Director of Engineering, Product

Description

About the Role

Lead and scale multiple product engineering teams at a mission-driven K-12 education technology company. Reporting to the CTO, you will guide product engineering through its next stage of growth while staying hands-on with technical work.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple product squads focused on scheduling, visibility and reporting, and elementary school experiences.
• Contribute code, review changes, and pair with engineers, with an initial balance of hands-on work and leadership that shifts toward leadership over time.
• Make and communicate architecture decisions that support a robust, scalable platform.
• Partner with product and other cross-functional teams to set squad goals and align engineering priorities with business outcomes.
• Deliver high-value product features ahead of the school scheduling season, including AI-powered capabilities.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of engineering experience and 2 to 3 or more years managing multiple engineering teams, including experience scaling teams and managing managers.
• Experience owning product or business outcomes such as delivery speed, quality, growth, or retention.
• Strong backend architecture and design skills, with a willingness to remain hands-on.
• Experience in K-12 education technology or related learning and teaching fields, ideally on mission-driven initiatives.
• Proficiency with TypeScript or Python and experience with React, AWS, and MongoDB.
• Ability to connect technical decisions to business outcomes, work through ambiguity, and align cross-functional partners.
• Experience learning and applying AI, and willingness to travel for occasional company retreats and business needs.

Conditions

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

Remote within the United States.