Remote C# + DevOps + Python + Students Jobs

About the Role\n\nAs a Principal Technical Mentor at App Academy, you have the crucially important role of using your software development and mentorship experience to ensure that students transform themselves into software engineers. \n\nThis is a 100% remote position. This position reports to the Director of Instruction.\n\n\n\n\nResponsibilities\n\n\n\n\n* Confirm that students understand the technical content of the curriculum\n\n* Provide supplementary explanations to students about ideas and techniques found in the curriculum\n\n* Occasionally provide the answers during Q&A sessions for the cohort’s class\n\n* Meet weekly with instructors and TAs to reconcile the progress of students’ learning journeys\n\n* Suggest secondary resources to enhance student comprehension\n\n* Provide qualitative feedback about students interactions with the curriculum content as part of the Curriculum Design Lifecycle\n\n* Create new content for internal and external training\n\n* Implement features in the learning management system\n\n* Facilitate staff improvements through internal training\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExperience and Qualifications\n\n\n\n\n* Three years of hands-on software development experience creating and maintaining software in production\n\n* One year of software development experience at a software company or two years of software development experience at a non-software company (within the last five years)\n\n* One year of teaching adult learners or one year of verifiable success as a people manager\n\n* Demonstrable knowledge of all of the following programming topics: JavaScript, HTML 5, and CSS 3, ReactJS, the Flux architecture, object-oriented design patterns and principles\n\n* Demonstrable competence of at least one of the following languages and associated frameworks: Ruby with Ruby on Rails, Python with Flask and SQL Alchemy, Java with Spring and JPA, C# with ASP.NET MVCand EF\n\n* Demonstrable knowledge of at least two of macOS, Windows, and Ubuntu Linux\n\n* Demonstrably excellent writing and oral communication skills\n\n* Demonstrable capacity to judiciously handle interpersonal relationships with empathy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNice To Have\n\n\n\n\n* Demonstrable knowledge of devops tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, or Terraform\n\n* Demonstrable knowledge of using microservice-based architecture\n\n* Demonstrable knowledge of functional patterns and principles\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur Values\n\n\n\n\n* Take responsibility for student success:.  Everyone works together to enable student success.\n\n* Follow the numbers.  Decisions should be backed by data.\n\n* Embrace a growth mindset.  View challenges and failures as opportunities to improve.\n\n* Start with why.  See the big picture and question the status quo. If there’s a better way of doing things we should investigate it.  \n\n* Create an inclusive environment.  We work together to promote empathy and respect amongst all students and staff.\n\n* Build with urgency. Build like careers depend on it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBenefits\n\n\n\n\n* Competitive salary\n\n* Flexible paid time off\n\n* Employer-sponsored health insurance plans with 100% support for premiums\n\n* Generous paid family leave program\n\n* The opportunity to work with driven and talented colleagues committed to lifelong learning\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApp Academy is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. We believe strongly that technology companies benefit from diversity and encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.\n\nIn compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Teaching, DevOps, Adult, Java, CSS, HTML, Python and Ruby jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $107,500/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n

About the Role\nAs a Principal Technical Mentor at App Academy, you have the crucially important role of using your software development and mentorship experience to ensure that students transform themselves into software engineers. This is a 100% remote position. This position reports to the Director of Instruction.\n\n\n\n\nResponsibilities\n\n\n\n\n* Confirm that students understand the technical content of the curriculum\n\n* Provide supplementary explanations to students about ideas and techniques found in the curriculum\n\n* Occasionally provide the answers during Q&A sessions for the cohort’s class\n\n* Meet weekly with instructors and TAs to reconcile the progress of students’ learning journeys\n\n* Suggest secondary resources to enhance student comprehension\n\n* Provide qualitative feedback about students interactions with the curriculum content as part of the Curriculum Design Lifecycle\n\n* Create new content for internal and external training\n\n* Implement features in the learning management system\n\n* Facilitate staff improvements through internal training\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExperience and Qualifications\n\n\n\n\n* Three years of hands-on software development experience creating and maintaining software in production\n\n* One year of software development experience at a software company or two years of software development experience at a non-software company (within the last five years)\n\n* One year of teaching adult learners or one year of verifiable success as a people manager\n\n* Demonstrable knowledge of all of the following programming topics: JavaScript, HTML 5, and CSS 3, ReactJS, the Flux architecture, object-oriented design patterns and principles\n\n* Demonstrable competence of at least one of the following languages and associated frameworks: Ruby with Ruby on Rails, Python with Flask and SQL Alchemy, Java with Spring and JPA, C# with ASP.NET MVCand EF\n\n* Demonstrably excellent writing and oral communication skills\n\n* Demonstrable capacity to judiciously handle interpersonal relationships with empathy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNice To Have\n\n\n\n\n* Demonstrable knowledge of devops tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, or Terraform\n\n* Demonstrable knowledge of using microservice-based architecture\n\n* Demonstrable knowledge of functional patterns and principles\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur Values\n\n\n\n\n* Take responsibility for student success:.  Everyone works together to enable student success.\n\n* Follow the numbers.  Decisions should be backed by data.\n\n* Embrace a growth mindset.  View challenges and failures as opportunities to improve.\n\n* Start with why.  See the big picture and question the status quo. If there’s a better way of doing things we should investigate it.  \n\n* Create an inclusive environment.  We work together to promote empathy and respect amongst all students and staff.\n\n* Build with urgency. Build like careers depend on it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBenefits\n\n\n\n\n* Competitive salary\n\n* Flexible paid time off\n\n* Employer-sponsored health insurance plans with 100% support for premiums\n\n* Generous paid family leave program\n\n* The opportunity to work with driven and talented colleagues committed to lifelong learning\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApp Academy is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. We believe strongly that technology companies benefit from diversity and encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.\n\nIn compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Teaching, DevOps, Adult, Java, CSS, HTML, Python and Ruby jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $107,500/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n

