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Head of Engineering

Hawthorn, Victoria💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-18 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead end-to-end engineering delivery and people leadership for a global school management platform supporting 5,000+ schools across three countries.

Role type

Senior engineering executive (Head of Engineering)

Builds

All-in-one school management platform (Compass, SchoolBytes, Griddle, Clipboard)

Domain

EdTech / SaaS

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Engineering organization scaling, leading through managers, delivery operations, capacity planning, people leadership, commercial judgment, engineering metrics, technical depth

Preferred skills

Distributed/multi-entity team experience, AU/UK/Ireland exposure, C#/.NET, React.js, Node.js, Typescript

Responsibilities

Own engineering delivery performance and operating model; manage and develop Development Manager cohort; plan hiring and onboarding; define career pathways; partner with technical leaders on standards and quality; act as engineering representative to Product and ELT

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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