Tech Stack
AWSCloudDockerKubernetesTerraform
About the role
- Serve as a member of the Product Leadership team reporting directly to the SVP, Product
- Apply the needs of Engineering & Infrastructure to the overall operating budget while upholding fiscal responsibility and accountability for all respective cost centers
- Utilize in-depth technical knowledge and experience to scale development processes to meet the needs of a fast-evolving competitive landscape
- Deliver key business communication with the ability to answer subject matter questions or concerns in a clear and broadly understandable fashion
- Work alongside Senior Leadership to ensure the company remains internally efficient
- Drive the adoption of emerging technologies by continuously evaluating and integrating leading solutions
- Drive the organizational evolution to utilize AI/Machine learning to provide industry-leading data and educator insights
- Implement forward-thinking development strategies that align with long term goals
- Guide best practices in agile development methodologies (SAFe), improving collaboration between engineering, design, and infrastructure teams
- Oversee end-to-end software development processes from architecture to deployment
- Partner with leadership to target and align technology investments with business objectives
- Identify and drive opportunities to enhance the work products of core technology teams in 3D animation, Speech Recognition, and AI/ML
- Oversee DevOps and cloud hosting, ensuring high availability, security, and performance
- Implement CI/CD pipelines for efficient software deployment and iteration
- Optimize cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS) for scalability and cost efficiency
- Advocate infrastructure as code (IaC) and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform)
- Steer site reliability engineering (SRE) efforts to minimize downtime and improve system resilience
- Ensure security best practices and compliance with industry regulations
- Build, mentor, and scale high-performing engineering, design, and DevOps teams
- Foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and innovation
- Present infrastructure and design strategies to stakeholders and leadership
- Lead and manage the optimization of outsourcing critical path work to industry leading third-party vendors
- Define and track key technology performance metrics, including system uptime, load times, and security posture
- Utilize data-driven decision-making to improve engineering efficiency, quality, deployment, and infrastructure costs
- Drive continuous improvement through testing, monitoring, and iterative enhancements
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in EdTech software development/DevOps, with at least 5+ years in a Vice President or equivalent executive leadership position.
- Demonstrated excellence in communication and collaboration with both business and technical teams.
- Exceptional administrative business acumen, including budget management, outsourcing management, and structured scaling of teams and processes
- Experience in K12 industry strongly preferred, SaaS business experience beneficial
- Background in cloud security, compliance, and disaster recovery planning.
- Knowledge of frontend and backend best practices, experience in both Web and Native App development; SAFe Certification or experience preferred
- Exceptional leadership and team-building experience
- Advanced degree in a related field is a plus.
- Reliable internet connection through a cable or fiber-optic broadband service with minimum speeds of 10 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload.
- Ability to participate in video-based interviews and ongoing virtual meetings with camera on.