Instructor (Technical Coach)
July 24
🏢 In-office - Long Island
Description
• Share your knowledge and love of technology with a class of adult learners by leading technical instruction via lectures, activity-based learning workshops, code reviews, and projects. • Work with our existing robust curriculum and contribute to additional course content by providing feedback, ideas, improvements, activities, and additional assets. • Create a positive and professional learning environment, fostering a community that goes beyond the classroom. • Participate in weekly meetings with the larger program team to track cohort progress through our technical curriculum. • Empower Fellows to learn how to create websites and software, leveraging different technologies and coding languages, and instilling a love of learning new tech stacks, which they will need to continue doing in their careers. • Partner with staff to leverage our vast network of volunteers from top tech companies in the NY Metro area to enhance learning and participate in instructional activities in the classroom.
Requirements
• 4+ years experience as a software developer • Solid technical skills in front- and back-end technologies, preferably Javascript, Node.js, React and Postgres • Understanding of algorithmic concepts and patterns such as BFS, DFS, two pointers, sliding window, time/space complexity and you can coach Fellows to be successful in technical interviews. • A deep-rooted and sincere passion for technology, with a desire to help diversify engineering teams and provide further accessibility to tech-oriented careers • Collaborative, able to gain buy-in and influence • Ability to coach and mentor with empathy, while holding Fellows accountable for their development • High EQ, with a demonstrated ability to build professional relationships with colleagues across all levels • Experience applying a data-driven approach to projects and programs to measure effectiveness, spot trends and adjust plans to meet outcomes • Experience teaching adult learners or coaching/mentoring junior engineers is a plus, but not required • Excitement for Pursuit’s mission and business model, and a belief in the potential of anyone to learn to code and become leaders in tech.
Benefits
• Great culture where transparency, respect, teamwork, and kindness are valued • Competitive compensation in base, plus bonus and a full benefits package • 401k Match • Unlimited PTO and an all-Pursuit summer break the last week of August and a week-long holiday the last week of December • An opportunity to work at the intersection of tech and social impact, and make a direct impact on the communities of those we serve.
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