Instructor, Software Engineering

Flatiron School is seeking full-time and remote software engineering instructors. You will be responsible for coordinating and delivering key components of a student’s course structure, like weekly one-on-ones and study groups, and act as their go-to technical resource as they work through the program. You’ll work with fellow faculty and staff to develop and deliver course material, troubleshoot student issues, build community within our student body, and overall create productive, inspired, employable practitioners of a technical craft. Additionally, you will act as the point of contact for Software Engineering students. This role is a tull-time instructional role requiring individuals to teach Monday-Friday from 9 am-6 pm PST.

Responsibilities: 

• Work directly with students as their dedicated leader for the course, elevating them to meet our technical bar.

• Maintain the cadence of the course: Keep students on track, monitor each individual’s progress, and design and implement learning or service interventions when students fall behind, in partnership with program leadership.

• Create, prepare and deliver daily lectures that engage and promote student learning.

• Hold regular one-on-one and group coaching sessions with students that serve as tutoring, motivational, or debugging sessions — whatever particular student(s) need(s) that day to keep on track for their goals.

• Help students in real-time, through one-on-one meetings and live conversations, tending towards the most high-fidelity experiences.

• Facilitate Education Operations in Flatiron School’s Learning Management System.

• Review coursework by students and provide specific, highly qualitative and useful feedback.

• Lead project sprints, helping students scope and execute larger technical projects to demonstrate mastery of each content module.

• Conduct assessments, holding students to a high bar of mastery for each content module and coaching them on how to deepen their understanding of the material.

• Build community within student groups by identifying, creating, and implementing connective experiences, like Feelings Friday and Motivational Monday study groups, Slack discussions, and student pairing sessions.

• Monitor and engage in student discussions, jumping in to help with technical challenges and participating in non-technical conversations that develop community.

• While lecturing is not an instructor’s main responsibility, lecturing may be required occasionally. 

• Leverage passion as a force for motivation by sharing what you are passionate about with students and working those topics into lesson plans as appropriate.

• Be available, responsive, excited, and kind: A teacher who holds students to high standards, puts people above process, and creates the kind of learning environment that stretches people beyond what they thought they could achieve.

Collaborate thoughtfully and impactfully with colleagues:

• Use student feedback gathered via class surveys, team members, and students to continuously improve the student’s learning experience.

• Assist colleagues in developing and executing learning interventions that progress  students forward.

• Collaborate with the Curriculum and Teacher Training teams to deliver feedback from students and staff about what resources and improvements would drive the best student experiences.

• Be an exemplar of Flatiron School’s values in your work and your interactions: Make No Little Plans, Strive for Excellence, Be a Lifelong Learner, Work Together, Radiate Positivity, and Nurture Difference.

• Assist in the interviewing and onboarding process for new instructors.

• Participate in internal and external events.

• May occasionally substitute if needed.

Qualifications: 

• BA Degree and/or equivalent experience.

• 2+ years of practitioner experience in the Software Engineering field.

• Prior instructional or training experience is a plus.

• Possess empathy and a strong desire to act as a mentor.  

• Strong Knowledge in HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Python.  Python web development framework, like Flask, plus. Other languages like NodeJS, Ruby, PHP, Java are also considered. 

• Strong communication skills, and great judgment about what communications to use in a particular situation or on a particular medium.

Expected Compensation:

• $75K-$90K Annually