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Lane Wagner
Lane Wagner

Last published February 7, 2024

We’re building the smartest way to learn to code by tackling the hardest problem with e-learning: boredom. We’re a small team of developers who love to make the process of learning as fun and hands-on as it can be. If you’re curious about what its like to work with us, check out our public handbook.

Open positions 🔗

Performance Creative Strategist - Remote - Full Time 🔗

This is our first dedicated marketing hire (believe it or not). You’ll work directly with Lane (the founder) to keep up our rapid growth trajectory. We’re looking for a creative strategist that isn’t afraid to also wear basically every other marketing hat as necessary, and grow into a marketing leadership role as we scale.

  • Compensation (Depends on experience and location):
    • Tier 1: $100,000 base + $32,000 performance bonus + stock options (USA, etc)
    • Tier 2: $75,000 + $16,000 performance bonus + stock options (Canada, UK, Australia, etc)
    • Tier 3: $45,000 + $12,000 performance bonus + stock options (India, South America, etc)
    • Note: Options are 4-year vesting with a 1-year cliff, bonus is based on marketing performance
  • Location: Remote (Worldwide)
  • Benefits: PTO + Health insurance (if in the US)

What you’ll do:

  • Lead ideation for new marketing content that resonates with our gamer/developer audience
  • Design campaign strategy, create briefs, lead the production of the content, and run it on our marketing channels
  • Dig into the data of our marketing efforts to inform future campaigns
  • Hire and fire agencies and freelancers to help execute on your ideas
  • Execute and run your creative assets in Google/Meta and other ad platforms (media buying experience is a plus)
  • Work and negotiate with our influencer partners to get creative that includes their likeness and builds on their organic content

What you’ll need to succeed:

  • 5+ years of experience in digital marketing with a focus on creative strategy and content
  • A network of creative freelancers and agencies that you can tap into to help execute on your ideas
  • The ability and desire to grow into a leadership role as we grow
  • A portfolio of high-ROAS creative that you can show us and talk about
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Great taste - especially as it relates to video and visual content
  • An interest in gaming and programming
  • Basic video and image editing skills

To apply:

Send an email to Lane at Boot.dev with the subject line “Performance Creative Strategist Application” and include:

  • A brief introduction about yourself and why you’re interested in this role
  • Some of your best creative work (links or attachments)
  • Your resume

Entry-Level Customer Support and QA - Remote - Full Time 🔗

  • Compensation (Depends on experience and location):
    • Tier 1: $42,000 (USA, etc)
    • Tier 2: $34,000 (UK, Australia, etc)
    • Tier 3: $18,000 (India, Egypt, etc)
  • Location: Remote (Worldwide). This specific role must not be in US timezones due to overlapping with our existing support team.

What you’ll do:

  • Provide customer support via email and Discord, helping users with billing and account related issues.
  • Assist with manual quality assurance (QA) for our course platform
  • Test new features and report bugs to the development team
  • Help maintain our knowledge base and documentation
  • Interact with our students in our Discord community and help them with their questions
  • Other fairly random one-off administrative tasks as needed

What you’ll need to succeed:

  • A love of gaming and a desire to learn programming
  • A lot of patience and empathy for our users
  • Excellent written communication skills
  • Basic technical skills to troubleshoot common issues
  • Attention to detail and a need for the highest quality in everything you do

To apply:

Send an email to Lane at Boot.dev with the subject line “Customer Support Application” and include:

  • A brief introduction about yourself and why you’re interested in this role
  • Your Boot.dev profile link (if you have one)
  • Your resume

Creating Courses 🔗

We’re always looking for course authors to help us write new courses on a freelance basis. Read more here