What are the responsibilities and job description for the Computer Science Curriculum Developer position at Art of Problem Solving?
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Job Description
Join Art of Problem Solving as a Computer Science Curriculum Developer and help us build our middle and high school computer science curriculum from the ground up. In this role, you'll craft engaging in-person and online courses that challenge bright minds and foster deep computational thinking while shaping what computer science education looks like at AoPS.
The Computer Science Curriculum Developer will:
- Develop new material including courses, lesson plans, challenges, projects, assessments, solution guides, and other educational resources for both in person and online courses.
- Review and provide feedback on material created by other team members and incorporate feedback from others into your materials.
- Maintain and improve existing educational material through review of teacher and student feedback and analysis of student performance.
- Interact with students through teaching online or in-person courses.
- Partner with the Computer Science Director to plan new material.
- Research CS advancements both in industry and education.
The ideal candidate has:
- Experience teaching computer science to groups of students, ideally including experience teaching high school or advanced middle school students.
- Experience developing CS curriculum or curricular materials, ideally including experience with curricula at or beyond a traditional data structures course.
- Strong CS background including data structures, algorithms, and multiple programming paradigms (object oriented, functional, scripting, etc).
- Programming expertise in at least one of C , Java, or Python.
- Excellent writing skills.
- Expertise in data science, AI, or ML algorithms is a plus.
- Experience with computer science competitions is a plus.
Why Join AoPS:
This role is based in our San Diego office but can be open to remote, with a base salary of range of 85,000-102,500 with a 4% year-end bonus. We are also open to hiring Senior level candidates with a salary range of 102,500-130k. Here are some things you can look forward to:
- Impact: The opportunity to build the CS curriculum you wish you had and pioneer this highly anticipated new CS program for our extremely motivated students.
- Culture: Work and collaborate with an organization filled with builders and life-long learners who strive to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation
- Benefits: Multiple options for Medical, Dental and Vision plans
- Future Planning: 401K with company match
- Quality of Life: PTO Plan and supportive leadership that gives you the work-life balance you deserve
Background Check:
Please note that employment is contingent on the successful completion of a background check.
Work Authorization:
Please note that in order to be considered for this position you must be legally authorized to work in the US. We are unable to offer sponsorship, including STEM-OPT and H-1B.
About AoPS:
Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is on a mission to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. Since 2003, we have trained hundreds of thousands of the country's top students, including nearly all the members of the US International Math Olympiad team, through our online school, in-person academies, textbooks, and online learning systems. While our primary focus has been math for most of our history, through the years we have expanded our unique problem solving curriculum into more subjects, such as language arts, science, and computer science.
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