Director of Engineering
KiddomSan Francisco, California, United States
Posted November 29, 2025
150000 - 250000 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
Kiddom is a groundbreaking educational platform that promotes student equity and growth by uniting high-quality instructional materials with dynamic digital learning.
Job Description
Kiddom is seeking a hands-on Director of Engineering to lead key parts of our engineering organization and help bring our AI-first product vision to life. The Director of Engineering will be responsible for managing multiple engineering teams, driving delivery excellence, and evolving our platform to support district-scale impact.
Requirements
- 10+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years leading and scaling teams in a SaaS environment
- Has managed multiple teams working on a range of products
- Strong background in building and operating distributed systems and cloud-native platforms
- Experience delivering products that leverage AI/ML (for example, recommendations, automation, analytics) or working closely with data science/ML teams
- Familiarity with modern data pipelines, security best practices, and observability
- Comfortable diving into technical discussions and guiding teams on trade-offs, even if you are not writing code daily
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Meaningful equity
- Health insurance benefits
- One Medical membership
- Flexible vacation time policy
- 10 paid sick days per year
- Paid holidays
- Paid bereavement leave
- Paid family leave after birth/adoption
- Commuter and FSA plans