Independent Contractor - Mentor role for Software Architect track (US Canada, Europe, MENA, India & APAC Timezones)

The role

Mentors provide technical support to learners in their Nanodegree journey. You will meet virtually on a weekly basis with students for community support, live office hours, and other activities.

What you will do

• Provide technical support for students over an online community forum
• Answer questions around course content over the forum
• Facilitate content for students who get stuck in learning
• Host one weekly live virtual session to offer direct, real-time support to students
• Redirect learners to appropriate support channels
• Escalate issues to the Mentor Operations team when needed

Required qualifications

• Fluency in English both written and spoken
• At least 5 years of industry experience
• Strong expertise in Test-Driven Development (TDD), including Pytest, scalable test strategies, and structured test suite design
• Deep understanding of design patterns (creational, structural, behavioral) and their practical implementation in production systems
• Proven experience designing microservices, multitier, cloud-native, and serverless architectures
• Strong knowledge of caching strategies, CDN architecture, and data storage tradeoffs
• Ability to create and interpret architecture diagrams and system design documentation
• Familiarity with distributed systems and machine learning system architectures
• Solid grounding in systems engineering principles, including requirements analysis, validation, and system integration
• Experience working with architectural frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, or SysML
• Strong understanding of the SDLC
• Flexibility at their current job to take this challenge part-time as an external contractor

Nice to have

• Experience teaching technical concepts and public speaking, organizing technical talks, or webinars
• Positive character, trusted by the students, creating emotional ties in the group

Benefits

• Earn additional income working from the comfort of your own home
• Contribute to a vibrant, international student community
• Stay updated with the latest in cutting-edge technologies

Before you apply

• Applicants in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States
• Candidates currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration

About the company

Udacity is an Accenture company that offers an online learning platform for corporate technical training in fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, and Cloud Computing.