Khan Academy

Khan Academy

Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)

Remote (US + Canada Only) · Intern · Internship

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About the role

  • Speech-to-text with push-to-talk for Khanmigo
  • Rewriting the calculator widget user interface
  • Added PhET Interactive Simulatio ns to our content

Responsibilities

  • Eagerness to learn, educate, write code, and build products used by millions of learners and teachers
  • We strive to be world-class in investing in our people and commit to developing you as a professional.

Requirements

  • Current enrollment in a Bachelor's degree program in computer science or a related field
  • Ability to start in the month of May/2027 or June/2027 and have 10-12 weeks of availability for our internship
  • Ability to work/live within the United States or Canada for the duration of your internship
  • Note: We welcome software engineers with experience in any and all technologies.
  • We don't require experience in any particular language or tool.

Skills

  • Creating tools for classroom teachers

Compensation

  • The target hourly rate for this position is $46.15 USD for individuals based in the US and $54.51 CAD for individuals based in Canada.

Benefits

  • 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 team includes people from academia, traditional/non-traditional education, big tech companies, and tiny startups.
  • 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.

Company info

  • Sal's TED talk from 2011
  • Sal's TED talk from 2015
  • Sal's TED talk from 2023
  • http://www.khanacademy.org/about/the-team
  • 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.

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