Fullstack Engineer II, Districts Platform (International) (24 months fixed-term)

ABOUT 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 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 ROLEWe are seeking a talented and driven Fullstack Engineer II (24 months fixed-term) to join our team and play a key role in expanding and enhancing our international products. We support Enterprise customers in the U.S. and abroad, and are increasing our focus on developing and improving our systems for a significantly larger scale of international users, particularly in areas like rostering, enrollment of large educational institutions, and providing data access to usage and outcome data for millions of students, teachers, and administrators.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, JavaScript, React & React Native, Redux and we adopt new technologies like LLMs 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”.You can read about our latest work on our <a class="_mizu1p6i _1ah31bk5 _ra3xnqa1 _128m1bk5 _1cvmnqa1 _4davt94y _4bfu18uv _1hms8stv _ajmmnqa1 _vchhusvi _syaz14q2 _ect41gqc _1a3b18uv _4fpr8stv _5goinqa1 _f8pj14q2 _9oik18uv _1bnxglyw _jf4cnqa1 _30l314q2 _1nrm18uv _c2waglyw _1iohnqa1 _9h8h16c2 _1053w7te _1ienw7te _n0fxw7te _1vhvg3x0" href="http://engineering.khanacademy.org/" data-renderer-mark="true">Engineering Blog</a>. A few highlights:<ul><li data-renderer-start-pos="1549"><a class="_mizu1p6i _1ah31bk5 _ra3xnqa1 _128m1bk5 _1cvmnqa1 _4davt94y _4bfu18uv _1hms8stv _ajmmnqa1 _vchhusvi _syaz14q2 _ect41gqc _1a3b18uv _4fpr8stv _5goinqa1 _f8pj14q2 _9oik18uv _1bnxglyw _jf4cnqa1 _30l314q2 _1nrm18uv _c2waglyw _1iohnqa1 _9h8h16c2 _1053w7te _1ienw7te _n0fxw7te _1vhvg3x0" href="https://blog.khanacademy.org/incremental-rewrites-with-graphql/" data-renderer-mark="true">Incremental Rewrites with GraphQL</a></li><li data-renderer-start-pos="1586"><a class="_mizu1p6i _1ah31bk5 _ra3xnqa1 _128m1bk5 _1cvmnqa1 _4davt94y _4bfu18uv _1hms8stv _ajmmnqa1 _vchhusvi _syaz14q2 _ect41gqc _1a3b18uv _4fpr8stv _5goinqa1 _f8pj14q2 _9oik18uv _1bnxglyw _jf4cnqa1 _30l314q2 _1nrm18uv _c2waglyw _1iohnqa1 _9h8h16c2 _1053w7te _1ienw7te _n0fxw7te _1vhvg3x0" href="https://engineering.khanacademy.org/posts/react-native-at-khan.htm" data-renderer-mark="true">Our Transition to React Native</a></li><li data-renderer-start-pos="1620"><a class="_mizu1p6i _1ah31bk5 _ra3xnqa1 _128m1bk5 _1cvmnqa1 _4davt94y _4bfu18uv _1hms8stv _ajmmnqa1 _vchhusvi _syaz14q2 _ect41gqc _1a3b18uv _4fpr8stv _5goinqa1 _f8pj14q2 _9oik18uv _1bnxglyw _jf4cnqa1 _30l314q2 _1nrm18uv _c2waglyw _1iohnqa1 _9h8h16c2 _1053w7te _1ienw7te _n0fxw7te _1vhvg3x0" href="http://engineering.khanacademy.org/posts/goliath.htm" data-renderer-mark="true">Go + Services = One Goliath Project</a></li><li data-renderer-start-pos="1659"><a class="_mizu1p6i _1ah31bk5 _ra3xnqa1 _128m1bk5 _1cvmnqa1 _4davt94y _4bfu18uv _1hms8stv _ajmmnqa1 _vchhusvi _syaz14q2 _ect41gqc _1a3b18uv _4fpr8stv _5goinqa1 _f8pj14q2 _9oik18uv _1bnxglyw _jf4cnqa1 _30l314q2 _1nrm18uv _c2waglyw _1iohnqa1 _9h8h16c2 _1053w7te _1ienw7te _n0fxw7te _1vhvg3x0" href="https://blog.khanacademy.org/how-engineering-principles-can-help-you-scale/" data-renderer-mark="true">How Engineering Principles Can Help You Scale</a></li><li data-renderer-start-pos="1708"><a class="_mizu1p6i _1ah31bk5 _ra3xnqa1 _128m1bk5 _1cvmnqa1 _4davt94y _4bfu18uv _1hms8stv _ajmmnqa1 _vchhusvi _syaz14q2 _ect41gqc _1a3b18uv _4fpr8stv _5goinqa1 _f8pj14q2 _9oik18uv _1bnxglyw _jf4cnqa1 _30l314q2 _1nrm18uv _c2waglyw _1iohnqa1 _9h8h16c2 _1053w7te _1ienw7te _n0fxw7te _1vhvg3x0" href="http://engineering.khanacademy.org/posts/upgrade-buttons-links.htm" data-renderer-mark="true">How to upgrade hundreds of React components without breaking production</a></li></ul>What you'll do:<ul><li>Develop, test, and deploy software solutions to support our international expansion.</li><li>Contribute to improving existing systems and architectures to handle increased international scale.</li><li>Assist in developing and maintaining data access solutions to provide usage and outcome data.</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, design, and operations.</li><li>Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to international scalability and performance.</li><li>Participate in code reviews and contribute to maintaining coding standards.</li><li>Learn from and be mentored by senior engineers.</li></ul>WHAT YOU BRING<ul><li>2+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on scalable systems and experience using AI in the development process.</li><li>Experience with database systems and data access patterns.</li><li>Experience with internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) is a plus.</li><li>Ability to write clean, maintainable, and testable code.</li><li>Motivated by the Khan Academy mission “to provide a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere."</li><li>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.