Director, Software Engineering

Full-stack EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 1-10Since 2014H1B No SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

28 days ago

Salary

$140K - $180K / year

Bachelor Degree10 yrs expEnglishAWSCloudETLHerokuJava ScriptPostgresReactRubyRuby ON RailsSvelteVue.js

Job Description

• Your responsibilities will span technical leadership, team management and hands-on execution. • Set and drive technical strategy aligned with company objectives, balancing speed, scalability, reliability, and long term platform health. • Manage and develop a small team of engineers, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development. • Remain hands on in the codebase, contributing to architecture decisions and implementing critical features and infrastructure improvements. • Own platform architecture and evolution, ensuring our systems are secure, performant, scalable, and maintainable. • Lead high impact initiatives, especially those involving complex technical tradeoffs, cross functional dependencies, or architectural change. • Champion a culture of accountability, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement across the engineering team.

Job Requirements

10+ years of hands-on experience building web-based applications, with strong, recent work in Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Cloud Platforms (e.g. AWS, Heroku), and JavaScript frameworks (e.g., Svelte, React, Vue).
A proven track record of leveraging the latest and greatest (often AI) tools to improve the throughput and quality of your team’s work.
Prior experience managing and developing engineers, ideally within a small, high ownership team.
Experience building and maintaining data pipelines and integrations, including ETL or ELT workflows, data transformation and modeling.
Experience in Edtech, working with learning platforms or AI engineering is a plus.
Demonstrated ability to set technical direction and lead architecture for complex systems.
Deep knowledge of secure software development practices, including security compliance and auditing, performance tuning, and scalable multi-tenant systems.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills - able to influence cross-functional partners and explain complex ideas clearly.

Benefits

Work from home flexibility: We’ve been remote first since inception.
Growth and mentorship: Join a supportive, collaborative team with opportunities to grow in a fast-paced startup environment.
Competitive benefits: Enjoy comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability coverage, 401(k), and more!