Course Designer (Soft Skills)

CodeSignal is how the world discovers and develops the skills that will shape the future. Our skills platform empowers teams to go beyond skills gaps, with hiring and AI-powered learning solutions, and helps individuals cultivate the skills they need to level up. Wherever you are on your journey, CodeSignal’s hiring and learning solutions meet you there and get you where you need to go.

Having powered millions of skills evaluations, CodeSignal is trusted by leading companies like Netflix, Capital One, Meta, and Dropbox, and is used by learners across the globe. Some of our latest accomplishments include:

• Being recognized by TIME magazine as one of the World’s Top EdTech Companies of 2024
• Getting Certified as a Best Place to Work 2023-2024
• Launching our AI-tutor Cosmo alongside our practice-first learning product.
• Seeing Cosmo featured in Times Square three times in as many months.

The Role

We are looking for Course Designers who will be the learning experience and instructional design masterminds helping power our current+future learning and development solutions. This role will focus on building AI-powered, soft skills courses to grow our learning solutions portfolio that can be found here. We are looking for someone with an expertise in and passion for instructional design to drive the democratization of soft skills development for employees at every level.

What Makes a Signalite?

Signalites are the incredible people who make up CodeSignal’s global team. We believe every Signalite should be given the context to understand decisions, the freedom to act independently, and the responsibility to do what’s right. These principles build upon each other to drive motivation, speed, innovation, and a results-oriented, high-performing culture. We believe that culture is not just about principles, but also behaviors. This belief can be seen and felt in everything we do as Signalites.

Day-to-Day 

• Design AI-powered, conversation simulation learning experiences that support the scaling of soft skills development across employees at every level.
• Create soft skills courses that meet the company's standards for quality, accuracy, and alignment with learning objectives.
• Build practice-first learning role-plays that empower experiential learning supported by AI-tutor feedback.
• Collaborate with course review analysts to improve course structure, clarity, and overall effectiveness.
• Identify and incorporate proven soft skills techniques and methodologies to embed within learning experiences.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts and stakeholders to define targeted learning outcomes and required skillsets for roles in areas such as management, sales, finance, etc.
• Manage deliverable deadlines and maintain a high level of productivity to achieve course development targets.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in instructional design, learning design, or similar field.
• Excels in execution, establishing priorities and meeting swift deadlines in a rapidly changing environment.
• Experience using course authoring technologies to create digital learning experiences.
• Knowledge of learning science and instructional design principles.
• Strong collaboration skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Preferred: 1 to 3 years’ experience in designing digital learning experiences for adult learners.

Why You’ll Love It Here

• 🌐 Globally distributed, fully remote team
• 💰 Competitive salary, equity, and bonus comp packages
• 🩺  Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 💸  401k matching (US) or pension fund contributions (Global)
• 🏝  Unlimited time off policy
• 📚  Learning & Development benefits
• 💪  Physical & Mental health benefits
• 💻  Equipment & generous home office setup stipend
• 🥳  Team activities and get-togethers to connect with your fellow Signalites
• 💙  A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join a fast-growing SaaS company

We know that great work comes from great, and inclusive teams. At CodeSignal, we