Senior AI Engineer, Tutoring at Khan Academy

Are you a skilled AI engineer who wants to help millions of people learn? Khan Academy is looking for a **Senior AI Engineer** to join our team and work on our tutoring products. In this remote contract role, you will build and improve the AI tools that help students learn better, faster, and more easily. This is a very special job for someone who wants to use technology to change the world.

Your work will be vital to our mission of providing a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. You will be responsible for creating new AI features that help with teaching and learning. We need a person who is great at solving technical problems, works well in a team, and has a strong passion for education. If you are ready to build the future of learning, we want to hear from you.

Job Posted
August 28, 2025
⏳ Last Date
No Last Date Mentioned
💼 Job Type
Contract / Remote
$
$140k - $150k Per Year

📄 Job Description

As a Senior AI Engineer, you will be a key member of our team working on AI-powered tutoring. You will be responsible for designing and building new features, improving our AI models, and making sure our tools are safe and effective. Your job is to help create smart and helpful learning experiences for students everywhere.

📌 Requirements

  • Many years of experience as an AI or machine learning engineer.
  • Strong skills in programming languages like Python.
  • Experience with AI models, frameworks, and data pipelines.
  • Ability to work with a team to bring big ideas to life.
  • A passion for our mission of free education for all.

🚠️ What You Will Do

  • Design and develop new AI features for our tutoring products.
  • Work with other engineers and researchers to improve our AI models.
  • Write clean and efficient code to power our AI systems.
  • Help test and improve the safety and effectiveness of our AI tools.
  • Work to make our tools accessible and helpful for every kind of learner.

🏢 About Khan Academy

Khan Academy is a non-profit organization with a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. We create video lessons, practice exercises, and a personalized learning dashboard that help students master subjects from math and science to art history and more. We are a small team that has a big impact on millions of learners.

📝 How to Apply

If you are a great engineer and want to build technology for good, we would love to hear from you. Please click the button below to apply directly.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q1: What is an "AI Engineer" at Khan Academy?
An AI Engineer here works on building the parts of our products that use artificial intelligence to help students learn, like our tutoring bot.

Q2: What is "Tutoring" in this context?
Tutoring means creating an AI that can act like a personal teacher, helping students understand difficult topics and practice problems.

Q3: What's the difference between this and a regular software engineer job?
This job requires a special focus on and experience with AI and machine learning technologies, more than a general software engineering role.

Q4: Why is this a contract job?
This is a contract role for a specific project. This means the job is for a set period of time, though it may be extended later.