Engineering Manager, Outschool
$225-280k
+ Stock options
Office located in SoMa, CA
Online interactive classes for children
Open for applications
Online interactive classes for children
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$225-280k
+ Stock options
Office located in SoMa, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To inspire kids to love learning by linking learning to kids’ interests, connecting them with others who share those interests, and giving them the autonomy to pick their own path.
Role
Who you are
- You have experience as an engineering manager in a fast-paced startup or growth-stage company, and enjoy supporting teams through change and scale
- You bring strong technical judgment and a track record of leading engineering teams that ship impactful products quickly and iteratively
- You’re passionate about education, access, and user experience, and motivated by a mission-driven environment
- You demonstrate strong interest in hands-on experience with applying artificial intelligence for features like personalized learning experiences, smarter content discovery and educational recommendations
- You enjoy balancing technical decision-making with coaching, and you’re committed to building inclusive, high-performing teams
- You excel at owning and driving engineering roadmaps; collaborating with cross-functional partners to prioritize initiatives, align with business objectives, and ensure timely, high-quality execution
- 7-10+ years working as a web application developer
- 5+ years of experience managing software teams of 5-10 software engineers
- Experience managing and growing senior or staff ICs and leads
- Experience in performance management, including conducting reviews and providing feedback
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
- Demonstrated ability to oversee multiple parallel projects from planning to execution and on time delivery
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make sound technical decisions
- Ability to align team goals with business objectives and contribute to strategic planning
- Experience in recruiting, hiring, and onboarding software engineers
- Practical experience applying AI to improve learning experiences, content discovery, or personalization
What the job involves
- Join Outschool and help redefine the future of education by leading the engineering team focused on our core initiative. As Engineering Manager, you'll play a critical role in advancing Outschool Memberships and building innovative solutions that make alternative education (Alt-Ed) more accessible and engaging for families and learners everywhere
- This is a unique opportunity to bring both your technical depth and leadership acumen to a high-impact team shaping how families discover, consume, and stay engaged with learning on Outschool. You’ll work at the forefront of experimentation and iteration to build engaging experiences that turn students into lifelong learners
- Outschool saw exponential growth during the pandemic, scaling 15x to meet the needs of a global community of learners. We’re now in a pivotal chapter—investing in deeper, more seamless educational pathways to serve evolving family needs
- As the Engineering Manager your contributions will directly impact our mission to inspire kids to love learning by making high-quality, interest-based education more discoverable, consumable, and engaging
- Lead an engineering team and partner closely with cross-functional leads
- Oversee the design, development, and evolution of discovery, personalization, and classroom features, ensuring they are performant, user-centric, and aligned with our mission
- Collaborate closely with product, design, marketing, and analytics to drive forward core initiatives that lower barriers to learning and encourage continuous educational engagement
- Champion technical excellence and a culture of high ownership, providing mentorship, feedback, and support for the professional growth of engineers on your team
- Collaborate with Product & Design to scope and prioritize work across all work streams
Our take
Schooling has undergone some massive changes in recent years, with the needs of institutions and individuals changing quite radically. One company rising to meet these needs is Outschool, that operates an online platform for extracurricular classes.
Aimed at homeschooled students, Outschool saw a boom in business due to the pandemic in 2020, going on to achieve Unicorn status in 2021. Interestingly, though, it had already enjoyed swift growth and a place in Y Combinator years before lockdown began, and it has maintained an encouraging level of growth in the years since.
The hope of Outschool, and the tele-teaching sector at large, is that hybrid online/offline learning is here to stay - and interest in alternative education is certainly growing. With lucrative investment at its back, the company remains committed to empowering parents and students with a variety of flexible and personalized learning opportunities.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Oct 2021
$110m
SERIES D
Apr 2021
$75m
SERIES C
Total funding: $240.3m
Company benefits
- Share Financial Success: Stock options and a 401k that makes saving for retirement easier
- Health and Wellness: Comprehensive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance coverage options for employees and their families. Our medical benefits include fertility and family planning coverage. We also offer an additional wellness stipend and more resources related to mental and physical wellness
- PTO and Family Leave:PTO and family leave enable our team to take the time that we need to recharge, relax, and spend time with family and friends
- Fully Distributed: With a team distributed across the US and Canada, we create a remote culture through virtual events as well as stipends for meals, remote work, and internet allowance. We offer an additional stipend for home office setup
- Lifelong Learners: Annual budget to self-direct our professional development as well as DEI learning. There’s also a budget for employees’ learners to take classes on Outschool
- Community Impact: Outschool matches employee donations to established 501c3s, and has committed to supporting Outschool.org’s non-profit programs
Leadership
Andy Chiu
(CTO)Former VP of Engineering at Instacart. Spent 15 years at Google, ultimately as Senior Director of Software Engineering.
Xueyan Wang
(COO)Executive Member at enrich. Spent 9 years at Coursera, ultimately as SVP of Services and Business Operations. Also worked at Google for 9 years.
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