Remote Director of Software Engineering

Mcgraw Hill; United States; Remote; USD 185,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

McGraw Hill is seeking a Director of Software Engineering who thrives on organizational design, coaching engineering managers, and delivering at scale across multiple teams. This strategic role sits at the intersection of people, product, and technology and directly shapes the health of a significant portion of our engineering organization.

You will own delivery, grow leaders, recruit with intention, and build scalable systems.

Qualifications

• Operates at the intersection of people, technology, and business.
• Able to turn ambiguity into clear direction for teams.
• Maintains high standards and accountable structures.
• Builds scalable, high-performing engineering organizations.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery across multiple teams and multi-quarter programs.
• Grow engineering leaders and develop a bench of managers.
• Build trusted relationships with platform teams and partners.
• Drive cross-functional alignment with Product, UX, and SRE.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

People development

Cross-functional

Tools

Go

Java

Node.js

TypeScript

Angular

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

McGraw Hill is seeking a Director of Software Engineering who thrives on organizational design, coaching engineering managers, and delivering at scale across multiple teams. This strategic role sits at the intersection of people, product, and technology and directly shapes the health of a significant portion of our engineering organization.

You will own delivery, grow leaders, recruit with intention, and build scalable systems.