Software Engineer Literacy & ELA

Company: Promote Project
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: April 12, 2025

Job Description:

Mountain View, California, United States60000 - 100000 a year (US Dollars)DescriptionABOUT KHAN ACADEMYKhan 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 resources that cover Pre-K-12th grade and early college core academic subjects, with a focus on math and science. We have over 155 million registered learners globally and are committed to improving learning outcomes for students around the world, with a focus on learners in historically under-resourced communities.OUR COMMUNITYOur 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 ROLEWe are hiring a Sr. Software Engineer. We are focused on providing equitable solutions to historically under-resourced communities of learners and teachers, and guided by our Engineering Principles. You'll help us build out our platform and leverage AI to democratize 1:1 tutoring for every learner, and a teaching assistant to every teacher, at scale.

• 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.
• 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.
• Proven cross-cultural competency skills demonstrating self-awareness, awareness of others, and the ability to adopt inclusive perspectives, attitudes, and behaviors to drive inclusion and belonging throughout the organization.
• 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.
• A motivation for Khan Academy's mission "to provide a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere."
• Experience using Machine Learning / LLMs to build products a plus (but not required).We welcome candidates with experience in any and all technologies. We don't require experience in any particular language or tool. Our commitment to onboarding and mentorship means you won't be left in the dark as you learn new technologies.PERKS AND BENEFITSWe may be a non-profit, but we reward our talented team extremely well! We offer:
  • Competitive salaries
  • Ample paid time off as needed - Your well-being is a priority.
  • Remote-first culture - that caters to your time zone, with open flexibility as needed, at times
  • Generous parental leave
  • An exceptional team that trusts you and gives you the freedom to do your best
  • The chance to put your talents towards a deeply meaningful mission and the opportunity to work on high-impact products that are already defining the future of education
  • Opportunities to connect through affinity, ally, and social groups
  • And we offer all those other typical benefits as well: 401(k) + 4% matching & comprehensive insurance, including medical, dental, vision, and lifeAt Khan Academy, we are committed to fair and equitable compensation practices, the well-being of our employees, and our Khan community. This belief is why we have built out a robust Total Rewards package that includes competitive base salaries, and extensive benefits and perks to support physical, mental, and financial well-being.The target salary for this position is $137,871 - $154,069 USD / $186,306 - $207,993 CAN. The pay range for this position is a general guideline only. The salary offered will depend on internal pay equity and the candidate's relevant skills, experience, qualifications, and job market data. Exceptional performers in this role who make an outsized contribution can make well in excess of this range. Additional incentives are provided as part of the complete total rewards package in addition to comprehensive medical and other benefits.We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we encourage candidates from historically underrepresented groups to apply.Job type: Remote jobTags
    • software
    • react
    • frontend
    • teach
    • teaching
    • students
    • support
    • growth
    • assistant
    • financial
    • education
    • math
    • engineer
    • engineering
    • backend
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