Session Lead (External Contractor) - Java FSE (USA)

Udacity

Contract Position

Summary

This job involves being a Session Lead/Instructor for a Cognizant Scholarship Program, providing technical support to learners in their Nanodegree journey through virtual meetings, group work, and lectures, while ensuring students' progress and understanding of technical concepts.

What you'll do

  • Managing weekly Connect sessions with students according to Udacity guidelines
  • Creating the Udacity Connect session agenda & notes
  • Coordinating between the students and the Udacity Connect team
  • Reporting to Udacity the weekly overall attendance status of students & observations about each session
  • Being present at every Connect session over Zoom, helping students introduce themselves, organizing students in groups and keeping track of time
  • Explaining concepts of the Nanodegree program to your group of students when needed
  • Solving questions raised by students during the Connect session
  • Reporting student's attendance and progress to the Mentor's dashboard
  • Communicating with students on Slack
  • Weekly check-in with all students on their progress

Requirements

  • Residing in the United States of America/Canada
  • Technical competence: Advanced Java Programming, Web Services and APIS Java Fundamentals, Spring Boots, Java Application Deployment
  • 2+ years of working experience related to the above skillsets
  • Graduate from any of the Java courses/Nanodegree programs is an added plus
  • Experience teaching technical concepts and public speaking
  • Strong interpersonal skills and confidence to lead a group of students
  • Students-oriented mindset and focus on understanding their problems
  • Innovative approach and proactivity with students that need help
  • Positive character, trusted by the students, creating emotional ties in the group
  • Existing tech network and experience in technical conversations & discussions
  • Flexibility at their current job to take this challenge as a part-time, external contractor

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Location

USA

Contract Length

Cognizant Scholarship Program

Compensation

The compensation for this position is not listed.

Keywords

java programming web services and apis java fundamentals spring boots java application deployment

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