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Director Of Software Engineering and Architecture

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Job Summary

Lead cloud-native software engineering and architecture for large-scale platforms supporting learner experiences, applications, and data ecosystems. Own system design and delivery accountability while operating as a hands-on player-coach—driving architecture reviews, code quality, production issue resolution, and reliability/observability. Guide engineering and DevOps execution across CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and container platforms, and help teams adopt AI/ML capabilities using modern AI APIs and services.

Location: United States

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Architecture & Urban Planning

Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

•Own and drive architecture and engineering strategy for scalable, cloud-native platforms across learner experience, applications, and data ecosystems.
•Lead system design and architecture reviews; define API-first microservices and event-driven architectures and set standards for scalability, resiliency, security, and performance.
•Act as a hands-on technical leader across engineering and DevOps—designing, building, deploying, and operating systems.
•Own end-to-end delivery and operations, including release cycles, reliability, uptime, and performance; resolve complex production issues.
•Lead DevOps practices (CI/CD, containers, infrastructure as code) and drive observability/monitoring, mentoring teams and adoption of AI/ML capabilities.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 232,100 - 264,200 annually

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kLife InsuranceDisabilityPaid LeaveParental Leave

Key Requirements

•12–15+ years of progressive software engineering experience with 5+ years in leadership roles.
•Proven hands-on technical leadership across engineering and DevOps with strong engineering rigor.
•Strong expertise in backend (Python, Ruby on Rails, Clojure, or Elixir) and frontend (React ecosystem, TypeScript, HTML/CSS).
•Strong database expertise (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and experience with API-first microservices and event-driven architectures.
•Experience across AWS cloud ecosystem plus Docker & Kubernetes (EKS), CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Argo), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).

Experience:12-15 yearsEdTechSaaSCloud-nativeDistributed systemsMicroservicesEvent-driven architecturesDevOpsAI/ML

Skills:Technical leadershipSystem designMentorshipDelivery accountabilityCross-functional collaboration

Tech Stack:PythonRuby on RailsClojureElixirReactTypeScriptHTML/CSSMySQLPostgreSQLOpenAI APIAzure OpenAI ServiceAmazon BedrockGoogle Vertex AIAWSDockerKubernetesEKSGitHub ActionsJenkinsArgo

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