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Fullstack Web Development Lead Teaching Assistant

RFCUNY Research Foundation of the City University of New York
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    New York, New York, United States
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    New York, New York, United States
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Thank you for considering a career with the Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY). The team at RFCUNY is made up of dedicated, talented professionals committed to providing the services that allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries. We are pleased that you are interested in exploring opportunities to join RFCUNY. This position is part of the NYC Tech Talent Pipeline (TTP) Residency (TTPR) at BMCC and is a dedicated full‑stack Web Development Lead Teaching Assistant. The role is available as of April 2026 and will end on 21August2026. Location and Hours Primary Location: Borough of Manhattan, CCBargaining Unit: No. Hours: 10:00AM – 6:00PM ET (Monday–Friday). The role is hybrid: onsite Monday–Thursday and remote Friday. Lead Teaching Assistant Duties Lead or co‑lead lectures if Instructor is out. Record attendance. Live‑code during pair‑programming sessions. Manage the help‑ticket board. Act as scrum master for half of the capstone projects per capstone project. Maintain communication with instructional staff and program manager. Review classwork and homework submissions for completeness and commit history. Hold mandatory office hours, 2× 30minute segments M–Th. Track aggregate contributions per student through commit history. Proctor monthly quizzes and conduct exit interviews. Instructional Staff Standard Duties Review material to prepare help tickets. Provide resources for technical knowledge and skill support. Complete help tickets for troubleshooting tool installation, configuration, and assignment issues. Identify blockers and guide students to articulate solutions. Contribute to brainstorming on front‑end design, file structure, and scope. Participate in weekly sync‑up meetings with instructional staff and program manager. Track individual aggregate contributions and flag improvement areas. Proctor monthly quizzes and conduct exit interviews. Other Duties and Expectations Improvise deadlines and agendas as needed. Adapt support dynamically; shift to proactive outreach when help tickets decline. Build student self‑efficacy and guide pacing of the bootcamp. Facilitate capstone topic ideation and balance foundational with AI‑assisted approaches. Clarify third‑party API limitations and support intermediate capstone concepts (WebSockets, cron jobs, service workers, throttling, caching, WebRTC, pagination, filters, searches, etc.). Provide first‑principles explanations for common Git and development concepts. Required Skills A degree or alternative education in computer science or related fields. Experience delivering computer science or software engineering instruction, or substantial professional software engineering experience. Proficiency in full‑stack web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node, Express, React, Redux, relational DBMS, ORMs). Proficiency with CLI/Terminal, Postman, VSCode, Postico, pgAdmin. Proficiency with project‑management tools (Jira, ClickUp, Monday, Asana, Notion, Trello). Proficiency with Git workflows and GitHub (GitHub Projects, GitHub Pages). Proficiency with CI/CD and deployment on Netlify and/or Vercel. Familiarity with Open Authorization protocol. Preferred Skills Prior experience as a teaching assistant or instructor in a bootcamp, CUNY‑related program, or collegiate adjunct role. Familiarity with Figma, Lucidchart, Tailwind, Bulma, rate limiting, hashing/salting, CORS. Familiarity with AWS/GCP/Azure, Firebase, UI/UX principles, React Native, TypeScript. Desired Skills Experience in software engineering, data engineering, cybersecurity, AI, or related fields. Experience as apprentice, intern, freelance, junior, senior engineer, or roles such as solutions engineer, sales engineer, QA, SDET, scrum master, UI/UX designer. Participation in hackathons, open‑source contributions, bug bounties, or publication of research. Pay and Benefits Pay Range: $30.00/hour (minimum – maximum). Benefits: Eligible for statutory benefits under RFCUNY’s policies for project employees. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement The Research Foundation of The City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E‑Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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  • New York, New York, United States

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