Client Roles
ABOUT THE ROLE
Lead multiple product engineering squads at a growing K-12 education technology company focused on helping schools create schedules for teachers and students. Reporting to the CTO, you will guide technical direction and product delivery while initially remaining hands-on.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Own delivery across product squads focused on scheduling, visibility and reporting, and elementary school experiences.
- Contribute code, review work, and pair with engineers, with an initial balance of roughly half hands-on work and half leadership.
- Make and implement architecture decisions that support platform reliability and future growth.
- Partner with product and school-facing 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-enabled capabilities.
- Develop the engineering organization, shifting over time toward a primarily leadership-focused role.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- At least 3 years of engineering management experience, including managing multiple teams and experience leading other managers.
- Strong hands-on engineering ability and backend architecture experience, including navigating technical trade-offs.
- Experience scaling teams and owning product or business outcomes such as speed, quality, growth, or retention.
- Proficiency in TypeScript or Python, with experience in AWS and MongoDB; the broader stack includes React.
- Background in K-12 EdTech or related education and learning fields, ideally with experi