ABOUT US
HyperionDev is one of the largest providers of accelerated tech education in EMEA and one of the oldest providers of 'coding bootcamps' in the world. We work with top universities such as Imperial College London, The London School of Economics, The University of Edinburgh, and Stellenbosch University to deliver structured technical courses and bootcamps that accelerate people into fulfilling tech careers. We have been recognised as one of the top education technology scaleups in the world and gained the financial backing of Meta (previously Facebook) which recognised us as the most socially impactful startup operating in Africa, where we initially started our work.
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 powered by a workforce in Southern Africa, which lowers the cost of an accessible education in technology. This model has been successful, allowing us to reach millions of learners a year from over 60 countries. We have also partnered with government bodies such as the UK's Department for Education who provide scholarships for students to study on our bootcamps and gain employment at companies such as AstraZeneca and the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS).
We're backed by nearly 2000 investors, having raised the largest crowdfunding round of funding for an edtech company in history. As a primarily bootstrapped, profitable, and scale up tech business join us as we play our part in making the world a more stable, safer, and fair place.
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 Web Development (HTML, JavaScript, MERN). 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.
Our team consists of former Google and Amazon employees, former executive team members of some of South Africa's top startups, and those who have previously built and gone on to sell large businesses. We are looking for team members who are competitive, ambitious and have a track record of over-achieving and exceeding targets.
Join us at a time when we are reinventing online education.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- As a HyperionDev Coding Mentor, a typical day would include some or all of the following:
- Providing rapid and high quality mentorship support to students via live chat, email, online tutorial sessions, and online 1:1 support calls;
- 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;
- Monitoring and Managing activity on student forums and the HyperionDev Students community. We currently make use of Discord, and email to support students. Mentors will take charge of these spaces from an Education Perspective.
- Adding resources and responding to students on Discord, keeping inline with new shipped content at all times.
- Ensuring speedy responses to all questions asked.
- Receiving training on advanced level curriculum and new technology stacks introduced in each of our bootcamps;
- Reviewing and updating course content and teaching methods;
- Assisting the Education Lead in new strategies for improving the pedagogical processes of our online coding bootcamps to improve student completion rates and retention;
- Overseeing the progress, performance, and journey of your students on a monthly basis through one of our online coding bootcamp tracks;
- Identifying and implementing new strategies for improving student completion rates and retention;
- Preparing and delivering regular online tutorials sessions/Workshops to cement specific topics identified as challenging by students and other mentors;
- Creating additional resources that includes videos tutorials, reading material, assessments, etc, to ensure students are getting the best possible learning experience;
- Supporting Student Success with student queries and responding to these.
- Mentors will assist in the identification and utilisation of Student Champions or Assisting Mentors who will be top students who will assist on Discord.
REQUIREMENTS
Minimum
- Degree/Diploma/Bootcamp, or relevant experience, in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field (informally acquired skills welcome too!)
- 6 months to 1+ years of programming experience or teaching experience in a core programming language below:
- Web Development
- Data Structures
- Algorithms
- Web Storage
- JavaScript
- Functional Programming
- MongoDB
- Express.js
- REST
- React.js
- Web Security
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Fast learner with a willingness to learn new concept and technologies
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Patience and empathy for learners
- A problem-solving and positive attitude
- An interest in the future of education and online learning
- Confidence in presenting to a large group of people and engaging in live programming
- Strong leadership and teamwork skills
Preferred
- Experience designing and developing interactive learning experiences
- Experience working with online students or delivering remote academic support
- Active involvement in local and international tech communities
- Teaching or tutoring experience
- At least three open-source projects (personal projects welcome)
- Mastery in one or more of Python, Java, JavaScript (MERN stack), Data Science, Machine Learning, iOS/Android development
- Software Engineering
- Any statically typed programming language such as Java or OCaml
- Computer architecture and operating systems
- Networks
- Theory of Computation
- Compilers
- Any specialised fields within software engineering such as graphics programming, embedded development and distributed systems.
- Web Development
- PHP
- Wordpress
- Laravel
- SQL
- TypeScript
- User Interface and User Experience
- Toolchains
- Performance tuning of websites
- Data Science
- R
- Data Engineering (ETL pipelines)
- Data Mining
- Deep Learning
- Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
- Ontology Engineering
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
BENEFITS
Generous annual leave and medical benefits: We provide up to 20 annual leave days as part of our leave policy, as well as health insurance or medical aid benefits for our staff.
Join the heart of tech in Africa, the US, and Europe: You'll work with the best of the best and rub shoulders with the world leaders in edtech, developer education, and developer assessments. Join one of the most ambitious and highest performing tech companies in the space, with a founding team that draws their former experience from companies such as Google, Amazon, GetSmarter/2U, & Yoco.
Life-changing work: Solve real problems that make education and tech careers accessible to those who need it most: you're allowed to brag about it.
OUR VALUES
We're a people-forward company with a purpose that underlines everything we do. We're obsessed with the potential in people and challenge them to do their best work. We embrace a culture of growth and learning to deliver on our vision and ours is a relentless quest for improvement.
