Job Description

About Sigmaschool

Sigmaschool is a bootstrapped and profitable edtech company focused on helping people transition into technology careers through practical, industry-relevant training and strong employer connections. We operate at the intersection of real product development, hands-on technical education and career outcomes.

Our instructors are not just teachers. They are builders who help shape both the product and the people who use it.

Role Overview

We are hiring a Software Engineer & Instructor to own the technical direction of both our learning platform and our engineering curriculum. This is a hybrid leadership role combining:

• product and platform engineering ownership
• technical mentorship of students and junior engineers
• curriculum and learning system design

You will work directly with the founder and leadership team and will shape how thousands of students learn to think and work as software engineers. This is not a classroom-only role and not a pure IC engineering role. This is a technical leadership position with strong product and educational influence.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Own the technical direction of Sigmaschool’s learning platform and internal tools.
• Design and review system architecture, APIs, and data flows.
• Set engineering standards, code quality practices, and development workflows.
• Guide technology stack decisions aligned with long-term scalability.

Product Development

• Lead development of features that improve learning, assessment, and job readiness.
• Collaborate with product and growth teams to ship learning and career tools.
• Ensure engineering work supports measurable student and business outcomes.

Instruction & Engineering Mentorship

• Lead advanced technical instruction when needed.
• Mentor instructors, junior engineers, and students on system design and best practices.
• Review student and internal projects with real-world engineering standards.
• Raise the overall technical bar of the learning experience.

Curriculum & Learning Systems

• Own curriculum architecture from fundamentals to job-ready skills.
• Continuously align curriculum with current industry practices.
• Design project-based learning that reflects real production workflows.
• Integrate AI tools and automation into how students learn and practice.

What Success Looks Like

Within 6-12 months, you should:

• Establish clear technical architecture and development standards.
• Improve platform stability, performance, and developer experience.
• Significantly raise the technical quality of student projects.
• Create repeatable learning systems that scale beyond individual instructors.
• Be recognized internally as the technical authority for both product and education.

This role directly affects:

• product quality
• student employability
• long-term defensibility of Sigmaschool’s learning ecosystem

Who This Role Is Not Suitable For

This role is not suitable for candidates who:

• Only want to write code without mentoring or leadership responsibilities.
• Prefer narrow problem scopes and fixed task lists.
• Are uncomfortable owning technical outcomes across multiple systems.
• Are not interested in shaping how others learn engineering.
• This is not a support role. This is an ownership role.

Why Join Sigmaschool

• Bootstrapped, profitable, and long-term focused.
• Direct influence on product, curriculum, and talent outcomes.
• High autonomy with real decision-making authority.
• Opportunity to build one of the strongest practical engineering training systems in the region.

You will not just maintain an existing platform. You will help design how engineering education should actually work.

Compensation & Growth

We offer:

• Senior-level competitive compensation
• Performance-based growth opportunities
• Potential to grow into broader Head of Engineering or Product leadership roles
• We value long-term builders, not short-term contractors.

Application Process

Please apply here sig1.co/apply-job & submit:

• Your CV or LinkedIn profile
• GitHub or technical portfolio (if available)
• A short note on how you think engineering education should be done differently

Job Requirements

We are looking for someone who:

• Has strong experience as a senior or lead software engineer.
• Has designed and maintained production systems, not just prototypes.
• Enjoys mentoring and raising the technical level of others.
• Thinks in systems, not just features.
• Can balance speed with long-term technical health.
   

Strong experience in:

• modern web stacks
• backend services and APIs
• databases and cloud deployment
• development workflows and code review practices
   

Experience in education or mentoring is a strong plus, but not required. What matters more is your ability to transfer engineering thinking, not just syntax.

Skills