Join our Volunteer Corps
Are you a tech professional looking to make a meaningful impact? Join our Volunteer Corps and help transform the lives of Veterans, active duty Servicemembers, and military spouses as they transition to careers in tech.
At Code Platoon, we believe that learning from industry professionals is crucial for our students to become well-rounded tech experts. As a volunteer, you’ll play a key role in preparing them for the challenges of the tech world by sharing your knowledge, experience, and insights.
Whether you’re an individual or represent a company, we offer a wide range of volunteer opportunities that provide high-impact, meaningful experiences.
Explore Volunteer Opportunities
Evening Teaching Assistant
Provide after-hours support for software engineering and DevOps and cloud engineering students with coding assignments, projects, debugging, and test preparation. Work with small groups of students to explain concepts and practice for interviewing and whiteboarding.
- Time Commitment: Two hours per week (5:30–7:30 p.m. Central Time) for 15 weeks. You pick your evening.
- Skills You Bring: Coding knowledge, problem-solving skills, and a desire to support students transitioning to careers in tech.
Mentor
Guide students one-on-one through their military-to-tech transitions. While each relationship is unique, you can expect to help your mentee with their projects, answer questions about life as a software engineer, and provide guidance on tech career planning.
- Time Commitment: 2–4 hours per month.
- Skills You Bring: Software engineering experience and a commitment to nurturing new tech talent are essential. Transitioning from the military to tech is a plus but not required.
Resume Coach
Work with our students to help them polish their resumes and stand out in the job market. You’ll work with students to produce a professional resume by sharing best practices, providing content suggestions, and recommending changes or additions.
- Time Commitment: 1 – 4 hours per student over ten weeks towards the end of each cohort. You decide how many students you want to assist each cohort.
- Skills You Bring: You’re an experienced technical recruiter or HR professional skilled in refining a resume draft into compelling content. Experience transitioning from military service to civilian work is a plus.
Mock Interviewer
Mock interviews help our soon-to-be graduates prepare for behavioral and technical interviews. For many students, this will be their first interview in the civilian workforce. Any amount of time you can contribute is very appreciated.
- Time Commitment: Flexible based on your availability.
- Skills You Bring: You have experience in interviews for software engineering, DevOps engineering, QA engineering, or product managing roles, or you are a technical recruiter or hiring manager.
Workshop Presenter
As part of our Beyond Tech training, we provide ongoing workshops covering networking, interviewing, salary negotiation, personal financial management, public speaking, and other soft skills that will benefit them in the workplace. Our students benefit from industry experts leading these workshops. We’ll coordinate with you to schedule your presentation, matching your expertise with our Bootcamp needs.
- Time Commitment: Workshops are typically one hour in length.
- Skills You Bring: You are an expert in career development, with workshop facilitation experience and a drive to help students succeed.
Ready to Make an Impact? Join the Volunteer Corps Today!
Apply today to become a member of the Volunteer Corps and make a difference in the lives of our Veteran and military spouse students.
