Full-Time Head of Engineering

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.

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