Full-Time Head of Engineering

Who we areWe’re an early stage, funded edtech nonprofit on a mission to eradicate illiteracy in America. Our team is composed of former educators, literacy curriculum experts, and product developers who believe it is possible to teach every child to read, and to do so at scale via research-based instruction, personalization, and technology. We center students in all decisions, in particular Black, Latino, Native American, and those experiencing poverty.

We’re building an integrated, comprehensive, tech-enabled pre-kindergarten through 8th grade reading product that students love and that rapidly moves them to foundational literacy and reading fluency. We are looking for a Head of Engineering to lead our software development efforts and build our early prototyping work to a complete PK-8 product that achieves scale, efficacy, and market success.This is an opportunity to join as a senior leader in a mission-driven organization, working to build a breakthrough reading solution for historically underserved students.

Challenges you’ll get to take on You will set and lead the organization’s technical vision and engineering roadmap. You’ll partner closely with the CEO, Head of Product, and Head of Academics to deliver on an ambitious product vision and translate the product roadmap into a technical roadmap and strategy. You’ll contribute to the development and refinement of the product roadmap, and lead the engineering department’s inception processes to plan development and delivery. You’ll recruit, build, and manage a lean team of diverse engineering staff and contractors to implement the technical strategy.

RequirementsThis job is for you if: You have a proven track record leading high-performing engineering teams, even better in an education context. You've set a technology vision and led an engineering team to execute on the technical roadmap. You have 10+ years of experience in engineering leadership roles, managing teams of 20+ engineers across multiple engineering domains.

BenefitsWhat You’ll Receive: Salary range of $240,000 - $260,000 annually Competitive medical, dental, vision benefits 401k with 4% guaranteed match Opportunity to work remotely for a mission-driven company full of change-makers Work environment that values balance and harmony with a deep commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion Opportunity to travel and meet your team members in-person 2x per year

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