Software Engineering Director

AoPS is looking for a Software Engineering Director to lead multiple teams, shape technical strategy, and collaborate across the organization to build innovative, high-quality educational products. In this pivotal role, you'll drive execution across a portfolio of projects, mentor engineering leads, and optimize team performance through strategic planning, resource management, and continuous improvement. 

The Software Engineering Director will:

• Lead IC hiring, development, and retention while ensuring department-wide hiring consistency.
• Align engineering execution with product strategy in partnership with the Senior Director of Product.
• Prioritize resources and projects to maximize impact, manage risk, and meet strategic goals.
• Ensure strong collaboration between engineering and product teams to deliver quality software on time.
• Champion initiatives that enhance system reliability, security, and developer efficiency.
• Track and optimize performance using engineering metrics and KPIs.
• Mentor engineering team leads to strengthen technical and leadership skills.
• Guide teams through complex technical challenges with hands-on expertise.
• Collaborate with fellow Engineering Directors on standards, initiatives, and best practices.
• Promote cross-team collaboration to drive innovation and shared learning.
• Shape portfolio-level technical strategy and roadmaps in partnership with product leaders.

The ideal candidate has:

• 5+ years in software engineering, including 2–3+ years leading engineering managers or team leads
• Strong technical skills, capable of performing at a Senior Engineer level
• Proven success managing multiple teams across diverse products or features
• Track record of delivering complex projects and leading high-performing teams
• Deep understanding of modern software development practices
• Excellent communicator and collaborative problem-solver
• EdTech experience is a plus, but not required
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field preferred

Why Join AoPS:

This is a hybrid full-time position based at our headquarters in San Diego, CA. The full salary range for this position is 170k-210k with a variable year-end bonus. Here are some things you can look forward to:

• Impact: Your leadership will directly shape the tools that empower thousands of students and teachers - helping the next generation become creative, confident problem solvers.
• Flexibility: Casual work environment with a hybrid work week and flexible scheduling
• Benefits: Multiple options for Medical, Dental and Vision plans   
• Future Planning: 401K with company match
• Quality of Life: PTO Plan and supportive leadership that gives you the work-life balance you deserve
• Ease of Transition: Relocation bonus (if currently located outside of San Diego)

Background Check: 

Please note that employment is contingent on the successful completion of a background check.

About AoPS:

Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is on a mission to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. Since 2003, we have trained hundreds of thousands of the country’s top students, including nearly all the members of the US International Math Olympiad team, through our online school, in-person academies, textbooks, and online learning systems. While our primary focus has been math for most of our history, through the years we have expanded our unique problem solving curriculum into more subjects, such as language arts, science, and computer science.