Director of Engineering

Royper Royco LLC; United States; Remote; USD 210,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Royper Royco LLC is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead multiple product engineering teams building scheduling tools for K-12 education. You will connect engineering priorities to business outcomes while remaining hands-on as the team scales.

You will own delivery across squads, guide architecture decisions, and collaborate with product and school-facing partners. The role blends leadership with hands-on coding and aims to deliver AI-enabled features ahead of the school scheduling

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering management across multiple teams and scale experience.
• Experience leading managers and guiding teams through major technical decisions.
• Strong backend architecture and design with hands-on coding capability.
• Experience in K-12 education technology or related learning fields.
• Proficiency with TypeScript or Python; experience with React, AWS, and MongoDB.
• Excellent communication, comfort with ambiguity, and translating technical decisions into business outcomes.
• Ability to travel for periodic company retreats and business needs.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery across multiple product squads, including scheduling, reporting and visibility, and elementary school experiences.
• Contribute code, review work, and pair with engineers, with an initial focus split of roughly half hands-on work and half leadership.
• Guide technical architecture decisions to support platform reliability and future growth.
• Partner with product and school-facing stakeholders to set squad goals and align engineering priorities with business outcomes.
• Deliver valuable product features ahead of the school scheduling season, including AI-powered capabilities.

Tools

TypeScript

Python

React

AWS

MongoDB

Job description

Lead and scale multiple product engineering teams at a mission-driven K-12 education technology company focused on helping schools create schedules for teachers and students. You will partner with product and school-facing teams to connect engineering priorities with business outcomes, while remaining hands-on as the organization grows.

What You'll Do

• Own delivery across multiple product squads, including scheduling, reporting and visibility, and elementary school experiences.
• Contribute code, review work, and pair with engineers, with an initial focus split of roughly half hands-on work and half leadership.
• Make and guide technical architecture decisions to support platform reliability and future growth.
• Partner with product and school-facing stakeholders to set squad goals and align engineering priorities with business outcomes.
• Deliver valuable product features ahead of the school scheduling season, including AI-powered capabilities.

What We're Looking For

• At least 3 years of engineering management experience and 5 or more years of engineering experience, including management of multiple teams and experience scaling engineering organizations.
• Experience leading engineering teams and other managers, owning product or business outcomes, and guiding teams through significant technical decisions.
• Strong backend architecture and design skills, with the ability to assess trade-offs and remain hands-on with code.
• Experience in K-12 education technology or related learning and teaching fields, ideally in a mission-driven environment.
• Proficiency with TypeScript or Python and experience with React, AWS, and MongoDB; able to ramp up on new technologies.
• Strong communication skills, comfort with ambiguity, and experience translating technical decisions into business outcomes.
• Ability to travel for periodic company retreats and business needs.

Base salary is $210,000 to $240,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

Remote within the United States.