[Hiring] Director of Engineering @True Talent Solutions Partners

Role Description

Lead and scale multiple product engineering teams at a mission-driven K-12 education technology company focused on helping schools create schedules for teachers and students. You will partner with product and school-facing teams to connect engineering priorities with business outcomes, while remaining hands-on as the organization grows.

• Own delivery across multiple product squads, including scheduling, reporting and visibility, and elementary school experiences.
• Contribute code, review work, and pair with engineers, with an initial focus split of roughly half hands-on work and half leadership.
• Make and guide technical architecture decisions to support platform reliability and future growth.
• Partner with product and school-facing stakeholders to set squad goals and align engineering priorities with business outcomes.
• Deliver valuable product features ahead of the school scheduling season, including AI-powered capabilities.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of engineering management experience and 5 or more years of engineering experience, including management of multiple teams and experience scaling engineering organizations.
• Experience leading engineering teams and other managers, owning product or business outcomes, and guiding teams through significant technical decisions.
• Strong backend architecture and design skills, with the ability to assess trade-offs and remain hands-on with code.
• Experience in K-12 education technology or related learning and teaching fields, ideally in a mission-driven environment.
• Proficiency with TypeScript or Python and experience with React, AWS, and MongoDB; able to ramp up on new technologies.
• Strong communication skills, comfort with ambiguity, and experience translating technical decisions into business outcomes.
• Ability to travel for periodic company retreats and business needs.

Benefits

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

Company Description

Location: Remote within the United States.