[Hiring] Senior AI Engineer @Khan Academy

Role Description

As a Senior AI Engineer, you’ll take responsibility for integrating AI into Khan Academy product features, collaborating with our Product Management, Design, Engineering, and Content teams to develop tools and processes that ensure the consistency and quality of AI implementations.

• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and engineers to build AI-driven features that support education use cases.
• Develop test datasets and evaluation criteria for the evaluation of AI outputs.
• Measure, maintain, and improve AI output quality over time via experimentation with prompting, scaffolding, and implementation architectures.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of transferrable technical experience (e.g., software engineering, ML engineering, data science).
• 2+ years applying AI, machine learning, and natural language processing concepts to real-world problems.
• 1+ years experience related to education (ed tech, instructional design, learning science research, teaching, etc.).
• A high level familiarity with the architecture and operation of large language models, and a nuanced understanding of their capabilities and limitations.
• Motivated by the Khan Academy mission “to provide a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere."
• 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.

Requirements

• Technical Proficiency: Experience working in software engineering, data science, or related technical roles. Experience with Python and/or Go preferred.
• Applied AI experience: Understanding of generative AI models, structured analytical thought, and high standards for quality.
• Strong technical project management skills: Ability to lead projects involving multiple engineers.
• Testing and quality assurance: Commitment to a careful, iterative, data-driven approach for optimization and continuous experimentation.
• Data Analysis: Ability to analyze interaction data to identify actionable insights for optimizing user experience.
• Research: Keeping informed about developments in AI and understanding implications for product competitiveness.
• Communication: Strong skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and explain technical concepts.
• Collaboration: History of working cross-functionally to achieve shared success in organization-wide goals and projects.
• Growth mindset: Adaptability to a fast-paced environment and openness to learning new tools and tech.
• Ethical Considerations and Bias Mitigation: Awareness of ethical considerations in AI and strategies for mitigating bias.
• Domain understanding: Solid understanding of education technology, curriculum development, and learning science.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• Ample paid time off as needed – Your well-being is a priority.
• 8 pre-scheduled Wellness Days in 2026 occurring on a Monday or a Friday for a 3-day weekend boost.
• Remote-first culture that caters to your time zone, with open flexibility as needed.
• 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.
• Opportunities to connect through affinity, ally, and social groups.
• 401(k) + 4% matching & comprehensive insurance, including medical, dental, vision, and life.
• Robust Total Rewards package that includes competitive base salaries, and extensive benefits and perks to support physical, mental, and financial well-being.
• The compensation band for this role is $137,871 - $172,339 USD annually for candidates based in the United States and $186,306 - $232,883 CAD annually for candidates based in Canada.