ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY
Khan Academy is a nonprofit organization on a mission to provide a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. We already reach millions of students every month and are growing rapidly, and right now we’re hard at work helping learners address any unfinished learning that the COVID-19 pandemic may have caused. We also know that not all communities have been impacted equally by this pandemic, which makes our work focusing on providing equitable solutions to historically under-resourced communities even more important.
WE ARE DRIVEN BY OUR COMMUNITY
Our students, teachers, and parents come from all walks of life and so do we. We are fun, diverse, quirky people that come from a variety of backgrounds. Our team includes people from academia and from high tech companies and tiny startups. We hire great people from diverse backgrounds and experiences, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. Valuing diversity, equity and inclusion is necessary for us to actualize our mission and truly impact the communities we serve. We believe that the best way to provide impactful education is to create a diverse team of people from different backgrounds, races, religions, genders, sexual orientations, ages, and experiences. We’re a hardworking team that’s passionate about helping learners and teachers around the globe! We strive to be world class in investing in our people and commit to developing you as a professional.
THE ROLE
This role is responsible for the broad area of Infrastructure engineering which forms the basis on which the Khan Academy web and mobile applications are built. Specific areas include DevOps, SRE, Data Infrastructure, Platform & hosting and IT. This role will report to the CTO/VP of Engineering and will build, enable, empower, and develop teams of deeply-motivated, diverse, and outstanding engineers.
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Partner with architects and other technical leaders in the engineering team to make sure our product architecture, performance, and quality meet the needs of our users
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Empowered and support our engineers with tools and processes to efficiently deliver amazing user experiences
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Drive delivery on product goals through direct people management
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Partner with cross-functional colleagues in design and product management
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Build and grow direct reports through feedback and attention to their personal career development
You can read about our latest work on our Engineering Blog. A few highlights:
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Taking on world-changing challenges guided by our Engineering Principles – some of which have never been solved before.
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Beating the odds: Khan Academy’s successful monolith→services rewrite
WHAT YOU BRING
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At least seven years of experience managing teams of software engineers and five years of experience managing managers
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A strong technical leader with broad experience building and leading high-performing, passionate teams
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Deep technical understanding of:
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cloud hosting
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technologies for building highly scalable web and mobile applications
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backend data storage and organization
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site reliability function
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modern web presentation technology
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developer tooling
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An outstanding track record of delivering results using awesome processes that you can teach
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The ability to motivate and grow diverse, creative, and highly skilled engineering teams
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Strong communication skills, both spoken and written — a history of blogging or essay-writing is helpful
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Ability to deeply understand technical issues and influence the decision making process
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Excellent experience giving and receiving feedback
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Passion for helping others succeed
PERKS AND BENEFITS
We may be a non-profit, but we reward our talented team extremely well!
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Competitive salaries and annual bonuses
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Ample paid time off as needed – we are about getting things done, not face time
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Generous parental leave
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A fun, high-caliber team that trusts you and gives you the freedom to be brilliant
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The ability 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
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Affinity groups where Parents, Black, Hispanic/Latino, Women and Gender Minorities, and LGBTQIA+ identified folks come together
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And we offer all those other typical benefits as well: 401(k) + 4% matching & comprehensive insurance including medical, dental, vision, and life
MORE ABOUT US
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.