Staff AI Engineer, Tutor Platform
Company: Weebleworld
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: October 8, 2024
Job Description:
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 155 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 Currently we are focused on providing
equitable solutions to historically under-resourced communities of
learners and teachers, and . On the Product team, you might work on
projects such as:
- Integrating state of the art learning science into our product
to enable learners and teachers to quickly identify and address
learning gaps on the fly.
- Partnering with public school districts with a high percentage
of Free and Reduced Price Lunch students to build and scale our
teacher and learner tools to millions of learners who otherwise
would not have discovered us.
- Building tools for teachers to use Khan Academy as a strategic
supplement in their classrooms. With the recent launch of as a
technology, this role will help harness the power of AI to deliver
the product capabilities where applicable. 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 few highlights:
- WHAT YOU BRING
- 10+ 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 using Generative AI / LLMs to build products and
fine-tune models. Knowledge of common prompt engineering
techniques, current state of generative models, and engineering
techniques such as RAG.
- Deep technical project management skills, as our Staff Software
Engineers often lead projects, sometimes across multiple surface
areas.
- 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
- 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 other, 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.
- Excitement about helping Khan Academy bring a free, world-class
education to the world. 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
technologies. PERKS AND BENEFITS We 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 life 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 $181,990 - $227,488 USD / $227,488 - $284,360 CAD. 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.
MORE ABOUT US
- Our team: OUR COMPANY VALUES Live & breathe learners We 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 stand As 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 perspectives
We 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 sustainably We 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 joy We 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 mindset We 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 wow We 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.
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