Curriculum Engineer - Remote

Reports To

Assistant Director of Education: Content and Delivery

Who is Persevere?

Persevere is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering justice-involved individuals through innovative workforce development and career preparation support services that give real access to quality employment in the technology industry. Specifically, Persevere provides technology training, career readiness instruction and support, wraparound case management, individualized job-based mentoring, and job placement services for justice-impacted individuals and people who are at risk for justice-involvement. 

 

Founded by and for people with lived experience with criminal justice, corrections, and poverty, Persevere understands the needs of the justice-impacted population as few organizations can, and our work embodies our commitment to reducing racial inequalities throughout all aspects of society and eliminating disproportionate minority contact and disproportionate minority confinement within the criminal justice system. As we have grown and expanded, we have focused on developing and executing strategies that continue to expand our mission of reducing racial disparities and inequalities, both as part of our work, and as well, our organization's practices regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

 

Real Hope. Valuable Skills. Meaningful Opportunity.

 

Job Overview

As a Curriculum Engineer, you will be a technical expert with strong writing skills, responsible for creating student-centered products to support our web development program. Working with our Education Department and our instructional staff, you will ensure that the program content is highly instructive, engaging, and teachable while resulting in expected learning outcomes for students. You will also work closely with Instructional staff to train them on how to deliver new materials, content, and technologies. The ideal candidate for this role has created or taught a technical curriculum for adult learners, focusing on web development topics ranging from React and Node.js to SQL and NoSQL.  This is a remote,  full-time, salaried position with excellent benefits. 

 

Job Responsibilities

  • Stay current with technology trends and incorporate these trends into the curriculum through research and evaluation. 

  • Write curriculum content in various mediums (video scripts, text, code blocks, full-stack applications, image ideas, etc.) and delivery types (online, in-person, hybrid). 

  • Ensure that all content is instructive, engaging, and teachable. 

  • Work with subject matter experts to ensure course content is accurate and up-to-date. 

  • Manage, guide, and lead Jr Engineers and Interns on task management & delegation, formation of internal best practices & quality assurance testing, and professional development. 

  • Actively communicate & collaborate with relevant parties to iterate and improve curriculum based on internal feedback and keep interested parties in sync on progress and timeline. 

  • Develop an internal curriculum ticketing system to manage and delegate responsibility/timeline. 

  • Develop and lead training that informs instructional staff on the delivery of classroom materials, content, and technologies. 

  • Monitor and resolve reported issues with curriculum content by instructional staff.

  • Participate in cross training staff as requested.

  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of industry experience in MERN stack development or related technologies 

  • Proficiency in front-end web development technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React 

  • Proficiency in back-end web development technologies such as Node.js, MongoDB, and SQL 

  • Experience in instructional design and curriculum development 

  • Proven track record of continuous learning in a broad range of areas (examples of tutorials or articles you've written are a plus) 

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills 

  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment

  • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail 

  • Passion for education and helping others learn

We highly value

  • Passion for and responsibility to the customer/partner

  • Must be self-starting, hardworking and inquisitive

  • Leadership through innovation in everything you do

  • Passion for what you do and being self-critical to improve

  • Personal and corporate integrity

  • Relentless commitment to win