Education is one of the most important systems in the world. At Kognity, we build the technology that makes it work better, for the teachers delivering it and the students depending on it. The problems are real, the work is challenging, and the results show up in classrooms every day.

We're a 125-person EdTech scale-up powering learning in 120+ countries, helping students and teachers thrive through an intelligent platform that combines rich, interactive pedagogy with smart AI and data.

Why join Kognity?

• Work on problems that matter – Your work directly influences the lives of teachers and students in over 100 countries. The scale is global, and the outcomes are tangible.

• High ownership, high expectations – You are trusted to take initiative, make decisions and drive outcomes. Responsibility comes early, accountability is real, and results matter.

• A fast-moving, high-performing team – You will work with smart, driven colleagues across the globe on complex problems. Standards and expectations are high, feedback is direct, and the pace is fast.

• Continuous growth is the baseline – Everyone is expected and supported to learn quickly, improve constantly and raise their own bar. If you enjoy responsibility, momentum and meaningful challenge, you will thrive here.

What you'll do:

• Own the engineering operating system: tools, processes, vendor contracts, on-call staffing, and access reviews. Within three months, ownership is fully handed off from the CTO with no escalations landing on their desk by default.

• Make hiring fast and consistent: own the end-to-end hiring process, interviewer calibration, onboarding, and role consistency across Engineering Managers, with measurably better candidate quality within three months.

• Drive cultural and operational change from decision to reality: lead Tech 2.0 rollout across shipping pace, customer proximity, and values embedding, with at least one strategic initiative at operating reality within six months.

• Own engineering performance visibility: build and maintain the measurement infrastructure covering investment tracking, shipping pace, system health, and quality metrics, so the CTO and EMs work from reliable, consistent data.

• Support and sharpen the EM layer: facilitate the Tech Leadership Team, drive EM practice consistency, and own EM onboarding. Within six months, cross-EM escalations resolve one level below the CTO by default, and at least two to three previously misaligned practices are consistent across the layer.

What we're looking for:

• A background as a senior, principal, or staff engineer with meaningful experience leading and managing people, ideally including time as an engineering manager, VP Engineering, or CTO in a scaling organisation.

• Demonstrated ability to operate without formal authority, driving change through credibility, clear thinking, and strong relationships rather than positional power.

• A systems thinker with a bias for simplification: someone who looks at complex processes and finds the version that's materially simpler without sacrificing what matters.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate between strategic context and operational reality and produce output the CTO can act on.

• A passion for AI and a drive to experiment with new tools to enhance creativity, decisions, and execution.

How we hire

1. Discovery call with a Recruiter

2. Hiring manager discussion

3. Case study

4. Values discussion

5. Leadership talk

6. References

Every qualified person will be evaluated regardless of age, gender, identity, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status or religion. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive team and welcome people of all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.

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