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Director Of Software Engineering and Architecture

Colorado, United States, US Remote · Director · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$12k-$15kDetected 53 days ago
TypeScriptPythonRubyElixirReactHTMLCSSRailsDistributed SystemsFull-Stack DevelopmentGitPostgreSQLMySQLAWSAzureDockerKubernetesTerraformCI/CDGitHub ActionsJenkinsDevOpsKafkaMachine Learning

About the role

  • This role combines technical leadership, architectural ownership, and delivery accountability across large-scale digital platforms supporting student/learner experience, applications, and data ecosystems.
  • This is not a traditional management-only role.
  • While this position is open to remote candidates across the U.S., we will prioritize those who live in the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area and who are available to come into our Headquarters in Arlington, VA two days a week.

Responsibilities

  • Experience building or scaling high-traffic, customer-facing platforms
  • Own and drive the architecture and engineering strategy for scalable, cloud-native platforms across student/learner experience, applications, and data ecosystems.
  • At 2U, we are committed to building and sustaining a culture of belonging, respect, and inclusion.
  • Work closely with engineering, product, partner operations, and data teams in Agile environments.
  • Participate actively in PI planning, sprint reviews, and technical design forums.
  • Mentor senior engineers, tech leads, and solution architects.

Requirements

  • 2U is looking for a highly technical, hands-on Director of Software Engineering with deep experience in modern cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and full-stack platform development.

Nice to have

  • Python, TypeScript (Ruby, Clojure, or Elixir a plus)

Skills

  • GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Argo
  • 12-15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, with 5+ years in leadership roles
  • Proven experience as a hands-on technical leader across engineering and DevOps

Compensation

  • The anticipated base salary range for this role is ($232,100 - $264,200), with potential bonus eligibility.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Life insurance, disability, and 401(k) employer match
  • Generous paid holidays and leave policies, including unlimited PTO
  • Additional time off benefits include:
  • volunteer days, parental leave, and a company-wide winter break
  • The anticipated base salary range for this role is ($232,100 - $264,200), with potential bonus eligibility.
  • Translate long-term architectural vision into incremental, executable delivery plans.
  • We are motivated by our mission - to make learning limitless- and connected by our shared passion to deliver world-class higher education at scale.
  • As the parent company of edX, a leading online learning platform, 2U powers thousands of higher education offerings - from free courses to full degrees.

Company info

  • At 2U, we are all in on purpose.
  • Together with our college, university, and corporate partners, we are helping accelerate careers and transform lives.
  • We are proud of the steps we've taken to bring together an employee base that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities.
  • We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by what makes us different, as well as by how we are alike.

Equal opportunity

  • 2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement

Visa & Work Authorization

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