[Hiring] Lead Instructor, Senior Technical Training Specialist @Stride, Inc.

Role Description

Enterprise Instructors at Galvanize don’t just teach; they guide. Not just the hard skills – they dig into personality types, habits, and learning styles. Our instructors don’t just talk the talk: they lead by example and immerse students in methodologies such as Extreme Programming (XP) from day one. In addition to giving lectures and whiteboarding, instructors lead inquiry, pair programming, provide ongoing student feedback, and coach agile product teams.

Galvanize is looking for instructors interested in teaching the fundamentals of agile and modern web development. We offer an intensive agile course that focuses on using agile software engineering to produce software on budget, on time, and with high customer satisfaction. Our curriculum includes:

• Pair Programming
• Writing User Stories
• User Story Pointing
• Agile Retrospectives
• Iteration Planning Meetings
• Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Team Building

It relies on technologies such as JavaScript, Node.js, Express, HTML/CSS, Java, SQL, MongoDB, Git, and Pivotal CloudFoundry.

The Lead Enterprise Instructor is responsible for being the classroom owner on Enterprise training engagements and serving as the client-facing leader. This leader is responsible for communicating progress, identifying impediments, and ultimately achieving predetermined learning results throughout the delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree(s)
• At least 3+ years of JavaScript, Java, C#/.NET, or Python production experience, OR
• Equivalent time consulting or teaching and coaching teams who deliver enterprise-level software products OR
• Equivalent combination of education and experience

• Alignment with Galvanize Values:
• Learn & grow courageously
• Create belonging with intention
• Come together, build together
• Win with integrity
• Be fueled by our purpose

Requirements

• Fluency in the following topics: Agile methodologies (XP is a plus), JavaScript, HTML/CSS, SQL (any of PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, etc), MongoDB, Web Fundamentals (HTTP, APIs, REST, JSON)
• Thrives in a continuous feedback environment and welcomes feedback from students and other instructors
• Eager to shape the skills, minds, and trajectories of a team learning agile software engineering skills
• Great communication skills
• Ability to clear required background checks for certain client contracts
• Ability to travel occasionally for on-site engagements (for as long as 3 months) at various client sites around the US
• Experience working with Agile or XP teams
• Previous background in teaching and/or mentoring developers, or a deep interest in giving it a try

Desired Qualifications

• Pair Programming Experience
• High Performing current XP team lead or participant

Work Environment

The work environmental characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This is a home-based position.

Benefits

Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range.

We anticipate the salary range to be around $85/hr.