The Khan Academy is looking for top-notch developers to help create a free virtual classroom for the world.
Our mission is to provide a world-class education to anyone, anywhere. We already have millions of students learning every month, and we're growing quickly.
We're now backed by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuMTSU9DcqQ) and recently won Google's Project 10 to the 100 (http://www.project10tothe100.com) of ideas to change the world.
We've built a talented development team to kick start the technology behind the Khan Academy, and we're growing quickly. We're working on an application that not only serves millions of videos to students around the world but also assesses their knowledge, encourages cooperative learning with all types of game mechanics, and provides more detailed, real-time data about their performance than any other software out there. We're building the operating system for a radical new way of leveraging technology in the classroom, and we're successfully piloting this hybrid learning technology in more and more classrooms with each month.
We use:
• Python, jQuery-heavy javascript, jQuery Mobile, App Engine (BigTable), Objective-C for our upcoming iOS work, and anything else that best solves the problem at hand. Keep digging around and you'll find some Google Maps API work, Amazon EC2 being used for backups, and more
• We're not religious about using a specific technology. We're religious about providing an incredible experience for students of the Khan Academy
We offer:
• Competitive salaries
• The ability to spend your time on high-impact software that's already defining the future of education
• A fun, high-caliber team that trusts you, and gives you the freedom to be brilliant
• The convenience and weather of downtown Mountain View, CA
You don't need:
• Lisp expertise. Actually, we don't require experience in any particular technology (see below), but you should have an impressive collection of cool projects that you've worked on in the past. It also can't hurt to know some javascript.
You need:
• Mastery of whatever technology you've used in the past. We know that if you're one of the best developers in the world you'll be able to learn whatever languages and frameworks we throw at you (or, more likely, you throw at us)
• An ability to chew through difficult software problems. You probably noticed this ability not long after you first sat down in front of a computer. You leave a trail of successful software projects in your wake wherever you go
• Great intuition for how users like to learn, and a mastery of the subjects you took in high school and college. You’re not afraid of any integral, and know you can master any math and science subject that you put your mind to
• A passion for software and desire to change the world
• A minimum of 12 weeks of availability
We're a small but elite team who come from a past at Mozilla, Microsoft, hedge funds, McKinsey, Fog Creek Software, and more.
Along with your resume, please include:
A) Links to any projects (we really like these)
B) An explanation of why you want to join
C) If you are authorized to work in the United States
D) A copy of your unofficial transcript
It is not required, but we will look favorably on candidates who attempt to build and contribute an exercise module using our open-source framework. More information on this is available at: https://github.com/Khan/khan-exercises/wiki/Getting-Involved
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