</li></ul>Nice to have:<ul><li>Experience with educational technology (EdTech) platforms.</li><li>Basic knowledge of data analytics and reporting tools.</li></ul>Please note: We welcome candidates with experience in any and all technologies. We don’t require experience in any particular language or tool. Our commitment to on-boarding and mentorship means you won’t be left in the dark as you learn new technologiesPERKS AND BENEFITSWe may be a non-profit, but we reward our talented team extremely well! We offer:<ul class="ak-ul" data-indent-level="1"><li>Competitive salaries</li><li>Ample paid time off as needed – Your well-being is a priority.</li><li>Remote-first culture - that caters to your time zone, with open flexibility as needed, at times</li><li>Generous parental leave</li><li>An exceptional team that trusts you and gives you the freedom to do your best</li><li>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</li><li>Opportunities to connect through affinity, ally, and social groups</li><li>And we offer all those other typical benefits as well: 401(k) + 4% matching & comprehensive insurance, including medical, dental, vision, and life</li></ul>At 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 range for this position is $107,712 - $134,640 USD. 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. Additional incentives are provided as part of the complete total rewards package, in addition to comprehensive medical and other benefits.<h3>MORE ABOUT US</h3><ul><li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education">Sal’s TED talk from 2011</a></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/sal_khan_let_s_teach_for_mastery_not_test_scores">Sal’s TED talk from 2015</a></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/sal_khan_how_ai_could_save_not_destroy_education">Sal's TED talk from 2023</a></li><li style="font-weight: 400;">Our team:  <a href="http://www.khanacademy.org/about/the-team">http://www.khanacademy.org/about/the-team</a></li></ul><h3>OUR COMPANY VALUES</h3>Live & breathe learnersWe deeply understand and empathize with our users. We leverage user insights, research, and experience to build content, products, services, and experiences that our users trust and love. Our success is defined by the success of our learners and educators.Take a standAs a company, we have conviction in our aspirational point of view of how education will evolve. The work we do is in service to moving towards that point of view. However, we also listen, learn and flex in the face of new data, and commit to evolving this point of view as the industry and our users evolve.Embrace diverse perspectivesWe are a diverse community. We seek out and embrace a diversity of voices, perspectives and life experiences leading to stronger, more inclusive teams and better outcomes. As individuals, we are committed to bringing up tough topics and leaning into different points of view with curiosity. We actively listen, learn and collaborate to gain a shared understanding. When a decision is made, we commit to moving forward as a united team.Work responsibly and sustainablyWe understand that achieving our audacious mission is a marathon, so we set realistic timelines and we focus on delivery that also links to the bigger picture. As a non-profit, we are supported by the generosity of donors as well as strategic partners, and understand our responsibility to our finite resources. We spend every dollar as though it were our own. We are responsible for the impact we have on the world and to each other. We ensure our team and company stay healthy and financially sustainable.Bring out the joyWe are committed to making learning a joyful process. This informs what we build for our users and the culture we co-create with our teammates, partners and donors.Cultivate learning mindsetWe believe in the power of growth for learners and for ourselves. We constantly learn and teach to improve our offerings, ourselves, and our organization. We learn from our mistakes and aren’t afraid to fail. We don't let past failures or successes stop us from taking future bold action and achieving our goals.Deliver wowWe insist on high standards and deliver delightful, effective end-to-end experiences that our users can rely on. We choose to focus on fewer things — each of which aligns to our ambitious vision — so we can deliver high-quality experiences that accelerate positive measurable learning with our strategic partners.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. As part of this commitment, Khan Academy will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact <a class="c-link" href="mailto:careers@khanacademy.org" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="mailto:careers@khanacademy.org" data-sk="tooltip_parent">careers@khanacademy.org</a>

Fullstack Engineer II, Districts Platform (International) (24 months fixed-term)

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