Lead Curriculum Engineer Java

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What We’re Looking For:
2U Enterprise, in partnership with the world’s leading universities, helps companies build a future-ready workforce by delivering best-in-class programs across the most in-demand, industry leading skills. We support companies in upskilling, reskilling, and retaining the best talent through our focused and rigorous bootcamp programs.
The Enterprise Curriculum team is looking for a talented and experienced Java Lead Curriculum Engineer. This role would be perfect for someone with subject matter expertise in Java, back-end development, instructional content, and relevant professional experience.
You’ll work remotely with curriculum and QA engineers, instructional designers, and editorial partners to write technical curriculum that is highly instructive, engaging, and teachable while resulting in expected learning outcomes for students. The ideal candidate will have collaborated on complex projects with flexibly-resourced teams and have the ability to adapt quickly to a fast pace and changing requirements. You’re always driving for great quality, but you also know when to ship a product, working iteratively to improve based on feedback.
Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:
Lead development of curricular units spanning any environment, especially in Java.
Assist and/or lead in Java-related course design, hiring, and continuous quality improvement.
Create new curricula on Spring Boot, data stores, REST APIs, and other topics to be determined for special projects.
Create and/or polish project ideas, challenges, and homework assignments to enable students to master key concepts and learning objectives.
Create and/or assess and iterate on existing curricular content, such as lesson plans, activities, challenges, homework, slideshows, and additional resources.
Test and evaluate content, code, and other learning materials by identifying and prioritizing issues for the curriculum team to address.
Review and report on individual and team sprint work, progress, and accomplishments.
Lead Java project scrums and other agile processes.
Conceive and collaborate on new ideas to enhance student learning.
Things That Should Be In Your Background:
Preferably 4 years relevant Java development industry experience.
Applied experience in the following skills as they relate to Java development:
Experience developing and writing instructional and/or technical content.
Experience communicating complex topics in a manner that can be clearly understood by programming beginners.
Ability to quickly learn new technologies and languages as the technology landscape evolves.
Other Attributes That Will Help You In This Role:
Experience teaching programming and/or other relevant technical topics.
Experience leading a technical project team.
Experience with online and/or asynchronous learning.
Exceptional writing, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Collaborating remotely with a distributed team.
Working with an Agile/Scrum team.
About 2U Inc. (NASDAQ: TWOU)
2U is comprised of 3 lines of business: Graduate Degree Programs, Short Course, and Boot Camps. Going beyond traditional learning management systems, we use tech, people, and data to help top universities and enterprise organizations transform in the digital era—and eliminate the back row in higher ed. We support lifelong learning which means thinking beyond a single degree. It means finding ways for students to gain the skills they need to change careers, evolve their expertise, and meet the challenges of the changing world head-on. We help our partners fill those needs—developing new digital education technologies and offerings capable of supporting students at different points in their lives. Whether they need a simple refresher, to learn something new, or to change their career trajectories completely, our partners are there to help them succeed. Together with our partners, 2U has positively transformed the lives of more than 275,000 students and lifelong learners.
2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement
At 2U, we are committed to creating and sustaining a culture that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities of our employees. We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by the ways in which we are different, as well as the ways in which we are the same.
Benefits & Culture
Working at 2U means working with individuals that are passionate and mission driven. We collaborate on tough problems to deliver the best outcomes for our partners, students, and each other. You will find team members working together in our open office spaces, gathered in the kitchen grabbing a snack, or taking a break in our game rooms.
2U offers a comprehensive benefits package:
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Life insurance, disability and 401(k)
Unlimited snacks and drinks
Generous paid leave policies including unlimited PTO
Additional time off benefits include: volunteer days, parental leave, and a company-wide winter break from Christmas through New Years!
In Colorado, the anticipated base salary for this role is $75,000, with potential bonus eligibility. Note: The final compensation for this position may consider factors including the geographic location where the work is performed (candidate’s assigned office) and prior work experience of the candidate.
To learn more, visit 2U.com. #NoBackRow
Note: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
2U is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against applicants or employees and ensures equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, age, marital status, disability, citizenship, military or veterans’ status, or any other classifications protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. 2U’s equal opportunity policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, job benefits, pay and dismissal.

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