Head of Software Engineering, Team Lead

Head of Software Engineering and Team Lead

Remote (US working-hours overlap)

About SchoolDay

SchoolDay is a K-12 student data privacy and governance platform. School districts use it so that students and teachers can work with the EdTech apps they need while student personal data stays under the district’s control, in line with FERPA and COPPA.

About the Privacy Gateway

The Privacy Gateway is our core product. It sits between school devices and EdTech apps and gives the district visibility and control over student personal data: what each app receives, what is protected or withheld, and where the risks are.

The role

You lead the Privacy Gateway engineering team, a small remote team, and are accountable for what it ships: quality, security and pace. This is a hands-on leadership role, working directly with the CTO on architecture and product direction.

AI coding agents are a core part of how we build, so the role is about setting direction, defining what «done» means and judging the result, as much as writing code.

What you will do

• Lead the team: set priorities, coach engineers, and keep a steady weekly shipping rhythm.
• Turn product decisions into clear plans, acceptance criteria and a backlog the team can execute.

• Run AI coding agents (we use Claude Code) as a production tool, and take responsibility for what they produce.

• Own the final review: nothing merges until you are satisfied it is correct, human-written or AI-written.

• Set and protect the security and quality standards, and record the significant design decisions.
• Partner with DevOps and security leadership on deployment, monitoring and incident response.

What you bring

• Experience leading a small engineering team with full delivery accountability while staying hands-on.

• A strong background in network or infrastructure software. We work in Go; experience in a comparable systems language is fine.

• Solid security fundamentals, including TLS and certificates, and experience with sensitive or regulated data.

• Real production use of AI coding agents, and the habit of verifying their output.
• Clear written English and a rigorous approach to code review and testing.

Nice to have

• Identity and single sign-on, such as OAuth, OpenID Connect or SAML.
• Managed device fleets, such as Chromebooks or iPads.
• Work in a compliance-driven or high-assurance field.

EdTech experience is not required.

To apply

Send your CV and one or two examples of work you are proud of: code, a code review or a design document.

SchoolDay is an equal opportunity employer.