Vice President of Product Engineering, 2 Hour Learning

Vice President of Product Engineering, 2 Hour Learning (Remote)$400,000/year USDJoin to apply for the Vice President of Product Engineering, 2 Hour Learning (Remote) role at CrossoverThis range is provided by Crossover. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.Base pay range$200.00/hr - $200.00/hrAre you a technically rigorous product leader with the ambition to drive AI‑led transformation in education? 2 Hour Learning seeks a technical architect to spearhead the evolution of our AI‑driven learning platform. This position demands the technical precision of a CTO, the strategic vision to catalyze transformational shifts, and the commitment to use those capabilities to unlock student achievement on an unprecedented scale.While most organizations treat AI as an add‑on to conventional education frameworks, 2 Hour Learning has pursued a fundamentally different approach: we have reconstructed the school model from first principles, leveraging AI and learning science to eliminate the limitations inherent in traditional classrooms. Our students do not simply progress — they excel, earning multiple 4s and 5s on AP examinations, demonstrating multi‑year academic advancement within a single year, and repeatedly surpassing their own projected outcomes. We have validated that when AI serves as the foundational operating system for learning, student performance accelerates dramatically.This is not a conventional product management position centered on iterative feature releases or customer feedback cycles. This is an executive‑level technical product ownership role, in which you will own the architectural direction, technical strategy, and AI integration across our complete learning ecosystem. You will make critical technical tradeoffs that ensure our platforms remain lean, scalable, and unwaveringly centered on enhancing student results. You will operate with the mindset of a CTO and the velocity of a product entrepreneur, combining engineering discipline with learning science to drive sustained breakthroughs.If you are prepared to lead the technical redefinition of education and possess the operational discipline to realize that vision, we invite your application. This is your chance to architect the future of learning.What You Will Be DoingCultivating and applying comprehensive education product expertise to inform strategic directionAuthoring technical specifications that resolve critical technical decisions while prioritizing simplicity, efficiency, and sustainabilityDeploying generative AI capabilities to automate and optimize engineering workflows, consistent with the strategic objective of minimizing manual effortWhat You Won’t Be DoingExclusive people management; your technical judgment and business insight will be central to this roleSpending time in meetings, committees, or bureaucratic processes; we have streamlined management overhead to enable you to concentrate on delivering business value through direct executionAbstract strategies disconnected from implementation; your guidance must be grounded in product‑level understandingKey ResponsibilitiesServe as the CTO for one or more education products, owning foundational capabilities and generating business value through flawless execution and strategic leadershipBasic RequirementsSubstantial experience or passion for data‑driven learning science7+ years of experience driving critical architecture and design decisions on software initiatives, including the application of architecture design patterns or major open source technologies2+ years of experience making design decisions that incorporate cloud computing services (primarily AWS)4+ years of experience in roles with complete technical and delivery accountability for a revenue‑generating productTrack record of building product features that leverage advanced generative AI capabilitiesDemonstrated use of generative AI to streamline operational processesAbout 2 Hour LearningEducation is broken, but 2 Hour Learning is proving it doesn’t have to be. They’re tearing down the outdated one‑size‑fits‑all model and replacing it with AI‑driven personalized learning that helps kids master academics in just two hours a day.With students consistently ranking in the top 1-2% nationally and the top 20% achieving an astonishing 6.5x growth, they’re proving that smarter learning is possible. At 2 Hour Learning, it’s talent and performance that matter.They offer a dynamic, on‑campus and remote‑friendly environment where innovators, educators, and AI specialists can be a part of fixing a broken school system.2 Hour Learning is reprogramming learning for the AI era.Working with usThis is a full‑time (40 hours per week), long‑term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $200 USD/hour, which equates to $400,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The