Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Learning Commons•Redwood City, CA

6h•$190,000 - $238,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Learning Commons aims to scale proven teaching and learning practices to benefit every learner by building AI infrastructure that better connects the way students learn to the tools they learn with. At Learning Commons, we operate at the intersection of technology, research, and philanthropy. We pair product development with grantmaking to scale proven teaching and learning practices for the benefit of every learner. We aim to bring learning science into the tools educators and students use every day. Our work is grounded in a deep belief: when technology reflects the realities of classrooms and the science of how students learn, it can meaningfully strengthen teaching and unlock new possibilities for students. The rise of generative AI offers us a once-in-a-generation opportunity to dramatically accelerate the translation of research insights into practical, classroom-ready tools; tools that honor teachers’ expertise, adapt to students’ needs, and make effective learning practices easier to access, implement, and sustain. In today’s fragmented edtech landscape, school districts are often left piecing together products that don’t always align with curricula or instructional needs. While AI holds enormous potential to support teachers and students, it can only deliver on that promise when grounded in research, high-quality educational data, and expert evaluation. That’s why we’re building open, public-purpose infrastructure — datasets, rubrics, and resources — that help raise the standard for educational tools and create more consistent, impactful learning experiences for all students and teachers. Learning Commons is building shared infrastructure for education that enables organizations to better connect, understand, evaluate, and improve learning experiences. Our products—including our Knowledge Graph, Evaluators, Agent Skills, and future AI-powered offerings—help partners unlock value from educational data, content, and learning experiences at scale. We work closely with EdTech companies and other ecosystem partners to bring these capabilities into real-world products and workflows while continuously learning from deployments to improve our platform.

Requirements

5+ years of software engineering experience, including launching net-new products or integrations from concept through production.
Strong proficiency in TypeScript and Python, experience with APIs and data integrations, and comfort contributing in other languages.
Experience collaborating directly with customers or partners to define and deliver technical solutions.
Clear communication and teaching skills, with the ability to explain technical tradeoffs to engineers, product managers, and decision makers.
Ability to work independently through ambiguity and make practical tradeoffs between speed, scope, and quality.
Proficiency with agentic software engineering tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or similar, including reviewing and testing the resulting code.

Responsibilities

Work with partner teams to clarify goals, define success, and turn emerging ideas into technical plans.
Build prototypes, proofs of concept, and production integrations using Learning Commons products, APIs, and datasets.
Own technical delivery from architecture through testing, deployment, and handoff, adapting to each partner’s needs.
Turn deployment learnings into reusable solutions and improvements to our products and developer experience.
Create and maintain tutorials, API guides, code samples, and reference implementations that accelerate adoption.
Educate developers through technical posts, architecture walkthroughs, talks, workshops, live coding, and videos.