Position Details
Start Date: October 15, 2026
Employment: Full-time, 40 hours/week
Type: W2 Employee
Location: Remote — U.S. only
Salary: $97,500–$115,000 per year
About the Role
ELB Learning is seeking an eLearning Development Manager to lead a team of developers building custom, interactive learning experiences. This role requires deep technical expertise in front-end development along with a strong grasp of AI-assisted development practices that increase team output and code quality. The ideal candidate is both a hands-on technical expert and an effective people leader.
Key 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.
Required Skills & Qualifications
5+ years of hands-on front-end development experience; portfolio or work samples demonstrating HTML/CSS/JS expertise and visual design sensibility.
Formal education in a related field is a plus but not required — we're prioritizing demonstrated skill and experience.
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).
Preferred
Background in custom eLearning development for enterprise or corporate clients.
Experience with coding frameworks such as Node/React or similar.
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