Job Description

We desperately need someone who does real software engineering, not just ‘theory’ teaching

We are building the future of tech education.

A learning portal powered by AI, with real courses, not just slides or videos. We need someone who writes production-grade code and can teach it. If “you actually build stuff” is your baseline, read on.

What pains we are feeling now

These are the problems keeping us up at night:

• Our learning platform is brittle. Adding new courses, new assignments, new content types feels like wrestling spaghetti.
• Students complain we don’t ship features fast enough — especially around interactive labs, feedback loops, auto-grading, or adaptive content.
• We have brilliant AI tools we want to integrate (e.g. auto-feedback on code, adaptive difficulty) but no one to architect and build the core plumbing to support them.
• Our instructors are good, but many have never been full-stack software engineers. We need curriculum creators who know the trade, the frameworks, the pitfalls.
• We want to lead, not follow. That means staying ahead of what students will need: current DevOps practices, cloud infrastructure, modern frontend/backends, AI tools.

What this role will actually solve

If you join us as Software Engineer & Coding Instructor, you will:

• Design, build, and maintain the core infrastructure for the learning portal: course delivery, lab environments, auto-grading, student dashboards, version control, real-time collaboration etc.
• Lead a small team of instructors / software engineers: mentor them, set coding standards, perform code reviews.
• Build new courses end-to-end: architecture, content, labs, assessments, AI integration.
• Work closely with AI/ML folks to integrate intelligence: e.g. auto-feedback systems, adaptive content paths, error prediction, possibly code completion.
• Shape how we teach: you will not just code, but teach. You’ll design and deliver lessons, workshops, projects — ones you yourself would have liked when learning.
• Make technical decisions: stack, frameworks, deployment, auto-scaling, monitoring, CI/CD.
  

What we need you to bring

We don’t want someone who just “could teach.” We want someone who currently builds and has done it. 

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience with AI/ML tooling (feedback, auto grade, adaptive systems)
• Experience in education technology / learning management systems or platforms
• Prior teaching / mentoring experience
• Familiarity with cloud services (AWS/GCP/Azure) and serverless or containerization
• Open source contributions or published technical content/projects
• Experience integrating AI feedback or code evaluation systems

What you’ll own & rewards

• Autonomy: this is a lead role. You will make decisions and define tech roadmap in collaboration with the leadership.
• Impact: what you build will be used by hundreds or thousands of students. The quality, architecture, UX are not just academic — they matter deeply.
• Growth: opportunity to lead, teach, grow the engineering side, curriculum design, possibly build your own team under you.
• Learning: you’ll be working with AI/ML folks, educational designers, and other engineers — you’ll stretch beyond “just coding.”
• Compensation: competitive market rate + equity, benefits, and flexibility.

Who this is not for

You’re probably not right for this if:

•  You’ve never shipped production apps, just toy projects or coursework.
•  You dislike teaching, explaining, mentoring.
•  You prefer solo work only, and hate dealing with content, pedagogy, student feedback.
•  You want a role that’s “just lecture slides” or “just coding behind the scenes” — we need someone bridging both worlds.

If you read this and thought “YES, that sounds like me"

• Apply here: sig1.co/apply-job
• Send us a note with:
• What large-scale code projects you’ve architected, built, maintained (include tech stack).
• One example where you taught someone or built educational content: project, workshops, or mentoring.
• Something you built just for yourself (side project / open source) that shows you solve hard problems.
• What you think is the biggest technical/UX challenge in “learning portals with AI” today.

Job Requirements

• 2+ years of software engineering in production environments: backend + frontend + infrastructure.
• Deep experience in at least one modern full-stack web framework (e.g. Node.js, Django, Ruby on Rails, Go, etc.), and in modern frontend frameworks (React, Vue, Svelte, etc.).
• Strong understanding of deployment, scaling, monitoring, CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent code quality habits, test coverage, version control discipline.
• Excellent communication: can explain complicated concepts simply, can write docs, mentor juniors.
• You must believe “learning by doing”, “real code”, “projects not slides” is how students grow.

Skills