[Remote] eLearning Development Manager
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ELB Learning is seeking an eLearning Development Manager to lead a team building custom, interactive learning experiences. The role combines hands-on front-end technical leadership, people management, AI-assisted development practices, quality oversight, and cross-functional collaboration.
Responsibilities
- Manage and mentor a team of eLearning developers, overseeing project assignments, workload, and quality of output
- Provide technical leadership on complex builds involving HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, including custom interactions, responsive design, and cross-platform compatibility
- Guide development in Storyline and other authoring tools as needed, ensuring builds meet technical standards and best practices
- Champion the use of AI coding tools and workflows to increase development speed, consistency, and code quality across the team
- Establish and enforce coding standards, QA processes, and best practices for custom development work
- Troubleshoot and resolve advanced technical issues escalated from the development team
- Collaborate with Instructional Design, UI/UX, and Project Management to ensure technical feasibility and timeline alignment
- Evaluate new tools, frameworks, and AI-assisted development platforms to keep the team's practices current
- Support hiring, onboarding, and skill development for developers on the team
Skills
- 5+ years of hands-on front-end development experience; portfolio or work samples demonstrating HTML/CSS/JS expertise and visual design sensibility
- 2+ years in a development management or team lead role, ideally within eLearning or a related digital production environment
- Expert-level proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Keen eye for visual design and UI polish
- Demonstrated experience using AI coding tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or similar) to increase development speed and output
- Strong understanding of eLearning development standards, including responsive design and accessibility
- Ability to review code and provide technical mentorship to developers at varying skill levels
- Excellent communication skills — able to translate technical constraints to non-technical stakeholders
- Experience with version control (Git) and modern development workflows
- Understanding of SCORM & xAPI (Tin Can)
- Background in custom eLearning development for enterprise or corporate clients
- Experience with coding frameworks such as Node/React or similar
- Formal education in a related field is a plus but not required — we're prioritizing demonstrated skill and experience
Benefits
- Fully remote work arrangement
- W2 employee status
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