Senior Director of AI-Driven Core Product Engineering

Coursedog; United States; Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Coursedog seeks a Senior Director of Engineering to own the three core product clouds—Assessment, Curriculum, and Scheduling—and drive reliable delivery, quality, and growth. You’ll lead AI-enhanced, spec-driven practices while building a strong leadership bench in a remote-first, fast-paced environment.

You’ll report to the SVP of Software Engineering and shape engineering as a strategic driver of customer value, velocity, and revenue protection.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years leading engineering teams.
• Experience leading AI-driven transformation of an engineering organization.
• Data-driven leadership with fluent delivery and quality metrics.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and customer-facing teams.
• B2B SaaS experience; familiarity with cloud/pod delivery models.

Responsibilities

• Lead the AI transformation into a spec-driven development org for three clouds.
• Own day-to-day execution, delivery commitments, and reliability across clouds.
• Define and monitor delivery, quality, and reliability metrics.
• Hold teams and EMs accountable for outcomes and commitments.
• Build a continuous-improvement culture with measurable gains.
• Lead and grow engineering managers and their teams.

Skills

Engineering leadership

AI transformation

Metrics-driven leadership

Cross-functional partnership

Delivery excellence

Multi-cloud leadership

Tools

Jira

CI/CD

Observability

Automated testing

Job description

Coursedog seeks a Senior Director of Engineering to own the three core product clouds—Assessment, Curriculum, and Scheduling—and drive reliable delivery, quality, and growth. You’ll lead AI-enhanced, spec-driven practices while building a strong leadership bench in a remote-first, fast-paced environment.

You’ll report to the SVP of Software Engineering and shape engineering as a strategic driver of customer value, velocity, and revenue protection.