💰 $182,000 - $227,000 🌍 Mountain View, California; Friendly, Maryland 📅 04/22/2024
**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 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 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**
We are looking for an experienced engineering leader to help manage our
Districts team. This role will:
* Drive delivery on product goals through direct people management
* Partner with cross-functional colleagues in design and product management
* Build and grow experts/leaders through feedback and attention to personal career development.
* Collaborate with external partners to deliver contractual features
* Partner with architects and other engineering managers to make sure our product architecture, performance, and quality meet the needs of our users.
* Empower engineers and support them with tools and processes to efficiently deliver amazing user experiences.
You can read about our latest work on our [Engineering
Blog](https://blog.khanacademy.org/engineering/). A few highlights:
* [Incremental Rewrites with GraphQL](https://blog.khanacademy.org/incremental-rewrites-with-graphql/)
* [Our Transition to React Native](https://blog.khanacademy.org/our-transition-to-react-native/)
* [Go + Services = One Goliath Project](https://blog.khanacademy.org/go-services-one-goliath-project/)
* [How Engineering Principles Can Help You Scale](https://blog.khanacademy.org/how-engineering-principles-can-help-you-scale/)
* [How to upgrade hundreds of React components without breaking production](https://engineering.khanacademy.org/posts/upgrade-buttons-links.htm)
**WHAT YOU BRING**
* At least 7 years of experience managing teams of software engineers
* Experience with Agile development and methodologies; web and mobile application architecture and development
* Experience with design systems, shared component libraries, and working with designers
* The ability to manage a diverse and distributed team of engineers from all backgrounds
* Strong communication skills, both spoken and written — a history of blogging or essay-writing is helpful
* To command technical respect — you can dive into technical discussions and deeply understand and influence the decision making process
* To excel at giving and receiving feedback
* Passion for helping others succeed
**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!
* 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 /
$227,487 - $284,360 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.
### **MORE ABOUT US**
* [Sal’s TED talk from 2011](http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education)
* [Sal’s TED talk from 2015](http://www.ted.com/talks/sal_khan_let_s_teach_for_mastery_not_test_scores)
* [Sal’s TED talk from 2023](https://www.ted.com/talks/sal_khan_how_ai_could_save_not_destroy_education/c)
* Our team: <http://www.khanacademy.org/about/the-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, and we aren’t afraid to take bold bets to invent the
future we want to see. 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, while at the same time, we don’t let
perfect be the enemy of the good.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._
Khan Academy focuses on Internet, Education, Analytics, Educational Games, and
E Learn. Their company has offices in Mountain View and San Leandro. They have
a large team that's between 201-500 employees. To date, Khan Academy has
raised $10.2M of funding; their latest round was closed on August 2016.
You can view their website at <http://www.khanacademy.org> or find them on
[Twitter](http://twitter.com/khanacademy),
[Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/khanacademy), and
[LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/company/khan-academy).