\nYour mission\n\nAt Labster we are dedicated to empowering the next generation of scientists to change the world. Our goal is to develop software that makes learning both engaging and effective, and to make it accessible to as many students as possible.\n\nWe govern ourselves by using a flat-hierarchy system that is focused on motivation and results. We believe in flexible work hours and a good work-life balance, and while we love to get results, it’s incredibly important for us to have happy team members. At this point in time, we are a team of approximately 40+ developers. Some of the projects we are currently working on include but are not limited to: VR, building complex game/simulation editing tools and an advanced learning analytics dashboard, as well as scaling our DevOps server architecture to reach millions of students. To achieve our goals, we use C#, Unity3D, Python (Django), AWS etc.\n\nYour responsibilities\n\n\n* Extending our award-winning visual 3D simulation editor\n\n* Designing and developing new features for our highly popular virtual laboratory simulation and gamified education platform\n\n* Engineering cutting-edge, innovative educational gaming technologies integrated into Unity3D\n\n* Working as a member of a cross-functional team comprised of C# Developers, 3D Artists, QA Engineers, Content Writers and Content Developers\n\n* Driving improvements to our coding practices (such as test-driven development practices)\n\n* Contributing product ideas and working within the Product Team to help refine product features and requirements\n\n* Developing interpreter for Labster’s domain-specific language for educational simulations\n\n\n\n\nRequirements\n\n\n* You are proficient in designing, developing and maintaining applications using C#\n\n* You are fluent in written and spoken English\n\n* You like to take initiative and come up with ideas and you are not afraid of constructively question status quo\n\n* You have excellent attention to details\n\n* You are a great team player\n\n* You have a solid understanding of algorithms, design patterns, and best practices\n\n* You have a tendency to propose smart yet simple solutions\n\n\n\n\nIdeally, you also tick off at least 3 out of 5 characteristics listed below\n\n\n* You have a MS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience (this is not a must-have for this role as we are prioritizing practical skills/experience)\n\n* You have experience working with Unity3D engine \n\n* You are proficient in analyzing and optimizing code for performance and efficiency\n\n* You have experience in developing and maintaining domain specific languages (experience with WPF is a plus)\n\n* You have experience working with Agile methodologies \n\n\n\n\nWhy should you join us?\n\n\n* We provide a friendly and productive work environment with fun, smart, open-minded international group of people\n\n* We are a market leader when it comes to VR learning, backed up by renowned capital venture funds like Owl Ventures or Balderton\n\n* You will have the opportunity to work with the newest technologies\n\n* We provide a competitive salary based on your qualifications and experience and the company warrants as a part of your remuneration\n\n* You will own your schedule - flexibility and ability to make a real impact was always our priority \n\n* You will have the opportunity to undergo a fun and exciting up to 90 day introductory period in Bali and the opportunity to work from the coolest offices in the whole island (Livit Hub)\n\n\n\n\nAbout Labster\n\nAt Labster we are dedicated to empowering the next generation of scientists to change the world . Our goal is to develop fully interactive software that makes learning both engaging and effective, and to make it accessible to as many students as possible (see short trailer here). We are partnering with major publishers and other EdTech companies such as Pearson, Springer or Google. We believe in flexible work hours and a good work-life balance, and while we love to achieve great things via concentrated work, it’s incredibly important for us to have happy and engaged team members across all of our locations: the US, the UK, Denmark, Switzerland, and Indonesia.  \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to C, C Plus Plus, Senior, Engineer, Developer, Digital Nomad, DevOps, Education and Python jobs that are similar:\n\n $80,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n