As a Computer Science Curriculum Intern you will play a key role in developing and refining educational materials that will inspire and train the next generation of great problem solvers. At the Intern level, you will build your skills as an educational content developer while contributing to a variety of curriculum projects.
The Computer Science Curriculum Intern will:
- Develop new educational materials with input from more senior team members
- Incorporate feedback from team members and other stakeholders into their materials
- Make content corrections to existing materials based on student and teacher feedback
- Build their understanding of and experience with the students within their target audience as well as the people who will deliver their content. This may include grading, assisting, teaching, or team-teaching courses, if relevant
The ideal candidate has:
- Experience teaching or tutoring computer science preferred, ideally including experience with K-12 students
- Strong computer science content knowledge
- Strong writing skills, with the ability to translate complex CS concepts into clear, engaging, and understandable content
- Strong creativity, with the ability to develop original problems, activities, and/or puzzles
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Readily seeks out and learns from feedback
- Passion for education
Why Join AoPS:
This is a 40-hour per week paid internship with a pay rate of $30/hour. The internship will take place in summer 2027 and will be based at our headquarters in San Diego, CA. Most of our interns are with us for 10 - 12 weeks, starting in late May or early June. Here are some things you can look forward to:
- Impact: Help develop educational materials that will be used by some of the brightest young minds in the country, including future Informatics and AI Olympiad champions
- Flexibility: Casual work environment with a hybrid work week and flexible scheduling
- Future Planning: 401K with company match
- Quality of Life: Paid Sick Leave
- Ease of Transition: Relocation bonus (if currently located outside of San Diego)
Background Check:
Please note that employment is contingent on the successful completion of a background check.
Work Authorization:
Please note that in order to be considered for this position you must be legally authorized to work in the US. We are unable to offer sponsorship, including STEM-OPT and H-1B.
About AoPS:
Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is on a mission to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. Since 2003, we have trained hundreds of thousands of the country’s top students, including nearly all the members of the US International Math Olympiad team, through our online school, in-person academies, textbooks, and online learning systems. While our primary focus has been math for most of our history, through the years we have expanded our unique problem solving curriculum into more subjects, such as language arts, science, and computer science.
Skills Required
- Experience teaching or tutoring computer science, ideally with K-12 students
- Strong computer science content knowledge
- Strong writing skills and ability to explain complex computer science concepts clearly
- Strong creativity for developing original problems, activities, or puzzles
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to seek out and learn from feedback
- Passion for education
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship
What We Do
Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is dedicated to discovering, inspiring, and training the next generation of problem solvers. Since 2003, we've empowered over a million top students with our innovative problem solving curriculum. While our roots are in math, AoPS has expanded to language arts, science, and computer science to meet the growing challenges of the 21st century. At AoPS, students master the skills to tackle complex problems they’ve never seen before—the key to success in academics, careers, and life. Our programs, AoPS Online, AoPS Academy, and Beast Academy offer a wide range of deliveries to best support our learners' needs, including self-paced, in-person, and online class options. Follow us as we grow and join our team of builders, collaborators, and life-long learners!
Why Work With Us
AoPS brings together creative thinkers and problem solvers from diverse backgrounds. Our team includes builders, gamers, puzzle masters, crafters, writers, adventurers, artists, animal lovers, fitness gurus--in every combination! We are connected by our passion for helping students succeed and become the next generation of leaders.
