Director Of Education
Our Company
Code Platoon is a non-profit coding bootcamp that prepares US military veterans and military spouses for software development careers. We’ve served 250+ students since 2016 with a solid 80%+ job placement rate due to our small student-to-teacher ratio, industry volunteers, and excellent instruction. We offer various training programs: Full-time Software Engineering (SE), Evening and Weekends SE, and Full-time DevOps Engineering. All of our programs are taught remotely, although we do offer a Chicago-based in-person experience for the full-time SE program.
Role Description
We are looking for a new Director of Education who will oversee our various programs, teach a few times a week, provide oversight and leadership to the other instructors, write curriculum, and be hyper focused on providing quality control. You’ll give lectures alongside our team of experienced instructors, work personally with students, and facilitate an inclusive and collaborative classroom community. Overall, you will ensure that the Code Platoon classroom experience is unparalleled in the bootcamp space.
This is a full-time, remote-optional role reporting to our Senior Director of Education. Our hours are Monday – Friday from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM (central time).
Responsibilities
- Lead instruction on fullstack Software Engineering and DevOps in various settings (i.e., the entire class, small groups of students, and individual students)
- Lead the instructional staff across all programs through one-on-ones and weekly team calls
- Closely monitor student feedback to maintain a high quality curriculum and positive/inclusive educational experience across all programs
- Write, maintain, and iterate on our software engineering and DevOps curriculum
- Manage administrative tasks associated with the various programs
Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or 6+ years of professional work experience as a software engineer
- 1+ year(s) experience in education or managing people
- A strong understanding of our core technologies
- Software Engineering: Python and/or Javascript, SQL, Django, React
- DevOps: AWS, Docker, Github & GHA, K8s, Helm
- Experience as a teacher or mentor in a technical setting (e.g., bootcamp instructor, college TA in a CS class, tech tutorial videos, etc.)
- An entrepreneurial mindset, always looking to grow, improve Code Platoon’s programs, and further our mission
- Stellar written and oral communication skills
- Self-starter with demonstrated history of complex task management
Next Steps
If you are interested in this position, please email your resume and an optional cover letter to jobs@codeplatoon.org.
Code Platoon is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
Enrollment & Career Services Coordinator
Student Support: Enrollment & Career Services
Code Platoon is a nonprofit Coding Bootcamp with a mission to train Veterans and Military Spouses to become professional Software Developers through a hands-on, immersive learning approach.
We are seeking an Enrollment & Career Services Coordinator to join our Student Support team. You will have the opportunity to work with students as they enroll in our training program and during their job search. Code Platoon exclusively serves the Military Community (Active Duty, Veterans, Military Spouses). Preference given for applicants from the Military Community or applicants who have worked with that community.
Essential functions of Enrollment will include:
- Manage the enrollment process for admitted students including processing VA educational benefits as a School Certifying Official (SCO).
- Engage with admitted students on a personal basis, collect documents for VA and enrollment processing, and answer questions about the program or funding to ensure timely and accurate enrollment.
- Ensure documents and files are in compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Communicate regularly with the Student Support team, along with Leadership regarding admissions, enrollment and financing for admitted students, and implement feedback.
Essential functions of Career Services will include:
- Meet with students individually and / or in groups to develop a professional relationship that encourages open communication during their job search.
- Hold weekly 1:1 meetings with students driving questions that set individual career readiness goals and hit on our established career readiness roadmap.
- Work with the Career Services Lead to prepare and hold weekly career readiness virtual classes educating students on the key readiness topics: Resume Review, Job Matching, Application Process, Application Follow Up, Networking, and Personal Branding.
- Utilize the key communication tools: email, slack, text, phone, video chat.
Job Type: Full-time (flexible hours)
Location : Virtual
Education: 1-3 years of sales/customer service experience (no degree required)
Apply: Send resume and cover letter to jobs@codeplatoon.org
Code Platoon provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.
DevOps Curriculum Developer
Our Company
Code Platoon is a non-profit coding bootcamp that prepares US military Veterans and military spouses for software development careers. We’ve served 250+ students over 20 cohorts since 2016 with a strong 80%+ job placement rate due to our small student-to-teacher ratio, industry volunteers, and excellent instruction. We teach fullstack web development with Python on the backend and Javascript on the frontend. We plan to expand our offerings beyond software engineering into DevOps and launch a new program in the fall of 2022.
