TPT (formerly Teachers Pay Teachers)
We're a teacher-powered digital learning platform, dedicated to empowering our community of 7M+ educators.
New York, NY

Technical Lead, Mobile

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What We Do

At Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT), we’re unlocking the power of educator-created content. More than 2 out of 3 of U.S. teachers come to TpT every year to get teacher-tested, engaging, and rigorous materials. What began as a humble exchange for teachers looking to share lesson plans has since exploded into an education powerhouse where teachers have created more than 3 million resources for all aspects of PreK-12 education. More than five million educators worldwide (including teachers, administrators, and parents) have downloaded TpT resources more than a billion times. If you haven’t heard of TpT yet and want to learn more, just talk to a teacher about us. Or try this recent article in Forbes.

The mobile team is focused on empowering educators in the classroom using the unique capabilities of mobile devices. We specifically want to unlock mobile-first flows for our users that leverage the huge success and value of the TpT ecosystem. To this end, we’re focused on building experiences that leverage in-the-moment engagement with the content and community that TpT provides.

Role

The tech lead role is the focal point of the delivery and technical excellence we strive for at TpT. You will be responsible for helping us ship new products to users while also thinking carefully about our technology ecosystem so that it enables high development velocity with technical excellence. You understand that technical decisions are not made in a vacuum and seek to understand the product, organizational and technical constraints that determine how we build - specific technology platforms are secondary in your mind to product and team success. You will be expected to be a proactive and engaged leader for other engineers on the team and with stakeholders across the organization.

Qualities for a successful candidate

  • Industry experience working on a range of mobile and full-stack technologies, with some deep experience in mobile-first technology ecosystems (native iOS, native Android, React-Native)
  • Fluency in at least 2 of the following programming languages: Swift, Objective-C, Java, Kotlin, Javascript
  • Experience shipping both iOS and Android apps to their respective stores.
  • Comfort working with a full-stack range of technologies as necessary.
  • Mentoring teammates via means like pull requests, design reviews.
  • Experience leading projects of significant complexity and scale to end users under time constraints.
  • A deep understanding of engineering best practices and how they specifically apply in the mobile realm: CI/CD, monitoring & alerting, test automation, etc.
  • An understanding of pragmatic tradeoffs between engineering excellence and fast product iteration/discovery.
  • A strong appreciation and skill for communication across the board: among engineers on the team, across disciplines, and across teams. A mature understanding of how to use communication tools to drive important decisions and engage stakeholders.

Extra Credit

  • Experience working with Erlang/Elixir backend systems and with React on mobile or web.
  • Demonstrated interest and background in education.
  • Open source contributions
  • Degree in Computer Science or equivalent engineering field.


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What are TPT (formerly Teachers Pay Teachers) Perks + Benefits

TPT (formerly Teachers Pay Teachers) Benefits Overview

Building for Diversity and Inclusion is one of our core company values here at TPT. A huge part of this is making TPT a place where people feel like they can thrive, regardless of what stage of life they're in. This means we have a competitive parental leave policy (three months for new parents to bond with their little one), 20 days of PTO, 7 wellness days to look after your physical and mental health, as well as fun perks like catered lunches in office 3x weekly.

As a company rooted in the belief that teachers must be at the heart of everything we do, we also make time twice a year for teacher-visits, either virtually or going into local classrooms in the tri-state area to shadow teachers in action -- to remind ourselves of the importance behind our mission.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Open door policy
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Highly diverse management team
Mandated unconscious bias training
TPT works with LifeLabs to conduct interactive unconscious bias workshops throughout the year, which help build context and skills that support in making TPT an inclusive place to work for all.
Diversity employee resource groups
Employees are welcome to join our many Employee Resource Groups! These groups support an array of different cultures & communities, and often host virtual or in-person events outside of working hours.
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
At TPT, we are proud to offer all full time employees access to a Headspace subscription and Eden Health, an online health concierge with access to one-to-one talk therapy.
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
TPT lead a Ukraine Donation Campaign, where the company met employees dollar for dollar in contributing to various organizations dedicated to providing support to Ukraine.
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Company sponsored family events
TpT sponsors an Employee Resource Group that caters to working parents, which hosts monthly meetings and events throughout the year! Additionally, we host Bring Your Child To Work Day annually.
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Generous PTO
Outside of wellness, personal days, and COVID-19 specific time off, TPT also offers 20 days of PTO per year, with 5 days available for roll-over.
Paid volunteer time
Each full-time employee is given 5 additional personal days each year, used for voting and volunteering.
Sabbatical
Eligible employees get 5 weeks of paid sabbatical after their first 5 years of working at the company.
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Teams across the company have regular sponsored off-sites to promote time together. Company-wide, we also have monthly Happy Hours, and 4 main events: Field Day, Camp TPT, Picnic and Holiday Party.
Free snacks and drinks
The office kitchen is always fully stocked with snacks, sweet treats, fruit, drinks, coffee and tea.
Some meals provided
TPT provides a GrubHub allowance for in-office lunch options on Mondays, Tuesdays, & Thursdays, for those working from our HQ.
Company-sponsored happy hours
TPT has monthly Happy Hours (both in-person and virtual). Activities can vary; recently we had a virtual happy hour hosted by JamEvents for a game of "Guess My Sketch," with sponsored bevvies.
Recreational clubs
We have an undefeated softball team, and have also sponsored volleyball, dodgeball, and are always taking new suggestions!
Fitness stipend
Home-office stipend for remote employees
TPT provides a one-time $400 WFH stipend to full-time employees (both remote and hybrid), to ensure all have what they need to work effectively from home.
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
TPT hosts Snack & Learns ~2x monthly, to promote employees coming together to discuss work and goal progress, company updates, and learn from each other 🧠
Promote from within
Mentorship program
TPT's mentorship program aims to build a more inclusive environment by building relationships between TpTers, providing career growth and development opportunities through formal mentorship.
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Teams across TPT devote time each week to learning. Our Eng org blocks Friday afternoons for "Eng Learning Fridays," where engineers are given a free block of time to pursue learning opportunities.

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