Growth Engineering Manager

ClassDojo's goal is to give every child on Earth an education they love.

We started by building a powerful network for communication. ClassDojo’s flagship app is the #1 communication app connecting K-12 teachers, children, and families globally. Teachers use it to share what’s happening throughout the day through photos, videos, and messages that make parents feel like they’re there. It’s actively used in over 95% of US schools, reaching over 45 million children in 180 countries, with a team of just around 200 people [1]. We are now beginning to use this network to give kids the best learning experiences in the world, far beyond those a standard school can provide.

We hire for talent density. Our team comprises the most talented, entrepreneurial, and innovative teammates from around the world, with experience in education and large scale consumer internet companies, including Instagram, Netflix, Dropbox, Stripe, Uber, Y Combinator, and more. We’re building a company where the most talented people want to work. We believe you’ll do the best work of your life here—and you’ll pioneer the future of education, too.

What you’ll do:

• As an Engineering Manager, you will help support teams and build products that will give every child on Earth an education they love. You will coach and empower teams to take ownership of their goals together, strengthen engineering culture, and be an active part of teams to achieve pioneering outcomes. We value those who create psychological safety, including building a blameless, learning-oriented, curiosity vs judgment culture.
• We appreciate Engineering Managers that want to be hands-on with their teams. We don’t expect that you would be coding full-time, but you can expect to code quite a bit (50%+ of the time) and to be comfortable and able to support the team in the details of their work as a code contributing member.
• As a Growth Engineering Manager, you will work cross-functionally to create and execute on strategies that drive user growth, engagement, and retention. You will use your experience driving strong, successful outcomes to educate and scale a growth mindset in each team you support.

You will be a match if:

• You have at least 8 years of professional software engineering experience and are excited to be hands on, regularly contributing code for the team.
• You have at least 3 years of professional experience managing direct reports on a product team, with at least 2 of those years managing a growth team.
• You are in the Americas time zone.

You might be a good fit if:

• You coach teams and individuals to achieve high standards and top performance, and have the results and specific proof points to back that up.
• You build safe environments that encourage collaboration and learning.
• You obsess over quality, and continuously look for ways to improve how teams improve it.

[1] Some more context:

(If you are on LinkedIn, you will not be able to access the hyperlinks below. Once you click apply, you will be directed to our career website (if you are not on there already) and will be able to access the hyperlinks)

• How ClassDojo Connects Parents, Students, and Teachers
• “Whats New on ClassDojo 2023”
• TechCrunch Article: Second Act comes with First Profits

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We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We are happy to accommodate any disabilities or special needs. We are a distributed company, so we hire regardless of location, as long as you are willing to have significant hours overlap with one of the Americas time zones.

ClassDojo takes a number of factors into consideration when determining compensation, including geographic location, experience, and skillset. Salary ranges (United States):

CA, WA, NY, NJ, CT states: $200,000 - $275,000 (USD)

All other states in the US: $170,000 - $235,000 (USD)

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