Head of Engineering
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USD 150000 - 175000
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Job Description
Anticipated Position Start Date: Flexible with an August 2025 target
Role Type: Full-Time Salaried
Background: Software development contractor/team management
Location: Remote USA-based (up to 10% of travel)
Salary: $00 per year plus benefits
Who We Are:
The Modern Classrooms Project is a fast-growing 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that empowers educators to build classrooms that respond to every students needs. Founded by two award-winning teachers we lead a movement of educators in implementing a self-paced mastery-based instructional model that leverages technology to foster human connection authentic learning and social-emotional growth.
To date our free online course and Virtual Mentorship Program have empowered almost 100000 educators in 150 countries. Weve partnered with schools and districts nationwide to train and support both teachers and administrators and researchers from Johns Hopkins University found overwhelming positive support for our approach. We are an ambitious idealistic team and we are passionate about what we do.
Why We Need You:
For the past seven years we have empowered educators to use technology more effectively. We havent created tech tools of our own but instead helped teachers make better use of the tools they already have.
Over time however weve realized the limitations of existing tools - and have developed our own ideas for easy-to-use tech products that will help teachers implement self-paced mastery-based instruction in their own classrooms. We have now secured funding to build out a team that will develop these tools.
At the moment were using a few different contractors to build a few different products and relying on guidance from external advisors to ensure those projects proceed smoothly. So far so good. But as these tools become a more important part of our work we need a technical expert - and eventually a technical team - both to ensure the quality of our individual products and to ensure that the various products fit together seamlessly.
We need you to come in and take immediate ownership of our existing tech projects overseeing our contractors and potentially helping to build prototypes and features yourself. Then as our suite of tools continues to evolve well need you to build and support a high-performing technical team which ensures that the products we build meet our teachers and their students needs. And at all times well look to you not only for your technical expertise but also for your insights into our products themselves.
In developing tech tools that solve the problems our teachers face every day we see an opportunity to make these teachers more effective while making our evidence-based model more accessible to any educator who wants to help all of their students succeed. And we need you to help us make that happen.
What Youll Do:
As our first technical hire and Head of Engineering you will report directly to MCPs Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer and work closely with MCPs CEO and Product Team. While youll start out as an individual contributor our plan is for you to build a small high-quality tech team over time.
In the short term you will:
- Oversee and contribute to the design and development of products currently being built by contractors both to develop excellent products and to ensure that these products fit together.
- Establish and maintain MCPs technical infrastructure including architecture development and deployment of core platforms and tools while ensuring data security privacy and compliance.
As our tech products evolve you will:
- Help MCP develop and execute a product roadmap for the tech tools we are building including scoping new features and building initial prototypes.
- Determine the team structure required to achieve MCPs product-development goals then build and mentor a high-performing engineering team accordingly.
Youll spend your days making sure that Modern Classroom educators have the tools they need to provide self-paced mastery-based instruction effectively and efficiently.
You Should Apply If:
- Youre a builder. You welcome ideas but seek real solutions. When you dont know if something will work you create a prototype and find out; when you know that something does work you invest the time and effort to make it work well. You have a track record of building amazing things.
- You see the bigger picture. You take the time to understand users needs then ensure those needs are met. As you implement the product roadmap you also help shape it suggesting features and ideas that make users lives easier. You understand how all the pieces fit together.
- You love to learn. Youre interested in the latest developments in AI and motivated to apply them enhance both your and others work. Youre also motivated by MCPs mission and vision and eager to contribute your own insights into teacher- and student-facing product design.
- Youre a team-builder. You have experience managing vendors contractors and FTE engineers in order to build products on time and within budget. You can evaluate various options for staffing a project and determine which will best achieve the organizations goals.
- You want to shape the world. Youre motivated to be part of something larger than yourself. You believe that the highest value of your talent is using it to empower others. You care about your legacy. Youre ready to make a real difference in educators and young peoples lives.
It Would Also Be Helpful If:
- You have experience working in a startup-like environment and communicating and collaborating with non-technical stakeholders while assuming a high degree of autonomy and responsibility.
- You have strong full-stack development skills and familiarity with modern frameworks and infrastructure (e.g. React Python AWS etc.).
- You have experience building tech products that effectively leverage AI.
- You have experience handling sensitive and/or confidential data particularly in an education context.
Compensation and Benefits: We offer a competitive compensation package as well as the opportunity to work in a fast-growing nonprofit that is on a mission to improve education worldwide. This includes:
- Salaried Position: $150000-$175000 per year
- Employer-sponsored health insurance through CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
- Participation in Vanguard 403(b) deferred-compensation plan with 3% employer match
- Paid Time Off inclusive of: vacation/PTO (20 days) paid holidays paid parental leave sick and safe paid time off Me Days and the ability to earn paid Comp time off
- Annual budget for MCP-funded Continuous Learning for the program(s) you request (available after 6 months of continuous full-time employment)
- FSA and Dependent Care FSA access
- 1x Salary Life Insurance company-paid coverage
- Access to Wishbone Pet Insurance Benefit
- Ability to work remotely and to set own hours (within reason)
STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION: The Modern Classrooms Project is committed to equal employment opportunity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color gender disability age religion sexual orientation nationality or ethnicity. We are strongly committed to hiring a diverse team and encourage applications from traditionally under-represented backgrounds.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
