Software Engineer Intern

ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY

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 COMMUNITY 

Our students, teachers, and parents come from all walks of life, and so do we. Our team includes people from academia, traditional/non-traditional education, big tech companies, and tiny startups. We hire great people from diverse backgrounds and experiences because it makes our company stronger. 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. We strive to be world-class in investing in our people and commit to developing you as a professional.

THE ROLE

W****e are looking for talented software engineers for our 12-week remote Summer 2027 internship program. 

We currently use: Go, JavaScript (React / React Native, Redux, Flow), Google Cloud Run, GraphQL and other technologies that best solve the problem at hand. Here are some examples of recent projects our interns have done: 

• Speech-to-text with push-to-talk for Khanmigo 
• Rewriting the calculator widget user interface 
• Creating tools for classroom teachers 
• Added PhET Interactive Simulations to our content 

You can read about our latest work on our Engineering Blog. A few highlights: 

• Incremental Rewrites with GraphQL 
• Our Transition to React Native 
• Go + Services = One Goliath Project 
• How Engineering Principles Can Help You Scale