Senior AI & Search Discoverability Engineer

Khan Academy; United States; Remote; USD 99,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Khan Academy is seeking a Senior Search & AI Discoverability Engineer to own the technical foundation that makes our content easily found by search engines and AI systems. You’ll ship projects that improve discoverability across traditional search and AI surfaces, collaborating with Marketing, Product, and Engineering.

This 12-month contract role offers full-time hours and benefits eligibility, with a focus on building scalable SEO solutions and advancing the mission to provide free, world-class

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on technical SEO experience.
• Able to own implementation end-to-end — reading, writing, and shipping code (Go and React).
• Proven ability to work independently while partnering 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 (GEO/AEO/AIO fundamentals).
• Proficiency with tools such as Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Semrush, and Ahrefs.
• Proven cross-cultural competency skills demonstrating inclusion and belonging throughout the organization.

Responsibilities

• Research and implement GEO/AEO/AIO strategies — optimizing KA's content for AI surfaces.
• Conduct regular technical audits and translate findings into clearly scoped engineering projects with measurable impact.
• Build and execute on compelling business cases for product enhancements by combining knowledge of audiences with search and AI discoverability.
• Instrument and monitor discoverability metrics across traditional search and emerging AI surfaces.
• Partner cross-functionally with Marketing teams to prioritize and sequence discoverability improvements.
• Stay current with how LLMs retrieve and cite web content, and bring new techniques back to the team.

Skills

Technical SEO

Go

React

End-to-end coding

Cross-functional

AI search

GSC

GA

Semrush

Ahrefs

Tools

Google Search Console

Google Analytics

Semrush

Ahrefs

Job description

Khan Academy is seeking a Senior Search & AI Discoverability Engineer to own the technical foundation that makes our content easily found by search engines and AI systems. You’ll ship projects that improve discoverability across traditional search and AI surfaces, collaborating with Marketing, Product, and Engineering.

This 12-month contract role offers full-time hours and benefits eligibility, with a focus on building scalable SEO solutions and advancing the mission to provide free, world-class