Job details
Job type full-time
Full job description
Education advanced, incIs an educational technology company that seeks to transform school processes by allowing educators to focus more of their time on what matters most: their studentsEducation advanced, incIs developing unique web and mobile applications that help make the job of test coordination, budget planning, and staff and scheduling more efficient.
Education advanced, incIs seeking an experienced vice president of software engineering, ready to work with a geographically disperse team of both internal and outsourced development teamsThis is a work from home positionIt is a requirement that any candidate for this position has a stable and effective internet connectionThis is absolutely required for success in this job.
*
Must be a u.sCitizen or green card holder*
*
Roles and responsibilities*
Structure and lead teams, individuals, and cross-functional relationships in a way that ensures productivity and communication
Help the executive team deliver upon challenging but achievable goals and set the vision, strategy and plan for the future of eai’s engineering philosophy
Balance a vision for infrastructure and systems with a medium term roadmap and near-term execution plan
Drive modern engineering principles and practices by implementing relevant techniques, processes, and best practices
Set aggressive but achievable timelines and targets for engineering (in conjunction with adjacent functions, including product, design, and data) and help teams hit them
Structure, mentor and organize a team of over 25 engineers to align with the strategic objectives of the company and execute the product roadmap efficiently
Strong communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate plans and projects to both senior level executives and more junior team members; in addition to representing the team in a variety of scenarios: company meetings; exec meetings; strategic partnerships; and product direction discussions
Other tasks and duties as assigned
Required experience and skills
12+ years of experience as a technology leader with a proven track record of leading engineering teams, with a minimum of 5 years in a broad technical leadership role
Proven leadership experience as a vp of engineering or similar leadership role, leading a geographically distributed engineering team
Able to rapidly identify, communicate, and drive to resolution of issues with multiple teams, leaders, and business stakeholders
Have expertise with modern, large-scale data engineering using cloud native (aws) architectures
Have a passion for documentation
Have led an agile software development organization
Possess knowledge of security practices and systems required to manage sensitive personal data
Have experience in a private, growth-oriented company environment
Can demonstrate a track record of effectively aligning engineering practices with organizational strategy to deliver business results
Have demonstrated a history of leadership with the ability to drive the recruitment, development, and performance of a world-class distributed engineering team
Share eai’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
Passion for product excellence and experience working in organizations with strong collaboration between engineering, data, product, design and other essential business functions
An entrepreneurial spirit and are excited by the challenges that come along with building solutions that improve public schools
Points if you have
Experience with leadership in growth stage companies
Reports to: cto
*
Additional requirements*
25% travel required (domestic and/or international)
Ability and desire to adapt and acquire the skillset needed to meet the demands of our rapidly growing company
Other duties as assigned
Job type: full-time
Work location: multiple locations
