Remote Senior Search & AI Discoverability Engineer

Khan Academy; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Khan Academy, a nonprofit delivering free world‑class education, seeks a Senior Search & AI Discoverability Engineer in Mountain View with remote options. You will own the technical foundation that enables Khan Academy content to be found, indexed, cited, and recommended by search engines and AI systems alike, shipping impactful projects.

The role blends traditional SEO with AI discovery, requires 5+ years of hands-on experience, and invites collaboration across marketing and product teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on technical SEO experience with direct implementation.
• Ability to own implementation end-to-end, reading/writing/shipping code (Go and React preferred).
• Proven ability to work independently while partnering with engineers and leaders to scope and deliver SEO initiatives.
• Working knowledge of AI-powered search and how content is retrieved, ranked, and cited.
• Proficiency with Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Semrush, and Ahrefs.
• Experience creating actionable insights using analytics tools including Google Analytics.

Responsibilities

• Research and implement GEO/AEO/AIO strategies to appear in AI‑generated responses across major AI surfaces.
• Conduct regular technical audits and translate findings into clearly scoped engineering projects with measurable impact.
• Build and execute business cases for product enhancements by combining audience knowledge with search/AI discovery understanding.
• Instrument and monitor discoverability metrics across traditional search and emerging AI surfaces.
• Partner across Marketing teams to prioritize and sequence discoverability improvements.
• Stay current with how LLMs retrieve and cite web content and bring new techniques to the team.

Skills

Hands-on SEO

Go & React

End-to-end implementation

Independent collaboration

AI-powered search understanding

GSC GA Semrush Ahrefs

Cross-cultural competency

Mission-driven mindset

Tools

Google Search Console

Google Analytics

Semrush

Ahrefs

Job description

Khan Academy, a nonprofit delivering free world‑class education, seeks a Senior Search & AI Discoverability Engineer in Mountain View with remote options. You will own the technical foundation that enables Khan Academy content to be found, indexed, cited, and recommended by search engines and AI systems alike, shipping impactful projects.

The role blends traditional SEO with AI discovery, requires 5+ years of hands-on experience, and invites collaboration across marketing and product teams.