\nABOUT KHAN ACADEMY\n\nKhan 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 resources that cover Pre-K-12th grade and early college core academic subjects, with a focus on math and science. We have over 155 million registered learners globally and are committed to improving learning outcomes for students around the world, with a focus on learners in historically under-resourced communities. \n\nOUR COMMUNITY \n\nOur 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.\n\nTHE ROLE\nWe are hiring a Sr. Software Engineer. We are focused on providing equitable solutions to historically under-resourced communities of learners and teachers, and guided by our Engineering Principles. You’ll help us build out our platform and leverage AI to democratize 1:1 tutoring for every learner, and a teaching assistant to every teacher, at scale.\nWe are a remote-first organization and we strive to build using technology that is best suited to solving problems for our learners. We build with Go, GraphQL, JavaScript, React & React Native, Redux and we adopt new technologies when they’ll help us better achieve our goals. At Khan, one of our values is “Cultivate Learning Mindsets”, so for us, it’s important that we’re working with all of our engineers to help match the right opportunity to the right individual, in order to ensure every engineer is operating at their “learning edge”.\nYou can read about our latest work on our Engineering Blog. A few highlights:\n\n* Incremental Rewrites with GraphQL\n\n* Our Transition to React Native\n\n* Go + Services = One Goliath Project\n\n* How Engineering Principles Can Help You Scale\n\n* How to upgrade hundreds of React components without breaking production\n\n\n\n\nWHAT YOU BRING\n\n* 5+ years experience building world-class product experiences for an interactive web-app. In particular, you have built and maintained scalable backend services, as well as complex, stateful frontend user interfaces.\n\n* Experience building and maintaining complex software. You’ll join us in writing clean, maintainable software that solves hard problems. You’ll write testable, quality code. You’ll push the team and the mission forward with your contributions.\n\n* Strong communication, thoughtfulness, and desire to give and receive regular feedback.\n\n* Proven cross-cultural competency skills demonstrating self-awareness, awareness of other, and the ability to adopt inclusive perspectives, attitudes, and behaviors to drive inclusion and belonging throughout the organization.\n\n* Empathy for learners around the world. You love learning and are excited about helping others learn to love learning. You’re motivated to learn new things and share what you learn with the world.\n\n* A motivation for Khan Academy's mission “to provide a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere.”\n\n* Experience using Machine Learning / LLMs to build products a plus (but not required).\n\n\n\nWe welcome candidates with experience in any and all technologies. We don’t require experience in any particular language or tool. Our commitment to on-boarding and mentorship means you won’t be left in the dark as you learn new technologies.\n\nPERKS AND BENEFITS\n\nWe may be a non-profit, but we reward our talented team extremely well! We offer:\n\n\n* Competitive salaries\n\n* Ample paid time off as needed – Your well-being is a priority.\n\n* Remote-first culture - that caters to your time zone, with open flexibility as needed, at times\n\n* Generous parental leave\n\n* An exceptional team that trusts you and gives you the freedom to do your best\n\n* The chance to put your talents towards a deeply meaningful mission and the opportunity to work on high-impact products that are already defining the future of education\n\n* Opportunities to connect through affinity, ally, and social groups\n\n* And we offer all those other typical benefits as well: 401(k) + 4% matching & comprehensive insurance, including medical, dental, vision, and life\n\n\n\n\nAt Khan Academy we are committed to fair and equitable compensation practices, the well-being of our employees, and our Khan community. This belief is why we have built out a robust Total Rewards package that includes competitive base salaries, and extensive benefits and perks to support physical, mental, and financial well-being.\n\nThe target salary for this position is $137,871 - $154,069 USD / $186,306 - $207,993 CAN. The pay range for this position is a general guideline only. The salary offered will depend on internal pay equity and the candidate’s relevant skills, experience, qualifications, and job market data. Exceptional performers in this role who make an outsized contribution can make well in excess of this range.  Additional incentives are provided as part of the complete total rewards package in addition to comprehensive medical and other benefits.\nMORE ABOUT US\n\n\n* Sal’s TED talk from 2011\n\n* Sal’s TED talk from 2015\n\n* Sal's TED talk from 2023\n\n* Our team:  http://www.khanacademy.org/about/the-team\n\n\n\nOUR COMPANY VALUES\n\nLive & breathe learners\n\nWe deeply understand and empathize with our users. We leverage user insights, research, and experience to build content, products, services, and experiences that our users trust and love. Our success is defined by the success of our learners and educators.\n\nTake a stand\n\nAs a company, we have conviction in our aspirational point of view of how education will evolve. The work we do is in service to moving towards that point of view. However, we also listen, learn and flex in the face of new data, and commit to evolving this point of view as the industry and our users evolve.