eLearning Development Manager

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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