Quill.org | VP of Engineering | New York City, NY | ONSITE | Full Time
Quill.org is an open source web app that helps low-income K-12 students become strong writers. There are currently over 1.5 million students and 10,000 schools using Quill. As a nonprofit, we are backed by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, and Google.org, among others. Our vision is to help ten million low-income students become strong writers in the next five years, and we recently completed a research study that validates that Quill has a significant impact on students' writing skills.
As Quill's first Vice President of Engineering, you will be leading our engineering team and working across the organization to develop our products and execute on our strategy. Over the next six months, you will help us scale from a team of three to six engineers. You'll be responsible for managing the development team, recruiting, owning team processes (e.g. engineering backlog, technical roadmap, and sprints), and making sure Quill ships high-quality products on-time.
=== Required Experience/Skills ===
8+ years of engineering experience, including 2+ managing an engineering team.
Technologies we use heavily: 
Ruby on Rails 
React &amp; React Native 
Typescript 
Postgres 
RethinkDB
We are looking for candidates who are experienced with the technologies we use heavily and are curious about exploring new technologies.
Bonus points if: 
You have worked on machine learning and AI projects. 
You have experience working in ed tech or have worked as an educator.
We are a team of 10 (and growing) located in the Financial District of New York City. To apply, please emails REDACTED_EMAIL and share your resume, blog, projects, Github, or any other resources that might help us understand your background and skills.
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