\n\nEmbrace diverse perspectives\n\nWe are a diverse community. We seek out and embrace a diversity of voices, perspectives and life experiences leading to stronger, more inclusive teams and better outcomes. As individuals, we are committed to bringing up tough topics and leaning into different points of view with curiosity. We actively listen, learn and collaborate to gain a shared understanding. When a decision is made, we commit to moving forward as a united team.\n\nWork responsibly and sustainably\n\nWe understand that achieving our audacious mission is a marathon, so we set realistic timelines and we focus on delivery that also links to the bigger picture. As a non-profit, we are supported by the generosity of donors as well as strategic partners, and understand our responsibility to our finite resources. We spend every dollar as though it were our own. We are responsible for the impact we have on the world and to each other. We ensure our team and company stay healthy and financially sustainable.\n\nBring out the joy\n\nWe are committed to making learning a joyful process. This informs what we build for our users and the culture we co-create with our teammates, partners and donors.\n\nCultivate learning mindset\n\nWe believe in the power of growth for learners and for ourselves. We constantly learn and teach to improve our offerings, ourselves, and our organization. We learn from our mistakes and aren’t afraid to fail. We don't let past failures or successes stop us from taking future bold action and achieving our goals.\n\nDeliver wow\n\nWe insist on high standards and deliver delightful, effective end-to-end experiences that our users can rely on. We choose to focus on fewer things — each of which aligns to our ambitious vision — so we can deliver high-quality experiences that accelerate positive measurable learning with our strategic partners.\n\nWe are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we encourage candidates from historically underrepresented groups to apply. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to React, Education, Engineer and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n $60,000 — $100,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nMountain View, California, United States

ABOUT US\n\nHyperionDev is one of the largest providers of accelerated tech education in EMEA and one of the oldest providers of 'coding bootcamps' in the world. We work with top universities such as Imperial College London, The London School of Economics, The University of Edinburgh, and Stellenbosch University to deliver structured technical courses and bootcamps that accelerate people into fulfilling tech careers. We have been recognised as one of the top education technology scaleups in the world and gained the financial backing of Meta (previously Facebook) which recognised us as  the most socially impactful startup operating in Africa, where we initially started our work.\n\nWe are dedicated to closing the global tech skills gap and we achieve this by integrating tech education with human mentorship and expert code review powered by a workforce in Southern Africa, which lowers the cost of an accessible education in technology. This model has been successful, allowing us to reach millions of learners a year from over 60 countries. We have also partnered with government bodies such as the UK's Department for Education who provide scholarships for students to study on our bootcamps and gain employment at companies such as AstraZeneca and the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS).\n\nWe're backed by nearly 2000 investors, having raised the largest crowdfunding round of funding for an edtech company in history. As a primarily bootstrapped, profitable, and scale up tech business join us as we play our part in making the world a more stable, safer, and fair place.\n\n \nABOUT THE ROLE \n\nAs the Executive Assistant to the CEO of our dynamic and rapidly growing tech startup, you will be the linchpin of support for the CEO, providing seamless assistance, managing administrative tasks, and ensuring efficient operations. This position requires a proactive, organised, and adaptable individual who can work in a fast-paced environment, supporting a CEO who travels frequently. The role is based in London or Cape Town and does not require travel between principal locations, but does require the successful incumbent to have  the flexibility to adapt to changing schedules and time zones.\n\nThis position offers an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of a growing tech startup, directly contributing to its success and working closely with the CEO. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring the CEO's effectiveness and the overall efficiency of the company's operations.\n\nRESPONSIBILITIES\n\n* CEO Support:\n\n\n\n\n* Act as the primary point of contact between the CEO and internal/external stakeholders, managing communication and ensuring the smooth flow of information.\n\n* Coordinate and manage the CEO's calendar, including scheduling meetings, appointments, and making travel arrangements (domestic and international) in alignment with the CEO's preferences and company protocols.\n\n* Provide administrative support for the CEO, handling emails, phone calls, and other correspondence on their behalf.\n\n* Prepare and review documents, reports, and presentations for the CEO, ensuring accuracy and quality.\n\n\n\n\n\n* Assist in coordinating and hosting meetings, preparing meeting rooms, and managing technology requirements for presentations and video conferences.