Lead Engineer
Curipod
Sales & Business Development
Posted on Dec 19, 2024
Engineering manager
Location: Oslo, Norway
We are looking for an engineering manager who loves shipping code every day. You will run the engineering team and lead key product initiatives.
What is Curipod?
We are building the all in one platform for teachers to plan and deliver AI native lessons that prepare kids for the 21st century.
What it actually means:
An interactive and collaborative lesson experience that includes all you need as a teacher to engage your kids in all subjects.
Lesson planning in the form of generating interactive slides and activities.
Lesson delivery that always works.
Lesson delivery that makes the most disengaged and bored student share their thoughts and get an amazing classroom experience.
Report summaries that help teachers quickly grasp misconceptions and identify students who need extra help.
Curious already? See what teachers are saying
Quick facts about Curipod
> 7 million students engaged
500k+ teachers on the platform
Product + community led growth
Backed by top tier Edtech investor, Reach Capital
Growing fast in the US, 650k+ monthly students engaged
Note: We are in hustling mode. We ship fast and work late while building the first platform for AI native lesson creation and delivery. We are looking for people who want to build something teachers and students love to use.
What you will actually be doing
Architecting stuff that matters
AI native lesson design planning
Real time lesson delivery
Craft the foundations of pedagogy AI agents that no-one has solved yet
Write a ton of code (mostly typescript and NextJS)
Keep our stack running smoothly (google cloud)
Run the engineering team
Own and champion features from the 1st to the 10th iteration across the organisation
Collaborate with product and design to ship fast
You should probably
Have built real things that real people use
Enjoy the chaos of a startup life
Fix things without being asked
Care about users more than code
Be comfortable with our stack
Typescript, nextjs, react
Google cloud
All the llms (Openai, Stable diffusion, etc.)
Hired and managed engineers.
Love collaborating with non-technical people
Bonus if you have been a founder or CTO in the past (currently 3/4 engineers are previous founders)
Who are we?
We are a couple of tight-knit builders from Boston, Buffalo, Florida, Minnesota and the fjords of Norway, eagerly curious about how learning experiences are being disrupted by AI. Join us and you’ll get great opportunities for personal development and global impact. We began building Curipod in the summer of 2021 and since then we’ve reached more than 500k teachers and 7 million students across more than 125 countries.
Where are we going?
Curipod aims to reach teachers and students globally with our cutting edge learning platform designed to teach and learn 21st century skills in a collaborative way. Collaborating daily with our growing community of excited teachers all over the world, we are shipping new stuff fast and make big bold bets to build even greater things. With strategic partners and investors we are well equipped for the road ahead.
Abilities that will help you succeed
Empathy
You frequently place yourself in your user’s shoes to deeply understand their needs and desires.
Curiosity
You love questioning what, how and why, breaking complexity down to first principles and building new insights and understandings.
Growth mindset
You thrive in a context of rapid changes, always eager to learn new things. You consider failing fast as an opportunity to learn and share your learning's with your team.
Collaboration
You collaborate well with others, and consider a teammate’s success as your own.
Analytical
You approach complex problem solving with a rational mind, setting clear goals and ways to measure your progress.
We offer
Curious and empathic teammates
Competitive salary (1.1m - 1.6m NOK), and pension
Equity in an early-stage tech company
Great health and life insurance
Generous vacation
A great variety of engineering challenges in all parts of the stack
Opportunities to travel (Multiple times every year!)
We are looking forward to hearing from you!
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