Director of Engineering, Content & Search

About Quizlet

At Quizlet, our mission is to help every learner achieve their outcomes in the most effective and delightful way. Our $1B+ learning platform serves tens of millions of students every month, including two-thirds of U.S. high schoolers and half of U.S. college students, powering over 2 billion learning interactions monthly.

We blend cognitive science with machine learning to personalize and enhance the learning experience for students, professionals, and lifelong learners alike. We’re energized by the potential to power more learners through multiple approaches and various tools.

Let’s Build the Future of Learning

Join us to design and deliver AI-powered learning tools that scale across the world and unlock human potential.

The Content & Search team powers our user’s ability to create, find, organize and share the learning content that powers over 1B learning interactions each week. We operate full stack, leveraging the latest LLM, frontend, and service technologies to create effective and delightful experiences that scale globally to all the world’s learners and learning material. We meet students where they are, operating cross-platform and AI-first to maximize learning outcomes.

As Director of Engineering, Content & Search you will be responsible for our core efforts in getting users to the right learning content. You’ll lead the way on strategy and engineering, working closely with cross-functional partners to define and execute on some of our biggest bets in Creation, Search, and Generative AI/LLM experiences. You’ll shape and grow your team to deliver on this mission, and shape our technology roadmap to maximize long term results.

Success in this role means people from all around the world will succeed in growing and learning!

We’re happy to share that this is an onsite position at our San Francisco office. To help foster team collaboration, we require that employees be in the office at a minimum of three days a week:
Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday and as needed by your manager or the company. We believe that this working environment facilitates increased work efficiency, team partnership, and supports growth as an employee and organization.

• Report to the VP of Engineering and contribute as a key member of the leadership team
• Drive the strategic roadmap for a main pillar of Quizlet user activity, including prioritization and technology decisions with stakeholders across the organization
• Mentor teams in the design and implementation of complex systems, fostering a culture of innovation and technical excellence
• Drive and deliver critical cross-functional efforts central to Quizlet’s future
• Promote best practices across the organization with respect to software architecture, user quality, and scalability

• 10+ years of software development experience with expertise in frontend, mobile and fullstack systems
• 7+ years leading and managing teams including managing managers
• Strong problem-solving skills and project execution skills
• Demonstrated ability in system architecture and design, understanding of design patterns, and ability to solve complex technical design challenges with attention to scalability and performance concerns
• The desire and ability to work across team and functional boundaries
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to the little details needed to make informed decisions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Excitement about the impact your work could have on the lives of students and teachers every day

• Experience building Conversational AI systems
• Experience in education

• Quizlet is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Salary transparency helps to mitigate unfair hiring practices when it comes to discrimination and pay gaps. Total compensation for this role is market competitive, including a starting base salary of $240,000 - $320,000, depending on…