\n\n* Maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n* Interdepartmental Liaison: \n\n\n\n\n* Facilitating communication between various departments within the startup is crucial. An Executive Assistant often acts as a bridge between different teams, ensuring smooth information flow and collaborative efforts.\n\n* Mastery of professional written communication is crucial. This includes drafting and editing emails, memos, and other documents with precision, clarity, and professionalism. The ability to convey the CEO's tone and intentions accurately is key.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n* Travel Coordination:\n\n\n\n\n* Manage complex travel itineraries, including flights, accommodations, and ground transportation, considering time zone differences and potential changes in the CEO's schedule.\n\n* Ensure all necessary travel documents, visas, and any other related requirements are arranged in advance.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n* Special Projects and Initiatives:\n\n\n\n\n* Support and lead special projects assigned by the CEO, such as organising company events, team-building activities, or offsite meetings.\n\n* Collaborate with other members of the executive team to ensure the smooth execution of projects and initiatives.\n\n* Prepare and host regular internal meeting in accordance with their various cadences, including management syncs, cross team syncs, OKR reviews and others\n\n\n\n\n \nREQUIREMENTS\nMinimum:\n\n\n* Proven experience as an Executive Assistant or similar role, preferably supporting C-level executives in a fast-paced environment, ideally within the tech industry.\n\n* Exceptional organisational and time-management skills with the ability to multitask and prioritise effectively.\n\n* Proficient in Google Suite is essential\n\n* Excellent tech skills, and the ability to learn new tools and platforms quickly\n\n* Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a keen eye for detail.\n\n* Ability to adapt to changes in schedule and work hours, accommodating the CEO's travel requirements.\n\n* Discretion and the ability to handle confidential information with professionalism.\n\n* Flexibility and adaptability to work in a dynamic and ever-evolving startup environment.\n\n* A proactive and resourceful mindset, with the ability to anticipate needs and provide solutions.\n\n\n\n\n \nPreferred: \n\n\n* A basic understanding of financial concepts and budget management\n\n* A basic understanding of project management methodologies or experience in coordinating and managing projects \n\n* Proficiency in languages beyond English\n\n\n\n \nBENEFITS\n\nHybrid work: We are a hybrid work organisation offering flexibility on your schedule. Remote working options are available for candidates not in proximity of a HyperionDev Campus\n\n \n\nLearn new tech skills: We offer our employees the opportunity to enrol part-time in our Coding Bootcamps.\n\n \n\nJoin the heart of tech in Africa, Europe and the US: You'll work with the best of the best and rub shoulders with the world leaders in edtech, developer education, and developer assessments. Join one of the most ambitious and highest performing tech companies in the space, with a management team that draws their former experience from top tech companies.\n\n \n\nLife-changing work: Solve real problems that make education and tech careers accessible to those who need it most: you're allowed to brag about it.\n \nOUR VALUES\n\nWe're a people-forward company with a purpose that underlines everything we do. We're obsessed with the potential in people and challenge them to do their best work. We embrace a culture of growth and learning to deliver on our vision and ours is a relentless quest for improvement. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Video and Education jobs that are similar:\n\n $35,000 — $55,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

ABOUT US\n\nHyperionDev is one of the largest providers of accelerated tech education in EMEA and one of the oldest providers of 'coding bootcamps' in the world. We work with top universities such as Imperial College London, The London School of Economics, The University of Edinburgh, and Stellenbosch University to deliver structured technical courses and bootcamps that accelerate people into fulfilling tech careers. We have been recognised as one of the top education technology scaleups in the world and gained the financial backing of Meta (previously Facebook) which recognised us as  the most socially impactful startup operating in Africa, where we initially started our work.\n\nWe are dedicated to closing the global tech skills gap and we achieve this by integrating tech education with human mentorship and expert code review powered by a workforce in Southern Africa, which lowers the cost of an accessible education in technology. This model has been successful, allowing us to reach millions of learners a year from over 60 countries. We have also partnered with government bodies such as the UK's Department for Education who provide scholarships for students to study on our bootcamps and gain employment at companies such as AstraZeneca and the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS).\n\nWe're backed by nearly 2000 investors, having raised the largest crowdfunding round of funding for an edtech company in history. As a primarily bootstrapped, profitable, and scale up tech business join us as we play our part in making the world a more stable, safer, and fair place.