Engineering Leader, Core Product Engineering

ClassDojo's goal is to give every child on Earth an education they love.

We started by building a communication network that connects teachers, children, and families. Today, ClassDojo is used in the vast majority of U.S. schools and reaches tens of millions of children and families globally. We’re now expanding beyond communication into building the best possible learning experiences for kids everywhere.

We’re a small, high-talent-density team with experience from leading technology companies. We value ownership, speed, and thoughtful decision-making, and we aim to create an environment where people can do the best work of their careers.

We're hiring an Engineering Leader to own one of ClassDojo's product engineering areas end-to-end.

As the Engineering Lead for one of our core product strategy areas, you'll manage the engineering managers in your area, co-own outcomes with PM and Design counterparts, set engineering practices and quality across teams, and act as a demanding internal customer to our peer Platform org.

This is a manager-of-managers role with real architectural and strategic ownership. You'll have 2 to 4 engineering managers reporting in and influence over 15 to 30 engineers indirectly. You will be expected to set direction, not just execute on it.

What you’ll do:

Lead a multi-team product area

- Own the product area's company-level objectives and the engineering plan that delivers them

- Translate company priorities into product area plans and team plans, in a way that flows both up and down

- Be responsible for architecture-level trade-offs across the area's teams; own the technical roadmap and how it balances against product commitments

- Represent the product area in s-team forums and engineering-wide leadership conversations

Develop the engineering managers reporting to you

- Coach EMs to a higher bar with clear feedback, growth plans, and direct support

- Hold the line on engineering practices: flow-based delivery, vertic...