Software Development Coach TDD Event-driven Architecture API Design Others
Software Development Coach TDD Event-driven Architecture API Design Others
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About Skiller Whale
Skiller Whale changes what tech teams are capable of through live sessions led by subjectmatter experts.
Developers attend a 6090 minute session every week or two learning something new through challenging exercises with an expert leading the session to explain the topic and answer difficult questions. Learners love us (they give us an average rating of 4.8 / 5 and we have a measurable impact on the teams we work with.
Our learners say:
The realtime feedback loop of learning something putting it into practice and getting insight beyond it works beats any other learning experience Ive had by miles
I loved that I could ask any questions at all and learned new things even in a technology Ive been using for 15 years!
The biggest pro of Skiller Whale is the quality of the coaches. I really appreciate the deep knowledge they had both on the internals of Python and how to architect systems
Role Summary
Were looking for experienced lead engineers or equivalent to lead targeted microworkshops for small groups of software engineers. The sessions last up to 90 minutes take place remotely via our app and based around high quality teaching material that we produce.
Your job is to bring expertise and enthusiasm for software engineering and ensure our learners leave with a deep understanding of the topic (understandingwhy not just knowingwhatorhow and the ability to apply new skills.
You can expect to be teaching senior as well as junior engineers answering interesting questions tangential to our material and livedebugging their code. For this reason weve found that the skill profile required is more similar to pairing or technical mentoring than it is to typical classroom teaching.
What Were Looking For
Wed love for you to apply if you enjoy building the skills and understanding of others and you have expertise in ideally two or more of the following areas:
- TestDriven Development
- EventDriven Architecture
- DomainDriven Design
- REST API Design
- Security (e.g. OWASP top 10
- Leadership Communication and Management (in the context of software teams).
We also deliver sessions in specific technologies and are always looking for experts in: Python Typescript React Go Java C# Docker and AWS if you know and would be interested in teaching these as well the more likely it is well have sessions for you to coach.
This means youll need to have significant expertise in the topics being taught be able to give nuanced answers to difficult questions and explain advanced concepts clearly and succinctly.
More Details
Working Hours
Most of our coaches lead between 1 and 4 sessions per week 1.5 6 hours) with Skiller Whale making up part of a portfolio career or adding variety to their main employment consulting or fractional roles. We typically book regular weekly 90 minute timeslots for these sessions based around your availability.
The Platform
All our teaching is done through the Skiller Whale platform which includes video conferencing and other tooling designed to make teaching as slick as possible. High quality written content and exercises are provided by Skiller Whale so you shouldnt need to do significant preparation before a session (we assume 1 hour to get familiar with the material and we pay for preparation the first time a module is taught).
Accommodations
Should you require any accommodations during the interview process please reach out toDaveMillican to let him know. Were always happy to help and will do everything we can to accommodate you.
Requirements
We want to be seen as intelligent playful learners. Our customers need to trust us to teach their engineers how they should be building software and working effectively in the real world. For our coaches that means you need to demonstrate:
Knowledge & Understanding
You should come across (legitimately) as an expert able to expand beyond the provided material when appropriate. E.g: examples from your experience in different settings; what youve found works well and what doesnt.
Careful Listening and Clear Explanations
You must be able to deliver clear and concise explanations in spoken English and be able to adapt your explanation style to match the level of your audience.
Expert Spoken and Written English
You should be expert and eloquent in spoken English with an accent that will be clear to nonnative (but fluent) speakers from various backgrounds. You should be able to quickly understand questions with complex phrasing or grammar and know when you need to clarify.
A Personable Passionate and Professional Demeanour
You should be able to easily build rapport with new groups of people and create a safe space for learners to ask questions. You should come across across as friendly and demonstrate enthusiasm for the topics you teach whilst maintaining professionalism.
Live Debugging
You should be comfortable looking at code quickly understanding how it works (or why it doesnt) and identifying bugs or potential improvements under time pressure (e.g. live in a session).
Industry Experience
In order to teach senior engineers with confidence its important that you have extensive realworld experience! Learners may well ask about how things are really done in practice and being able to give examples and anecdotes is important.
Bonus Points For:
Teaching or Mentoring Experience.
Experience teaching groups of software engineers or mentoring other developers (even in an unofficial capacity) is a bonus particularly if those people were relatively senior. Since this is an essential part of most senior lead and engineering management roles we would expect most suitable candidates to have some experience here.
Experience with Multiple Languages / Frameworks / Tools etc.
All the people we teach are already software developers but will come from various backgrounds / have experience with different programming languages. Having context from those is sometimes useful to help learners understanding.
Benefits
- Rate: 100 per hour paid 50 for preparation for each new module taught)
- Very flexible work we will aim to schedule sessions that fit your availability and you have no ongoing commitment.
- Fully remote forever.
- Have a real impact on learners. Our sessions actually make people better at their jobs.
- Teaching is fun!
Employment Type
Contract