\n\n \nABOUT THE ROLE \n\nAs the Executive Assistant to the CEO of our dynamic and rapidly growing tech startup, you will be the linchpin of support for the CEO, providing seamless assistance, managing administrative tasks, and ensuring efficient operations. This position requires a proactive, organised, and adaptable individual who can work in a fast-paced environment, supporting a CEO who travels frequently. The role is based in London or Cape Town and does not require travel between principal locations, but does require the successful incumbent to have  the flexibility to adapt to changing schedules and time zones.\n\nThis position offers an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of a growing tech startup, directly contributing to its success and working closely with the CEO. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring the CEO's effectiveness and the overall efficiency of the company's operations.\n\nRESPONSIBILITIES\n\n* CEO Support:\n\n\n\n\n* Act as the primary point of contact between the CEO and internal/external stakeholders, managing communication and ensuring the smooth flow of information.\n\n* Coordinate and manage the CEO's calendar, including scheduling meetings, appointments, and making travel arrangements (domestic and international) in alignment with the CEO's preferences and company protocols.\n\n* Provide administrative support for the CEO, handling emails, phone calls, and other correspondence on their behalf.\n\n* Prepare and review documents, reports, and presentations for the CEO, ensuring accuracy and quality.\n\n\n\n\n\n* Assist in coordinating and hosting meetings, preparing meeting rooms, and managing technology requirements for presentations and video conferences.\n\n* Maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n* Interdepartmental Liaison: \n\n\n\n\n* Facilitating communication between various departments within the startup is crucial. An Executive Assistant often acts as a bridge between different teams, ensuring smooth information flow and collaborative efforts.\n\n* Mastery of professional written communication is crucial. This includes drafting and editing emails, memos, and other documents with precision, clarity, and professionalism. The ability to convey the CEO's tone and intentions accurately is key.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n* Travel Coordination:\n\n\n\n\n* Manage complex travel itineraries, including flights, accommodations, and ground transportation, considering time zone differences and potential changes in the CEO's schedule.\n\n* Ensure all necessary travel documents, visas, and any other related requirements are arranged in advance.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n* Special Projects and Initiatives:\n\n\n\n\n* Support and lead special projects assigned by the CEO, such as organising company events, team-building activities, or offsite meetings.\n\n* Collaborate with other members of the executive team to ensure the smooth execution of projects and initiatives.\n\n* Prepare and host regular internal meeting in accordance with their various cadences, including management syncs, cross team syncs, OKR reviews and others\n\n\n\n\n \nREQUIREMENTS\nMinimum:\n\n\n* Proven experience as an Executive Assistant or similar role, preferably supporting C-level executives in a fast-paced environment, ideally within the tech industry.\n\n* Exceptional organisational and time-management skills with the ability to multitask and prioritise effectively.\n\n* Proficient in Google Suite is essential\n\n* Excellent tech skills, and the ability to learn new tools and platforms quickly\n\n* Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a keen eye for detail.\n\n* Ability to adapt to changes in schedule and work hours, accommodating the CEO's travel requirements.\n\n* Discretion and the ability to handle confidential information with professionalism.\n\n* Flexibility and adaptability to work in a dynamic and ever-evolving startup environment.\n\n* A proactive and resourceful mindset, with the ability to anticipate needs and provide solutions.\n\n\n\n\n \nPreferred: \n\n\n* A basic understanding of financial concepts and budget management\n\n* A basic understanding of project management methodologies or experience in coordinating and managing projects \n\n* Proficiency in languages beyond English\n\n\n\n \nBENEFITS\n\nHybrid work: We are a hybrid work organisation offering flexibility on your schedule. Remote working options are available for candidates not in proximity of a HyperionDev Campus\n\n \n\nLearn new tech skills: We offer our employees the opportunity to enrol part-time in our Coding Bootcamps.\n\n \n\nJoin the heart of tech in Africa, Europe and the US: You'll work with the best of the best and rub shoulders with the world leaders in edtech, developer education, and developer assessments. Join one of the most ambitious and highest performing tech companies in the space, with a management team that draws their former experience from top tech companies.\n\n \n\nLife-changing work: Solve real problems that make education and tech careers accessible to those who need it most: you're allowed to brag about it.\n \nOUR VALUES\n\nWe're a people-forward company with a purpose that underlines everything we do. We're obsessed with the potential in people and challenge them to do their best work. We embrace a culture of growth and learning to deliver on our vision and ours is a relentless quest for improvement. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Video and Education jobs that are similar:\n\n $35,000 — $55,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nLondon, England, United Kingdom