Company Description:
Veracross provides SaaS-based School Information Systems (SIS) designed to meet the specific needs of independent K-12 schools worldwide. Our one-record solution combines the power of a fully integrated single-record database, personalized communication tools, and an elegant architecture that is unique in our industry.
We are a growing, values-led community of employees in the US, UK and Australia who share a vision to unify school communities, improve the quality of education, and enhance learning.
Veracross is five product brands in one global tech company
- Veracross SIS is a one-person, one-record school management platform
- Magnus Health provides cloud-based Student Health Record (SHR) solutions
- Digistorm connects with their communities through Digistorm Websites, Digistorm Funnel, and Digistorm Apps.
- Epraise incentivizes student well-being and connects teachers, students, and families.
- Firefly provides an online learning space for students and teachers
Job Description:
We are seeking an Engineering Manager / Technical Lead to oversee a new FinTech engineering team and guide the evolution of a mission-critical product suite used by private K-12 schools across the world. This is a strategic, high-impact leadership role responsible for shaping the team’s culture, driving architectural and technical direction, and ensuring the successful delivery of a product suite that helps schools promote equity, affordability, and access for families from diverse economic backgrounds.
In this role, you will lead a team of full-stack engineers working across Ruby, Ruby on Rails, SQL, Javascript, and modern AI-assisted development workflows. You will balance people leadership with hands-on technical direction—setting standards, mentoring engineers, and partnering closely with product, design, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver a cohesive, scalable, next-generation experience.
Responsabilities:
- Lead, mentor, and grow the engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and technical excellence.
- Own the technical roadmap for the assigned product suite, aligning engineering strategy with product vision and long-term business goals.
- Drive modernization efforts, guiding the team as we evolve legacy systems into scalable, maintainable, next-generation architectures.
- Provide technical oversight across the stack, ensuring high-quality design decisions, consistent patterns, and strong engineering fundamentals.
- Champion AI-assisted development, helping the team adopt agentic tools for code generation, refactoring, testing, and workflow automation.
- Partner closely with product and design, translating requirements into actionable engineering plans and ensuring smooth, iterative delivery.
- Coordinate cross-team integrations with our Student Information System, Admissions, Fundraising, and other platform areas.
- Improve engineering processes, including CI/CD, code review practices, documentation standards, and developer experience.
- Guide technical discovery and risk assessment, ensuring the team makes informed decisions and delivers predictable outcomes.
- Represent the engineering team in planning, prioritization, and cross-functional leadership discussions.
- Support integrations with third-party systems commonly used by private K-12 schools.
Requirements
- Strong technical background in Ruby, Ruby on Rails, SQL, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Vue.js, with the ability to guide engineers across the full stack.
- Proven experience leading engineering teams—either as an Engineering Manager, Tech Lead, Staff Engineer, or similar leadership role.
- Experience managing cross-functional technical programs, coordinating with product, design, data, and other engineering groups.
- Ability to drive technical strategy, long-term architectural planning, and roadmap alignment across multiple product areas.
- Ability to evaluate and design scalable architectures, troubleshoot complex systems, and guide teams through technical tradeoffs.
- Experience using AI coding tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codeium, or custom agents) and a passion for integrating AI into engineering workflows.
- Comfort with prompt engineering and guiding AI toward high-quality code generation, testing, and refactoring.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to engineers, product partners, and leadership.
- Excellent organizational and planning abilities, including roadmap development, sprint planning, and cross-team coordination.
- Ability to lead effectively in a remote, mostly asynchronous environment.
- Flexibility, adaptability, and a team-first leadership mindset.
- 7+ years of professional engineering experience, including experience in technical leadership or people management.
- Experience with relational databases, SQL optimization, and data modeling.
- Proficiency with Git/GitHub and modern source control workflows
- Authorized to work in the United States
Nice to Haves
- Experience leading modernization initiatives, including guiding teams through incremental migration from legacy systems to modern architectures.
- A track record of building high-performing engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, and developing engineers at multiple levels.
- Experience establishing or improving engineering processes, such as code review standards, CI/CD pipelines, incident response, or documentation practices.
- Familiarity with vendor and partner management, especially when integrating with third-party systems or external technical teams.
- Experience managing distributed or remote engineering teams, including asynchronous communication practices and team health management.
- Background in FinTech, banking, or financial aid–related domains, with an understanding of regulatory, compliance, or data-sensitivity considerations.
- Ability to influence organizational direction through data-driven decision-making, technical risk assessment, and clear communication with senior leadership.
Benefits
- 3 weeks of vacation per year
- 14 paid holidays per year (including the week off between Christmas and New Year's Eve)
- 56 Hours of paid sick leave annually
- Top tier benefits -
- Medical, Dental & Vision (Blue Cross Blue Shield & EyeMed)
- Veracross LLC Fidelity 401(k) Plan - Managed by Sentinel Benefits
Salary at Veracross is determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience. The compensation range for this position is $140k to $160k (annualized USD) in addition to potential bonus.
We value the power of an inclusive culture and a strong sense of belonging. We seek to infuse diversity and inclusion in everything we do while promoting a culture where differences are embraced as strengths; opportunities are equal and accessible; consideration and respect are the norm; and all team members are supported in reaching their full potential.