Head of Product & Engineering
Full-Time, Exempt, with Benefits
Location: Remote within the United States; travel to California for organizational retreats and occasional partner meetings
Salary Range: 165,000–190,000
What We Do
One Degree is a national nonprofit investing in next-generation service navigation solutions that empower people to build healthy and fulfilling lives by improving access to life-changing social services. In the U.S., over 90 million people live in a household where it is a daily struggle to meet basic needs. We are public-interest technologists committed to building the digital infrastructure communities need to help families take on the challenges they face every day.
About the Role
One Degree is building AI-powered tools and shared technology infrastructure to make it easier for families to access essential services and public benefits. We’re developing next-generation intake, enrollment, and coordination solutions while expanding partnerships with 211 organizations and other community institutions.
As a member of the executive team, the Head of Product & Engineering will lead One Degree’s product and engineering functions and serve as a strategic partner to the CEO. You’ll set technical direction, develop the team, and help build and deliver products—moving between organizational strategy and hands-on engineering work.
You may be a strong candidate if you:
- Are a thoughtful, hands-on leader who enjoys setting direction and doing the work to move it forward
- Have managed engineers and know how to support a team through clear expectations, coaching, and sound technical judgment
- Can balance building new products with maintaining and improving products people already rely on
- Are comfortable making decisions, managing tradeoffs, and creating useful structure in a small organization
- Communicate technical concepts clearly to nontechnical colleagues and partners
- Care about building technology with and for communities
And have:
- About 7–10 years of software engineering or technology experience, with increasing responsibility; relevant depth and impact matter more than a specific title or exact number of years
- Experience managing engineers and helping a team deliver
- Experience building and launching software products or capabilities from concept to production
- Strong technical judgment across software architecture, systems, infrastructure, security, and product delivery
- Experience leading complex technical work from planning through implementation and ongoing support, and the ability to contribute hands-on when needed
- Experience partnering with product leaders and cross-functional teams to set priorities, manage tradeoffs, and communicate progress and risks
- Familiarity with APIs, data flows, integrations, and cloud-based systems
You do not need to have held a Head of Product & Engineering or CTO title before. We’re looking for an experienced engineering leader with strong people-management skills, technical judgment, and a record of building and delivering products.
How to Apply:
Submit your resume and a cover letter describing your interest in One Degree and how your experience would help you lead and build our technology function.
Review the full position description and apply here
The hiring process includes an initial conversation, interviews with One Degree leaders and colleagues, and a practical exercise. Details and expectations will be shared in advance. For accommodations, contact humanresources@1degree.org.
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One Degree does not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, disability, religion, genetic information, medical condition, marital status, military and veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation. We are strongly committed to hiring a diverse and multicultural team, and encourage applications from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds.
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