Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• At least 5 years of hands-on technical SEO experience, including direct implementation rather than recommendations alone.
• Ability to own implementation end-to-end and read, write, and ship code; Go and React are preferred.
• Ability to work independently and partner with engineers, cross-functional teams, and leaders to scope, drive, and deliver SEO initiatives.
• Working knowledge of how AI-powered search and answer engines retrieve, rank, and cite content, including GEO/AEO/AIO fundamentals.
• Proficiency with tools such as Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Semrush, and Ahrefs.
• Experience creating actionable insights using analytics tools, including Google Analytics.
• Cross-cultural competency, including self-awareness, awareness of others, and the ability to adopt inclusive perspectives, attitudes, and behaviors to foster inclusion and belonging.
• Motivation by Khan Academy's mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.

Nice To Haves

• Experience at a content-heavy or edtech platform with high page counts and structured content types.
• Experience with international SEO.
• Experience using Generative AI or LLMs to build products.

Responsibilities

• Research and implement GEO/AEO/AIO strategies to improve the visibility of Khan Academy content in AI-generated responses across Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, ChatGPT, and other LLM-powered surfaces.
• Conduct regular technical audits and turn findings into clearly scoped engineering projects with measurable impact.
• Build and execute business cases for product enhancements using knowledge of learners, teachers, and district administrators and an understanding of search and AI discovery.
• Instrument and monitor discoverability metrics for traditional search and emerging AI surfaces, including Google Search Console and organic traffic.
• Partner with Marketing teams to prioritize and sequence discoverability improvements.
• Stay current on how LLMs retrieve and cite web content and bring new techniques to the team.
• Own implementation end-to-end, including reading, writing, and shipping code to deliver SEO and AI-discoverability improvements.

Benefits

• Benefits eligible.