Course Designer (Soft Skills)

CodeSignal; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 38,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is on the lookout for a Course Designer specializing in soft skills. This exciting role involves creating AI-powered learning experiences that empower employees to develop essential soft skills. You'll collaborate with experts to design engaging courses that meet high standards of quality and effectiveness. Join a globally distributed team that values independence, responsibility, and a results-oriented culture. Enjoy competitive compensation, unlimited time off, and a supportive environment that fosters growth and development. If you're passionate about instructional design and eager to make a difference, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401k matching

Unlimited time off

Learning & Development benefits

Equipment stipend

Team activities and get-togethers

Qualifications

• Expertise in instructional design to create AI-powered soft skills courses.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills are essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Design interactive simulation learning experiences for soft skills development.
• Collaborate with SMEs to define learning outcomes and required skillsets.

Skills

Instructional Design

Collaboration Skills

Communication Skills

Course Authoring Technologies

Learning Science Knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in instructional design

Experience in designing digital learning experiences

Tools

Course Authoring Tools

Job description

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CodeSignal is how the world discovers and develops the skills that will shape the future. Our skills platform empowers teams to go beyond skills gaps, with hiring and AI-powered learning solutions, and helps individuals cultivate the skills they need to level up. Wherever you are on your journey, CodeSignal’s hiring and learning solutions meet you there and get you where you need to go.

Skills

Having powered millions of skills evaluations, CodeSignal is trusted by leading companies like Netflix, Capital One, Meta, and Dropbox, and is used by learners across the globe. Some of our latest accomplishments include:

• Ranking #2 in Education on Fast Company's prestigious World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2025 list
• ️ Being recognized 2 years in a row by TIME magazine as one of the World's Top EdTech Companies in 2025 and 2024!
• Getting Certified as a Best Place to Work 2023-2024
• Launching our AI-tutor Cosmo alongside our practice-first learning product
• Seeing Cosmo featured in Times Square three times in as many months
  
  

What makes a Signalite?Signalites are the incredible people who make up CodeSignal’s global team. We believe every Signalite should be given the context to understand decisions, the freedom to act independently, and the responsibility to do what’s right. These principles build upon each other to drive motivation, speed, innovation, and a results-oriented, high-performing culture. We believe that culture is not just about principles, but also behaviors. This belief can be seen and felt in everything we do as Signalites.

The RoleWe are looking for Course Designers who will be the learning experience and instructional design masterminds helping power our current+future learning and development solutions. This role will focus on building AI-powered, soft skills courses to grow our learning solutions portfolio that can be found here. We are looking for someone with an expertise in and passion for instructional design to drive the democratization of soft skills development for employees. This role goes beyond our typical focus on software engineering and rather focuses on supporting learners to acquire and grow soft skills applicable in any job such as collaborating with others, communication & active listening, leadership & people management, managing conflict, adapting to change, and hundreds more.

Day-to-Day

• Design AI-powered, interactive and hands-on simulation learning experiences that support the scaling of soft skills development for employees at every level of an organization.
• Create soft skills courses that meet the company's standards for quality, accuracy, and alignment with learning objectives.
• Build practice-first learning role-plays that empower experiential learning supported by AI-tutor feedback.
• Collaborate with course review analysts to improve course structure, clarity, and overall effectiveness.
• Identify and incorporate proven soft skills techniques and methodologies to embed within learning experiences.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts and stakeholders to define targeted learning outcomes and required skillsets for roles in areas such as management, sales, finance, etc.
• Manage deliverable deadlines and maintain a high level of productivity to achieve course development targets.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in instructional design, learning design, or similar field.
• Excels in execution, establishing priorities and meeting swift deadlines in a rapidly changing environment.
• Experience using course authoring technologies to create digital learning experiences.
• Knowledge of learning science and instructional design principles.
• Strong collaboration skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Preferred: 1 to 3 years’ experience in designing digital learning experiences for adult learners.
  
  

The SalaryIn accordance with local regulations in jurisdictions where CodeSignal may hire, we are projecting an annual base salary in the range of USD$38K-$95K.This range encompasses all seniority levels eligible for this position. Offer packages often contain additional compensation in the form of commission or performance bonuses, equity, and/or benefits such as those listed below. Offers are awarded on an individual basis and are subject to factors such as, without limitation, a candidate’s level of experience, growth trajectory, and local labor market. Employees' compensation is reviewed and adjusted regularly.

Why You’ll Love It Here

• Globally distributed, fully remote team
• Competitive salary, equity, and bonus comp packages
• ???? Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401k matching (US) or pension fund contributions (Global)
• Unlimited time off policy
• Learning & Development benefits
• Physical & Mental health benefits
• Equipment & generous home office setup stipend
• Team activities and get-togethers to connect with your fellow Signalites
• A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join a fast-growing SaaS company
  
  

We know that great work comes from great, and inclusive teams. At CodeSignal, we specifically look for individuals of varying strengths, skills, backgrounds, and ideas. We believe this gives us a competitive advantage to better serve our customers and helps us all grow as Signalites and individuals. We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. CodeSignal is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

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  Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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