Instructional Design Architect

About Aerospike

At Aerospike, we dream big. Our focus is helping companies tackle seemingly insurmountable problems and doing what’s never been done before. That is why we developed the world's leading real-time data platform that powers mission-critical applications at the world's most innovative, category disrupting companies. Our customers have deployed extreme scale real-time applications to fight fraud, dramatically increase shopping cart size, enable global digital payments, and deliver hyper-personalized user experiences to tens of millions of customers.

 Customers like Airtel, Experian, Nielsen, PayPal, Snap, Verizon Media, Wayfair, and many others rely on Aerospike as the data foundation for the future to help them act in the microsecond moments that matter. Aerospike is headquartered in Mountain View, California and has a global presence with offices in London, Bangalore and Tel Aviv.

Must Haves:

• Worked with Skilljar or similar learning platform
• Developer education content coordinator.  
• Experienced technical, innovative education specialist 
• Audit current curriculum for updating and creating an impactful, interactive experience
• Customer/technical education experience including education training, planning, delivery and development including communication 
• You will also review and integrate technical documentation as needed 
• Passion for training and technology and can think outside of the box to help us scale. 
• Help design and implement gamification with missions and badges, incentivizing users to level up across their learning journeys 
• Passion for empowering builders and fostering a collaborative learning environment 10+ years of experience with 5 years of direct experience in developing and delivering technical education programs. 
• Collaborate subject-matter-experts and learning architects to scope needs for new courses and updates to existing ones.
• Experience with Graph/AI/Vector DB preferred
• Experience designing curriculum development for multi-modal, hands-on courses
• Experience with the creation of instructor guides and “train the trainers” education
• Function as a company-wide thought leader and subject-matter-expert on curriculum development principles and best practices
• Provide answers and support to the Support Team for issues related to our courses

Nice to Haves:

• Experience with topics related to big data engineering such as data streaming, pipeline optimization, deployment, and data security
• Reasonable proficiency in at least one of Java, C#, Python, Go, C, Node.js, Rust
• Familiarity with database technologies, ideally NoSQL. 
• Able to learn new technologies quickly
• Strong analytical skills and data-driven decision-making
• Familiarity with at least one common cloud provider (AWS or Google Cloud)
• [Preferred] Experience designing and developing highly technical training based on instructional design best practices
• Ability to work with our Director of Technical Enablement who manages our Academy

Aerospike is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.Salary Range for California Based Applicants: $140,000 - $180,000 (actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law).