Director of Engineering, Academic Product (Product Insights)
San Francisco, CA

Job Description

Engineering at 2U is fast paced, innovative and full of people passionate about delivering on the promise of online higher education via technology. We're growing rapidly and are seeking collaborative and results-driven individuals to join us. In return, we can offer you a fun learning environment where your skills, experience and creativity will make a material impact on the company's success and its overall mission. Your tenure at 2U will be a highlight of your career.

We strive for our teams to be cross-functional, self-organizing, and autonomous. You will be working directly with product managers, business analysts and your peers in a highly collaborative manner.

About The Role

We are looking for a thoughtful, collaborative and results-driven engineering leader with experience running teams of 3 to 8 engineers in an agile environment. You are a maker at heart and have experience in finding a balance between individual technical contribution and achieving results via your team. You are comfortable using and providing guidance in techniques like test driven development (TDD), pair programming and retrospectives.

Above all, you care about delivering quality software in a sustainable and timely manner. You have experience in, and passion for, building and running effective teams that deliver and thrive.

You are a competent maker, able to

* Make direct technical contributions (writing, debugging, reviewing, refactoring and deploying code)
* Provide technical guidance and feedback to your team members.
* Lead technical design of applications and participate in larger system design efforts
* Advocate for end user needs in software you are building

You are a competent manager, able to own and direct your team in:

* Planning and execution of short and medium term projects
* Hiring, engaging and developing for members of your team. Occasionally assisting with hiring on adjacent teams
* Assessing, reporting, and improving systems and processes in your charge
* Collaborating effectively with Product team (product managers, business analysts, and UX designers) to define and refine requirements

You have experience in (or clear potential for understanding) higher education ecosystem, 2U's 3 year strategy and major goals, and can align and execute your team's deliverables accordingly

About The Team

The Academic Product team makes up the core of outward-facing user experience of 2U's product offering and the technology used by faculty and Curriculum & Learning team to plan and assemble both asynchronous and synchronous content.

This is the "face" of 2U insofar as it is the destination for students, faculty, administrators and support users alike to interact with each other, share information, consume content, and perform the necessary operations to complete a degree with a 2U partner. Our goal is to create an enterprise-class course management product suite and world class learning and teaching experience platform that's scalable and flexible.

We are motivated to build a team where members bring sound computer science fundamentals and a diverse set of skills and experiences to the table. We are looking for experience and expertise in the following technologies:

Core competencies:

* Experience building full stack web application
* Experience building data driven solutions
* Experience around data modeling, data access, and data storage techniques
* Build large-scale batch and real-time data pipelines with data processing frameworks
* Help drive optimization, testing and tooling to improve data quality
* Collaborate with other software engineers, work closely with our data science team, promote learning and leadership opportunities and contribute to a growing knowledge base around good data and analytics strategies, patterns, standards

Bonus:

* Experience developing ETL pipelines
* Experience working with streaming platforms like Kafka, Kinesis, or similar
* Experience with analytics tools like Segment
* Experience in Javascript frameworks like React or Angular
* Experience in a strongly typed javascript codebase
* Experience in GraphQL
* Experience in using Python, Rails or Node.js to build APIs
* Software development methodology, like TDD and BDD
* DevOps skills: Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Helm
* Software design: Domain Driven Design, Design patterns
* Data technology: Relational databases (like PostgreSQL, MySQL), Key Value stores (like Redis)
* AWS services: AWS Lambda, Aurora, Elasticache, CloudFront, SNS, SQS, and other AWS services

About 2U Inc. (NASDAQ: TWOU)

We believe there should be no back row in higher education. For more than a decade, 2U, Inc., a global leader in education technology, has been improving lives by powering the world's best digital education. As a trusted partner and brand steward of great universities, we build, deliver, and support online graduate programs and certificates for working adults. Our industry-leading short courses, offered by GetSmarter®, are designed to equip lifelong learners with in-demand career skills. To learn more about 2U and No Back Row®, visit 2U.com.

2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At 2U, we are committed to creating and sustaining a culture that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities of our employees. We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by the ways in which we are different, as well as the ways in which we are the same.

Why It's Great to Work at 2U

2U offers a high-energy work environment that's both challenging and fun. We work hard, but our offices are casual and social places. We wear jeans to work and fuel brainstorming sessions with snacks and seltzer.

Benefits

2U offers a comprehensive benefits package:

* Medical, dental, and vision coverage
* Life insurance, disability and 401(k)
* Unlimited snacks and drinks
* Tuition reimbursement program
* Generous paid leave policies including unlimited PTO for your vacation, personal, or sick days
* Additional time off benefits include:
* time off to volunteer for non-profit organizations
* parental leave after 9 months of employment
* holidays that include a winter break from Christmas through New Year and more!

Note: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.

2U is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against applicants or employees and ensures equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, age, marital status, disability, citizenship, military or veterans' status, or any other classifications protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. 2U's equal opportunity policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, job benefits, pay and dismissal.