Role Description
We are looking for a talented engineer with experience in DevOps to create curriculum. You will work alongside other curriculum developers and our education team to create daily lecture materials, useful handouts, and meaningful projects to ensure that each student who is admitted will be well-prepared for the DevOps world. This is a contract position with clear deliverables by certain dates. You will be paid an hourly rate commensurate with your experience.
You can find a more detailed proposal of our curriculum here.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of professional work experience as a software engineer OR 2+ years of professional work experience as a DevOps engineer
- A strong understanding of our the following technologies:
- Linux and the command line
- Containerization (i.e., Docker)
- Container Orchestration (i.e., Kubernetes and Amazon EKS)
- Infrastructure as a Service (i.e., Amazon Web Services)
- Infrastructure as Code (i.e., Terraform)
- Continuous Integration & Deployment (i.e., Jenkins or Github Actions)
- Configuration Management (i.e., Ansible or Chef)
- Monitoring applications (i.e., Datadog or Prometheus)
- Experience as a teacher or mentor in a technical setting (e.g., bootcamp instructor, college TA in a CS class, tech tutorial video maker, etc.)
- Stellar written and oral communication skills
- Formal training as an educator is a plus
Next Steps
If you are interested in this position, please email your resume to jobs@codeplatoon.org.
Code Platoon is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
Internships: Coding Teaching Assistant (Remote)
Are you a Computer Science (or related field) major? Want to learn to build real web apps, instead of just learning theory? Interested in tech education? Want to be involved with a nonprofit that trains Veterans and military spouses to become professional software developers?
Looking to take off a semester from college, or already graduated?
Then apply for our Internships!
Code Platoon is a nonprofit Coding Bootcamp that strictly serves the military community. Our award winning program is designed to train deeply interested beginners and prepare them for careers in software development.
We are looking for a major in Computer Science, rising sophomore or higher to be a teaching assistant (TA) for our Full-stack Software Engineering Bootcamp. We do not expect the TA to know the material beforehand, but do expect that they will spend enough time preparing ahead of time so that when the material is presented to the class, the TA will be able to be an ‘advanced beginner’. Aside from learning the material, the TA’s primary responsibility will be to assist students with their coding assignments during the rest of the day.
Here is a snapshot of what you will learn.
This is an excellent opportunity for an aspiring software developer to learn real-world coding skills, as our program prepares students to go directly into the job market as software developers.
The TA will essentially get a $17,000 education (cost of the program) for free. A side benefit for the TA will be access to our extensive software developer community.
Responsibilities
- Attend Code Platoon from 8:30am to 5:30pm, CST, daily (lectures in morning, coding challenges rest of the day)
- Help our students with their assignments
Requirements
- At least two classes in software development by the time summer begins
- Deep interest to learn real-world coding skills
- Strong communication skills
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer. Candidates requiring sponsorship, whether now or in the future, are not authorized to work in the United States for any employer.
About Code Platoon
Code Platoon is a nonprofit Coding Bootcamp with a mission to train Veterans and military spouses to become professional software developers through a hands-on, immersive learning approach. Founded in 2016, Code Platoon has graduated over 200 Veterans and spouses.
Code Platoon is GI Bill approved, and recognized as one of the leading Coding Bootcamps in the country Our graduates immediately benefit with excellent job placements in Chicago.
Graduates benefit from a robust internship program, where many of our in-person graduates are placed directly into 3-6 month paid internships, typically leading to Full-time jobs in the field.
Job Type: Full-time internship
Stipend: $2,000
Location : Remote
Education: At least 2 Computer science classes, including Object Orientation
Language: English (Required)
Open Positions:
- Sierra Platoon: October 3, 2022 – January 20, 2023
- Tango Platoon: February 6, 2023 – May 19, 2023
To Apply:
1) Complete the Code Platoon coding skills assessment here.
2) After completing the coding skills assessment, email ta@codeplatoon.org and let us know that you completed the assessment. Please include an updated resume and information about the session/semester for which you are interested.
3) A Code Platoon staff member will follow up with you after receiving your email.
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