Description

Do you have the magic that it takes to teach and mentor some super cool geeks?
We are looking for a Computer Science Teacher for Porto and Aveiro!

Mindera Education is growing and we are looking for someone to deliver a course that is engaging, fun and creative! We have big dreams at Mindera to allow all people passionate about technology to learn to program and prepare them for the world of work. Could you be the person we are looking for?

You will interact with students, developers and other special people in the company who are engaged with Mindera Education.

Cool projects where you can teach:

Mindera School, where we give every young person who has finished mandatory school and is passionate about technology, the opportunity to learn how to program and prepare them to start working. We are looking for a Computer Science Teacher passionate about humans and technology, combined with a strong methodical and planning skillset.

MindSwap, is the newest member of the Mindera's family, and we dare say it’s the cool new code academy! It’s designed to teach adults who are looking for a career change, the fundamental concepts of writing code and cover the bases of back-end and front-end development.

National and international expected traveling time varies according to project/client and organisational needs: 0%-15% estimated.

We are counting on your experience in the following areas:

• Generic computer science knowledge (from pseudo code to Object-Oriented Programming and how to debug code)
• High knowledge in Java
• Version control (Git)
• Teaching experience
• Comfortable with both written and spoken English

Would be a plus to have good knowledge in:

• JavaScript
• REST
• Relational Databases / SQL
• SOLID principles
• (Unit) Testing
• Build systems (Jenkins, Travis..)
• Code Conventions

And, of course, teaching is what you love the most!

Being able to think of people first is key for this role: communication, trust and collaborative work will be as relevant as any other skills, capability or experience.

Benefits

The Things We Really Care About:

• Health Insurance, because health comes first
• Flexible working hours
• Open holidays, take the time you need for yourself
• Profit distribution for everyone
• Mindera Annual Trip, Sports, and sharing groups to connect and have fun!
• Training & conferences, create your own training plan
• Child Care vouchers

Other Good Things:

• Choose Laptop & Peripherals that best suit your needs
• Hotspot with unlimited usage (PT), for work or Netflix ;)
• We have amazing offices in Porto, Aveiro, and Coimbra if you want to physically connect with minders. Remote is also an option.
• At the offices, we have a wide range of snacks to keep you fed and healthy
• Partnerships with local businesses

Most of all you get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together in a politics-free environment. Our culture reflects our lean and self-organization attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication. Freedom and Responsibility go hand in hand, and we value commitment, feedback, and empathy.

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About Mindera

At Mindera we use technology to build products we are proud of, with people we love.

Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera.

We partner with our clients, to understand their products and deliver high-performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact in their users and businesses across the world.

You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together.

Our culture reflects our lean and self management attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication.

We are proud of our work and we love to learn all and everything while navigating through an Agile, Lean and collaborative environment.

Check out our Blog and our Handbook!

Our offices are located: Porto, Portugal | Aveiro, Portugal | Coimbra, Portugal | Leicester, UK | San Diego, USA | San Francisco, USA | Chennai, India | Bengaluru, India | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Blumenau, Brazil