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Backend Development Subject Matter Experts

We started Bloom Institute of Technology because we believe that the “traditional” model of higher education is broken. Every year, people as young as 17 years old take on tens of thousands of dollars in student debt and pray that the education they’re investing in will land them on a job on the other side.

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Unfortunately, traditional colleges and universities have no incentive to ensure their graduates get hired – they get paid regardless.

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At BloomTech, we believe there is a better way to approach education.

Instead of asking our students to bet on us, we bet on them first. This paradigm-shifting model allows us to align the incentives of the school with the incentives of our students – and we all win when our graduates succeed.

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We’re in this together.

If that sounds exciting to you, let’s talk. Our success depends on building teams who can challenge each other's assumptions with fresh perspectives. To that end, we don’t just accept differences – we celebrate them. BloomTech welcomes a diverse pool of applicants, including those from historically marginalized groups and non-traditional backgrounds who can appreciate the diverse student communities that we serve and are looking to grow into. This includes women, people with disabilities, people of color, formerly incarcerated people, individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or gender nonconforming, first and second generation immigrants, veterans, and people from different socioeconomic backgrounds.

Role Overview:

BloomTech is looking for several Backend Development Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to design real world projects that will allow learners to apply what they have learned. These projects will align with our curriculum and correspond directly to our learning objectives all while mimicking real world problems and solutions. Our ultimate goal is to prepare learners for the job.

The position is a contract position to work as a consultant. The SME must have demonstrated expertise in the subject area as shown by professional and/or teaching experience, publications, etc.

Please note that this is a part-time, contract, remote position.

You will cover topics such as:

Problem-solving strategies, command-line basics, IDE basics, Git basics, variables, arithmetic operations, strings, user input, object instantiation, boolean logic, conditionals, loops, arrays

‍Logging, remote debugging, inheritance, polymorphism, hashing, set, maps, design with composition, exception handling, mocking, and statics

HTTP and RESTful services, introduction to DynamoDB, creating exceptions, dependency injection, linked lists, searching, Big O, recursion, data stores, and deploying.

API design, DynamoDB table design, DynamoDB index design, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, integration tests, and scrum

Iterators, DynamoDB delete, DynamoDB query, stacks, queues, intro to computer hardware, intro to operating systems, threads, immutability, final, in-memory caching,

Optionals, streams, DynamoDB scan, JSON serialization, executor services, futures, thread safety, graphs, trees, service design, and intro to relational databases

We need several SMEs to develop these projects to cover the breadth and depth of our curriculum. Interested individuals are encouraged to inquire about working with us on one or several projects.

What You'll Do:

Write starter code for projects for learners with additional assets as needed (e.g. a GitHub repo for each code-along starting point and code blocks for each step of the project)
Work with the content development team to write a corresponding lesson plan according to the Bloomtech guidelines
Write check for understanding questions (quiz questions) for each step of the project to ensure learners are digesting information
Design and develop a final sample project for learners to add to their portfolios
Record a screencast of your code-along project

What You'll Need

2+ experience in teaching/training is strongly preferred
3+ years of relevant software development experience
Expert level understanding of Java programming language: Java Version 11, Gradle, TestNG, AWS DynamoDB
Process-oriented with exceptional attention to detail
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Self-starting with the ability to effectively work autonomously with little oversight
Extremely comfortable and compelling in public speaking situations
Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals

BloomTech is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, veteran or military status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

BloomTech is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. Please let us know if you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability.

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