Full-Time Head of Engineering
Outschool is hiring a remote Full-Time Head of Engineering. The career level for this job opening is Senior Manager and is accepting USA based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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Outschool's mission is to inspire kids to love learning. We offer flexible, engaging learning experiences.
Role Overview:
We are seeking an exceptional engineering leader to drive technical innovation and transformation, focusing on AI/ML-driven personalization and recommendations for our marketplace.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead technical strategy and development of AI/ML capabilities for personalization and recommendations.
- Drive engineering excellence through mentorship and quality standards.
- Transform or build engineering culture focused on learning, innovation, and high performance.
- Scale technical operations while maintaining agility and innovation.
- Architect and implement core platform capabilities.
- Establish data-driven performance metrics aligned with business objectives.
- Foster collaboration between engineering, product, and design teams.
- Build and retain world-class engineering talent.
- Drive technical decisions for competitive advantages.
- Lead evaluation and modernization of technical stack.
About You:
You are a technical leader with deep engineering expertise and strong cultural leadership.
Required Experience & Skills:
- Deep expertise in AI/ML, especially recommendation systems and personalization.
- Strong coding abilities and system design experience.
- 10+ years engineering leadership experience, leading engineering organizations of 30+ people.
- Track record of successful product launches in consumer marketplaces or software.
- Experience scaling technical platforms.
- Proven ability to attract, develop, and retain exceptional talent.
- Strong technical decision-making skills.
- Excellent stakeholder communication and management skills.
Preferred:
- SF/Bay Area or willingness to travel regularly.
Company Values:
- Learning by Doing: Embracing risk and change, focusing on the future.
- Scaling for Impact: Building a large, profitable, global business to serve learners.
- Disrupting the Status Quo: Challenging the status quo in education.