Senior Data Engineer, Khan Academy

Data Infrastructure, 12 Months Fixed-Term

$137.9-172.3k

$186,306 - $232,883 CAD

SQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Airflow

BigQuery

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from Canada, US

More information about location

Nonprofit online education platform

Open for applications

Nonprofit online education platform

1001+ employees

B2CEducationLearningCharity

Open for applications

$137.9-172.3k

$186,306 - $232,883 CAD

SQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Airflow

BigQuery

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from Canada, US

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2CEducationLearningCharity

Company mission

Khan Academy's mission is to provide a free, world‑class education for anyone, anywhere.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

5+ years of experience in data engineering within a production environment
Experience with Google infrastructure services and data services particularly GCS & Big Query
Advanced knowledge of Python
Strong SQL skills
Demonstrated proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with Airflow
Background in applied math, statistics, economics, or a related technical field
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
Knowledge of Go is a strong plus
Experience in a data science research capacity is a plus

What the job involves

Khan Academy is partnering with SafeInsights to provide researchers access to student learning data in a secure containerized system that strongly protects student privacy
We are looking for a senior data engineer for a 12 month fixed-term to implement creation of the SafeInsight container, ETL processes, and tools. We are looking for a curious, passionate individual who can apply their strong technical skills to this area and work collaboratively with our data architect, the Data Infrastructure team, and our Data Insights Group to drive the technical success of the implementation effort
Collaborate with our Data Insights Group to understand the desired end data product and the overall projects goals
Collaborate with our data architect and Data Infrastructure team to understand available data source and tooling
Propose tooling and processes that will work with extant Khan Academy systems to meet the projects goals
Build test and refine these tools and processes
Deliver the SafeInsights container and associated project deliverables
Provide documentation and training required to maintain and enhance the above

Our take

Khan Academy is a non-profit that provides free online education materials, including teacher tools, instruction videos, and practice exercises to support users of all ages. It has over 10 million users a month and covers subjects all the way up to college level.

With nearly a quarter of American adults unable to use mathematics in daily life, Khan Academy’s interactive quizzes, instructional videos, and teacher tools are timely. Khan Academy started life as a series of educational YouTube videos, before building a full-scale platform after receiving an influx of donations from Silicon Valley philanthropists. This background has led it to embrace rather than reject the educational possibilities of new tech such as AI, with the founder regarding traditional institution's banning of tools like ChatGPT as a mistake.

The company offers its tools completely for free, instead relying on donations and volunteers. A key focus is tackling wealth inequality in education. A partnership with the College Board (who produce entrance examinations for higher education) has made access to SAT test prep materials free for millions. 2024 saw a partnership with Microsoft for Khan Academy's Khanmigo product, now free to use for Microsoft customers.

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Insights

Led by a woman

23% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.9)

Trustpilot (3.3)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Jul 2020

$3m

GRANT

Oct 2017

$3m

GRANT

Total funding: $16.2m

Company benefits

Flexible spending account (FSA)
Dental insurance
Optical insurance
Life insurance
Performance bonus
401K plan
Family medical leave
Diversity program
Pet friendly workplace
Work from home opportunities
Health insurance
Affinity groups where Parents, Black, Hispanic/Latino, Women and Gender Minorities, and LGBTQIA+ identified folks come together

Company HQ

Mountain View, CA

Leadership

Caroline Hu Flexer

(CEO)

Holds a BA and MArch in Architecture from Stanford and Harvard University. They also have an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and formerly co-founded Duck Duck Moose, a mobile educational platform for children.

Salman Khan

(Executive Director)

They graduated from Harvard Business School and have previously worked in Finance.

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