Senior Director of Engineering, New Subjects
Core
Co-lead engineering for new subject pillars (Music, Chess) to build and scale products from early stages to high-growth initiatives, balancing short-term impact with long-term strategy.
Role type
Senior Director of Engineering (Strategy & Organization Building)
Builds
New subject product lines (Music, Chess) and the engineering organization delivering them
Domain
EdTech / Consumer Product / AI
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Consumer product engineering leadership (40+ engineers), Product strategy definition, Measurable business impact growth, LLM-powered feature building, High-velocity experiment-driven org scaling, High-performance team building, Executive influence
Preferred skills
Unity-based gameplay experience, Neural bot development, AI-first engineering culture
Technologies
Unity, LLMs, Neural networks
Responsibilities
Drive product and technical strategy for Music and Chess; Partner with Product, Design, Learning, and AI to evolve strategy; Lead multiple engineering directors tackling AI content creation and gameplay challenges; Drive operational excellence (reliability, performance, productivity); Contribute to hiring bar, leveling, and organizational design; Build a leadership bench for new products
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with heavy strategy & mentorship
