Senior Engineering Manager, Kiddom
$220-250k
+ Equity
2-3 days a week in office
Personalised teaching and learning for children
Open for applications
Personalised teaching and learning for children
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$220-250k
+ Equity
2-3 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower learners and teachers to achieve their full potential by connecting assessments, a digital curriculum, and instruction in one platform.
Role
Who you are
- If you’re excited about leading engineering teams in a mission-driven environment, driving technical excellence, and building systems that truly matter, Kiddom offers an unparalleled opportunity to make a difference
- 10+ years of software engineering work experience
- 5+ years of experience in people management leading multiple teams of 3-5 engineers, including hands-on technical management
- Ideally experience with: (Golang, Python, Node.js, JS/TypesScript)
- Expertise in running small teams using agile techniques is essential, along with the ability to mentor, delegate, and collaborate with cross-functional teams
- You are strong in balancing priorities and making thoughtful decisions to meet immediate technical needs
- You are able to participate in architecture and product discussions with engineers, product managers, designers, and AI researchers contributing to informed decisions
- You have a proven track record of shipping quality products on time
- A customer-centric mindset and will apply that to building out platform services and features
- You are highly organized and thrive in fast-paced environments with a structured approach to team operations
- You can provide objective feedback, supporting individual and team growth
- Growth mindset - you're eager to expand your skill set and excited to carve out your career path in a hyper-growth setting
- Adaptability, resiliency, and ability to thrive in ambiguity - things can change quickly, and you'll need to help the team evolve
Desirable
- Experience with internationalization, accessibility, and web standards in the edtech space
- Familiarity with AWS, CI/CD tooling, and automated frontend testing
- Open-source contributions or technical writing/teaching in frontend engineering
What the job involves
- As a Senior Engineering Manager at Kiddom, you’ll have the opportunity to lead multiple teams of (3-5) talented engineers while driving meaningful, transformative work in the K-12 education space
- This role combines technical leadership with strategic impact, allowing you to shape Kiddom’s systems and processes to scale our business
- You’ll work with modern technologies, including Python, Golang, Node.js, JS/Typescript, Kubernetes, and AWS, while solving challenging technical problems that directly impact educators, administrators, and students
- You will have the ability to motivate and inspire change across the entire engineering organization as we adapt to new technologies and AI capabilities that make us and our users more efficient
- This role reports to our VP of Engineering Tim Catlin
Our take
Digital education has become an increasing reality in recent years. Whilst services such as Zoom have provided platforms for remote teaching, the minimal functionality of such services has outlined the lack of digital engagement tools that classrooms require.
Kiddom develops a collaborative learning platform for K-12 schooling that aims to provide integrated solutions to not only remote teaching but also in-person school and homework assignments. The platform allows teachers to assign tasks and to collaborate with students on them, whilst the software gathers data to provide insights on student engagement and performance.
The startup currently provides its services to individual teachers for free, but solutions for inter-institutional curriculums come at an annual subscription fee. Kiddom’s approach aims to provide solutions and fill the gap between remote and in-school teaching, at the same time as integrating student analytics to optimize and personalize the way students are educated.
Kirsty
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Insights
27% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Aug 2021
$35m
SERIES C
Mar 2018
$15m
SERIES B
Total funding: $56.5m
Company benefits
- Competitive salary
- Meaningful equity
- Remote friendly culture with budget to make sure you can work comfortably from home or office
- Health benefits: medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance
- Flexible vacation policy
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Ahsan Rizvi
(CEO & Founder)After an MSc at the University of Illinois, Ahsan spent a year as a Fulton Collective LLC Partner, before co-founding Le Sensor in 2010. They leveraged this entrepreneurial experience to found Kiddom in January 2015, serving since as CEO.
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