Khan Academy

Sr. Fullstack Engineer I (24 months fixed-term)

Mountain View, California, United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Education Technology, NonprofitIndustries

About Khan Academy

Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission to deliver a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Our proven learning platform offers free, high-quality supplemental learning content and practice that cover Pre-K - 12th grade and early college core academic subjects, focusing on math and science. We have over 181 million registered learners globally and are committed to improving learning outcomes for students worldwide, focusing on learners in historically under-resourced communities.

Our Community

Our students, teachers, and parents come from all walks of life, and so do we. Our team includes people from academia, traditional/non-traditional education, big tech companies, and tiny startups. We hire great people from diverse backgrounds and experiences because it makes our company stronger. We value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as necessary to achieve our mission and impact the communities we serve. We know that transforming education starts in-house with learning about ourselves and our colleagues. We strive to be world-class in investing in our people and commit to developing you as a professional.

The Role

As a Senior Fullstack Engineer I on a 24 months fixed-term, you will be working on product teams focused on providing equitable solutions to historically under-resourced communities of students and teachers. On the product team, you might work on projects such as:

  • Building tools for teachers to use Khan Academy as a strategic supplement in their classrooms.
  • Integrating state of the art learning science into our product to enable students and teachers identify and address literacy skill gaps.

This role will help harness the power of AI to deliver product capabilities. We are a remote-first organization and we strive to build using technology that is best suited to solving problems for our learners. Currently, we build with Go, GraphQL, TypeScript, React, React Router and we adopt new technologies including AI tools and IDE’s that leverage AI when they’ll help us better achieve our goals. At Khan, one of our values is “Cultivate Learning Mindsets”, so for us, it’s important that we’re working with all of our engineers to help match the right opportunity to the right individual, in order to ensure every engineer is operating at their “learning edge”.

What You Bring

  • 5+ years experience building world-class product experiences for an interactive web-app. In particular, you have built and maintained scalable backend services, as well as complex, stateful frontend user interfaces.
  • Deep collaboration with other engineers, designers, product managers is a must and prior experience working with AI engineers to build AI-driven features that support education use cases is a bonus.
  • Experience building user interfaces with accessibility in mind is a plus.
  • Strong technical project management skills, as our Senior Software Engineers often lead projects.
  • Experience building and maintaining complex software. You’ll join us in writing clean, maintainable software that solves hard problems. You’ll write testable, quality code. You’ll push the team and the mission forward with your contributions.
  • Strong communication, thoughtfulness, and desire to give and receive regular feedback.
  • Empathy for learners around the world. You love learning and are excited about helping others learn to love learning. You’re motivated to learn new things and share what you learn with the world.
  • Proven cross-cultural competency skills demonstrating self-awareness, awareness of other, and the ability to adopt inclusive perspectives, attitudes, and behaviors to drive inclusion and belonging throughout the organization.
  • Excitement about helping Khan Academy bring a free, world-class education to the world.
  • Prior experience building an ELA learning or assessment product (using Generative AI / LLMs) a plus.

Perks and Benefits

We may be a non-profit, but we reward our talented team extremely well.

Skills

Go
GraphQL
TypeScript
React
React Router
AI
Fullstack Development

Khan Academy

Provides free online educational resources

About Khan Academy

Khan Academy offers free online educational resources and courses for students of all ages. The platform provides instructional videos, practice exercises, and a personalized learning dashboard that allows users to learn at their own pace. Students can access a wide range of subjects, including math, science, history, and more, making it a comprehensive learning tool. Unlike many other educational platforms, Khan Academy focuses on providing all its resources for free, ensuring that anyone with internet access can benefit from high-quality education. The goal of Khan Academy is to democratize education and make learning accessible to everyone, regardless of their background or location.

Palo Alto, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2006Year Founded
$15.8MTotal Funding
GRANTCompany Stage
Social Impact, EducationIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Competitive salaries
Health and wellness benefits
Flexible time off
401(k) + matching
Affinity groups
Paid parental leave
Fun virtual events

Risks

Reliance on AI tools raises concerns about data privacy and security.
Partnership with Microsoft may limit flexibility in technology choices.
Resistance from educators towards AI tools in humanities subjects could hinder adoption.

Differentiation

Khan Academy offers a mastery-based learning system for personalized student progress.
The platform provides free SAT, LSAT, and Praxis prep in collaboration with major organizations.
Khan Academy's AI tool, Khanmigo, enhances learning with GPT-4 technology.

Upsides

Khan Academy's partnerships expand its reach and resources, enhancing educational offerings.
Growing demand for personalized learning tools boosts Khan Academy's relevance and adoption.
Increased philanthropic funding supports Khan Academy's mission to democratize education.

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