Director of Engineering

Company: DreamBox Learning
Location: Bellevue
Posted on: April 5, 2021

Job Description:

Right now, even though STEM skills are increasingly important, over 60% of students in Kindergarten through 8th grade are not proficient in math at their own grade-level. The pandemic has increased the opportunity gap for our most vulnerable students. As a society, we need to bring together our best, most creative minds to tackle this critical problem and ensure all kids are successful in math and school and have the tools they need to reach their potential. This includes developing the most innovative learning technology using advanced data science in a way that inspires students and empowers teachers. Come help us make a difference at DreamBox Learning. We're passionate about our mission to radically transform the way the world learns. Today, our Intelligent Adaptive Learning platform - with its rigorous math curriculum and game-based environment - is helping 5 million kids and over 150,000 educators improve math achievement and build a love of math at the same time. In the wake of COVID-19, and the broad range of learning experiences: in-person, all virtual and hybrid models, we are uniquely positioned to bring our best-in-class adaptive learning platform to more students and provide Educators and Parents with insights into their student's learning. About the Role: Our Software Development Engineers create and implement software for students and educators to experience on desktops and tablets.--We are seeking to add a director of engineering to the team; someone with a strong desire to grow with the company and improve the lives of children and learning guardians. We are an Agile shop, and our team is made up of a diverse group of self-motivated, passionate, and adaptive software engineers and thought leaders. You will be building, organizing and leading teams of engineers designing and building components to provide a rich and engaging experience for students to explore and master mathematical concepts, and educators to understand where the students are in their learning path. We are seeking someone with a passion for learning, not afraid of challenges, and a knack for solving hard problems, who aspires to be a thought leader amongst their peers. We are changing the lives of students, teachers, and families with our software, and you will play a critical role in expanding and supporting the content and platform that are at the heart of our product offering. What You'll Be Doing:

• Provide direct management to engineers, both individual contributors, and managers
• Perform all staffing functions, direct and indirect, including hiring, mentoring, training, performance appraisals, and retention
• Identify and develop engineering leadership
• Work with product management to design and execute strategic technical planning for the team from concept to prototype through to release
• Resolve tactical issues of project management and product development processes to ensure that the established development requirements have been met
• Research and recommend the usage of current software development technologies and methodologies, bringing best practices to the development team
• Develop procedures that assure consistent and replicable development methods
• Actively cultivate a learning, agile, high-performance environment to grow the development capabilities of the team
• Manage outsourced projects as needed
• Communicate cross-functionally with project stakeholders to ensure alignment
• Work on critical, highly complex customer problems that will span multiple systems
• Work efficiently in a collaborative team environment, interacting with technical and non-technical staff
• Seek to continually improve the software, practices, culture, and results of the team
• Establish, reinforce and evolve software development processes to improve the productivity of the teams and efficiency of software development practices across the teams
• Operate at all levels (leadership, management, and individual contribution), inspiring confidence and enthusiasm; happily jumping in and rolling up their sleeves when needed
• Partner with leaders across various departments to drive improvements and efficiency in our SDLC process
• Embrace DevOps and agile approaches
• Dive deep into all areas of the product About You:
  • 10+ years in software engineering
  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering management and leadership roles
  • Strong understanding of service-oriented architectures, cloud computing, distributed systems, REST, API infrastructures, containers
  • Experience with cloud computing on AWS
  • Working experience with Java and other OO languages
  • Ability to adapt to changing requirements
  • Experience building and developing engineering teams and staff
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills
  • Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment You have worked as an engineering leader in another SaaS organization, and you are looking to transition into a role where you can help children reach their full potential. You are a problem solver who enthusiastically tackles the unknown with an ability to pour yourself into research and experimentation. You have a vision when speaking about technology and you want to leverage your expertise to educate others.--You foster passion for quality work in your teammates by leading with your example. You are motivated by collaborating with a diverse team to deliver impactful software. At DreamBox, we are hooked on celebrating diversity & providing an inclusive workplace and it shows throughout our product, brand, and teams.--We are--proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Thanks for considering DreamBox Learning!

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