Engineering Director

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead a group of around eight engineers in the development and management of student score reporting systems.

• Establish team vision and priorities, monitor goals, and offer coaching and constructive feedback.

• Cultivate an inclusive and high-performing culture.

• Design team structures and prepare for the evolving skill and capacity requirements.

• Enhance team members' strengths to provide scalable solutions utilizing cloud and AI-driven technologies.

• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to clarify score reporting requirements, limitations, and opportunities.

• Align priorities with product, data, and engineering leaders across interconnected systems.

• Articulate technical concepts to various audiences.

• Promote AI-enhanced capabilities for score reporting, insights, and operational effectiveness.

• Champion engineering excellence through design reviews, shared standards, and technical discussions.

• Work together with architects, senior and lead engineers, and data leads to assess features, estimate efforts, and plan deliveries.

• Convert business challenges into technical direction.

• Lead Agile and post-Agile delivery methodologies.

• Direct technical decisions and evaluate solution trade-offs.

• Align architecture, cloud services, and delivery methodologies with organizational objectives.

• Transform roadmaps into actionable strategies and prioritize epics and user stories.

• Manage scope and mitigate technical debt.

• Oversee application costs and performance while optimizing efficiency and scalability.

• Integrate security and compliance throughout the design and delivery processes.

• Ensure delivery and operational readiness throughout the service lifecycle.

• Lead the identification, triage, and resolution of production issues.

• Stay updated on Generative AI software advancements and share insights with the team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in software engineering.

• Proven experience in building and managing secure, data-intensive, cloud-based systems.

• Track record of successfully leading engineering teams in delivering complex products, services, or platform capabilities at scale.

• Practical experience in managing or owning web applications, preferably user-facing portals.

• Familiarity with authentication, access controls, web application firewalls, and hosting environments.

• Strong experience in people management including coaching, performance management, and career development.

• Capability to plan, prioritize, and execute in dynamic, fast-paced environments.

• Experience in reviewing designs, guiding architectural decisions, and working with senior engineers.

• Knowledge of modern cloud architectures.

• Ability to influence engineering strategies and decision-making across teams and management levels.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, openness to experimenting with and adopting AI-driven solutions, and comfort in independently learning new digital tools.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, clear and concise.

• A learner's mindset and a commitment to personal and professional growth.

• A collaborative and empathetic approach.

• Authorization to work in the United States.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work option available.

• Hybrid work option for candidates located near College Board offices (in-office on Tuesday and Wednesday).

• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package.

• Fair and competitive salary structure.

• Location-adjusted salary offerings.

• Open and transparent discussions regarding compensation and benefits.

• Opportunities for meaningful career progression and a supportive team environment.

• Occasional travel required for in-person business meetings.