align engineering priorities with business outcomes.

• Deliver high-value product features and advance AI-powered capabilities.

What We're Looking For

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

• Strong hands-on engineering skills and backend architecture experience, with the ability to assess trade-offs and remain involved in coding.

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

• Ability to connect technical decisions to business outcomes and communicate effectively across functions.

• Experience in K-12 education technology or related learning and teaching fields, with a demonstrated interest in mission-driven work.

• Comfort working in a startup or high-growth environment and learning to apply AI capabilities.

• Ability to travel for periodic company retreats and business needs.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $210,000 to $240,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

Remote, United States.