Coding Mentor

**ABOUT US**

HyperionDev is the largest provider of software development education in Southern Africa, and one of the largest globally. Counted among the top education technology startups in EMEA with headquarters in Cape Town and London, we support learners from over 40 countries in changing into fulfilling tech careers. We are dedicated to closing the global tech skills gap and we achieve this by integrating tech education with human mentorship and expert code review, lowering the cost of accessing tech careers.

In 2017 we won first prize in Facebook's Innovation Challenge, with Facebook selecting us as the most socially impactful startup operating in Africa and financially backing us, alongside Google. In 2020, we closed one of the largest Series A fundraises in South Africa with nearly 1500 investors backing us in the biggest crowdfunding round in history for an Africa-linked startup.

We were originally launched from the University of Cambridge, and our leadership team consists of world-leading talent from companies such as Google, 2U, and Zando. We are looking for team members who are ambitious, motivated and have a track record of over-achieving and exceeding targets.

Join us at a time when we are reinventing tech education and how technology can drive higher quality education at scale for markets that have some of the most underperforming tertiary institutions and schools globally.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**

As a HyperionDev Mentor, you must be passionate not just about coding or technology, but also about education and introducing new learners to the power (and potential) of programming. You must feel strongly about improving the quality of coding education, and be highly motivated to see your students succeed. You must have a proven track record in helping students learn how to code, be it as a peer mentor, school teacher, university lecturer, or online tutor.

Coding is one of the hardest skills to master and you will be building the first affordable online coding bootcamp experience to equalise the tech skills gap in both the developed and the developing world.

For this role, you need to have strong technical knowledge of at least two of Software Engineering (Python, Java), Web Development (HTML, JavaScript, MERN), and Data Science (Python, Machine Learning). Apart from technical skills, you need to have patience, empathy, commitment to your learners' progress, a positive attitude, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

You will fill out one of the key roles in our organisation, leading the delivery of online coding education as part of HyperionDev's online coding bootcamps delivered to thousands of students from around the world each year. You will be unlocking tremendous opportunities for your learners and creating a transformative impact in their lives.

You will further progress along a well-defined career path as a coding educator, upskilling your technical and educational skills through our internal training opportunities.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**

In this role, you will be providing code review and coding education to thousands of students from around the world. You will support our learners by helping solve their queries, guiding them on their course content and coding projects, and giving quality feedback on students' code on a daily basis.

As a HyperionDev Coding Mentor, a typical day would include some or all of the following:

- Reviewing code submitted by students and providing them comprehensive feedback in line with our world-class code review process.
- Having 1:1 calls with your students to help them through tricky problems and keep them motivated.
- Training on advanced level curriculum and new technology stacks introduced in each of our Bootcamps.
- Overseeing the progress, performance, and journey of your students on a monthly basis through one of our online coding Bootcamp tracks (Web Development, Data Science, or Software Engineering).
- Preparing and delivering regular online tutorials sessions to cement specific topics identified as challenging by students and other mentors.
- Identifying and implementing new strategies for improving student completion rates and retention.
- Reviewing and updating course content and teaching methods.
- Assisting the Head of Education in new strategies for improving the pedagogical processes of our online coding Bootcamps to improve student completion rates and retention.
- Assisting the Placements team in ensuring course content and teaching methods remain highly aligned to the needs of our hiring partners to ensure high student job placement rates.
- Managing the HyperionDev Students community.
- Monitoring and encouraging activity on the Forum and Discord channel.
- Adding relevant task material and resources to the Student Guidance Board and keeping it up to date inline with new shipped content at all time.
- Trading notes (and memes) on all things tech in our Discord group.

**REQUIREMENTS**
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- Degree/Diploma/Bo