Software Engineering Director

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AoPS is looking for a Software Engineering Director to lead multiple teams, shape technical strategy, and collaborate across the organization to build innovative, high-quality educational products. In this pivotal role, you'll drive execution across a portfolio of projects, mentor engineering leads, and optimize team performance through strategic planning, resource management, and continuous improvement.

The Software Engineering Director will :

• Lead IC hiring, development, and retention while ensuring department-wide hiring consistency.
• Align engineering execution with product strategy in partnership with the Senior Director of Product.
• Prioritize resources and projects to maximize impact, manage risk, and meet strategic goals.
• Ensure strong collaboration between engineering and product teams to deliver quality software on time.
• Champion initiatives that enhance system reliability, security, and developer efficiency.
• Track and optimize performance using engineering metrics and KPIs.
• Mentor engineering team leads to strengthen technical and leadership skills.
• Guide teams through complex technical challenges with hands-on expertise.
• Collaborate with fellow Engineering Directors on standards, initiatives, and best practices.
• Promote cross-team collaboration to drive innovation and shared learning.
• Shape portfolio-level technical strategy and roadmaps in partnership with product leaders.

The ideal candidate has :

Why Join AoPS :

This is a hybrid full-time position based at our headquarters in San Diego, CA. The full salary range for this position is 170k-210k with a variable year-end bonus. Here are some things you can look forward to :

Background Check :

Please note that employment is contingent on the successful completion of a background check.

Work Authorization :

Please note that in order to be considered for this position you must be legally authorized to work in the US. We are unable to offer sponsorship, including STEM-OPT and H-1B.

About AoPS :

Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is on a mission to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next . Since 2003, we have trained hundreds of thousands of the country's top students, including nearly all the members of the US International Math Olympiad team, through our online school, in-person academies, textbooks, and online learning systems. While our primary focus has been math for most of our history, through the years we have expanded our unique problem solving curriculum into more subjects, such as arts, science, and computer science.

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