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  <h1>Do You Want to Change the Future of Education?</h1>
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      <h2>Our mission is to transform learning.</h2>

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        <p>&ldquo;EdX represents a unique opportunity to improve education on our campuses through online learning, while simultaneously creating a bold new educational path for millions of learners worldwide.&rdquo;</p>
        <cite>&mdash;Rafael Reif, MIT President </cite>
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        <p>&ldquo;EdX gives Harvard and MIT an unprecedented opportunity to dramatically extend our collective reach by conducting groundbreaking research into effective education and by extending online access to quality higher education.&rdquo;</p>
        <cite>&mdash;Drew Faust, Harvard President</cite>
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          <h3>EdX Fellow</h3>
          <p>EdX Fellows focus on the development of innovative solutions for online teaching, learning, and research. They create and manage partnerships with faculty and staff from edX universities in the development, implementation, and evaluation of online courses and related learning products. EdX is seeking candidates with doctoral degrees in the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, engineering, or education, who are committed to the development of innovative pedagogies to improve online teaching and learning.</p>
          <p>An ideal candidate will have:</p>
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            <li>experience in teaching and developing online courses, preferably in higher education</li>
            <li>exceptional written and communication skills</li>
            <li>experience in facilitating and convening teams of higher education faculty</li>
            <li>a broad knowledge of, and experience with, research in online learning</li> <li>exceptional organizational and communication skills</li>
            <li>proven success in digital project management.</li>
            <li>strong background in working with LMS &amp; CMS environments</li>
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          <p>Ability to work in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment is essential.</p>
          <p>If you are interested in this position, please send an email to <a href="mailto:jobs@edx.org">jobs@edx.org</a>.</p>
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          <h3>EdX Course Manager</h3>
          <p>Course Managers support edX Fellows and related content staff in the creation and implementation of online courses and other learning products.  Course Managers are involved in the complete life-cycle of edX courses, from initial concept through development, launch, and data collection.  EdX is seeking Course Managers who have a masters or doctorate degree.</p>
          <p>An ideal candidate will have:</p>
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            <li>significant operational experience with online teaching and learning environments; CMS, LMS systems, and with API feature sets.</li>
            <li>a broad knowledge of higher education content disciplines</li>
            <li>experience with innovative instructional design practices</li>
            <li>exceptional organizational and communication skills</li>
            <li>proven success in digital project management</li>
            <li>a working knowledge of basic computer programming skills, e.g. Python, XML, HTML5</li>
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          <p>Ability to work in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment is essential.</p>
          <p>If you are interested in this position, please send an email to <a href="mailto:jobs@edx.org">jobs@edx.org</a></p>
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          <h3>EdX Content Engineer</h3>
          <p>Content Engineers support edX Fellows and edX Course Managers in the overall technical development of course content, assessments, and domain-specific online tools. Tasks include developing graders for rich problems, designing automated tools for import of problems from other formats, as well as creating new ways for students to interact with domain-specific problems in the system.</p>
          <p>A candidate must have:</p>
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            <li>Python or JavaScript development experience</li>
            <li>A deep interest in pedagogy and education</li>
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          <p>Knowledge of GWT or Backbone.js a plus.</p> <p>If you are interested in this position, please send an email to <a href="mailto:jobs@edx.org">jobs@edx.org</a>.</p>
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          <h3>Platform Developer</h3>
          <p>Platform Developers build the core learning platform that powers edX, writing both front-end and back-end code. They tackle a wide range of technical challenges, and so the best candidates will have a strong background in one or more of the following areas: machine learning, education, user interaction design, big data, social network analysis, and devops. Specialists are encouraged to apply, but team members often wear many hats. Our ideal candidate would have excellent coding skills, a proven history of delivering projects, and a deep research background.</p>
          <p>If you are interested in this position, please send an email to <a href="mailto:jobs@edx.org">jobs@edx.org</a></p>
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      <h2>Positions</h2>
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        <a href="#edx-fellow">EdX Fellow</a>
        <a href="#course-manager">EdX Course Manager</a>
        <a href="#content-engineer">EdX Content Engineer</a>
        <a href="#platform-developer">Platform Developer</a>
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      <h2>How to Apply</h2>
      <p>E-mail your resume, coverletter and any other materials to <a href="mailto:jobs@edx.org">jobs@edx.org</a></p>
      <h2>Our Location</h2>
      <p>11 Cambridge Center <br>
      Cambridge, MA 02142</p>
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