Senior AI & SEO Discoverability Engineer

Khan Academy

Houston (TX)

On-site

USD 99,000 - 135,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Khan Academy is seeking a Senior Search & AI Discoverability Engineer within the Marketing and Acquisition team in Houston. You will own the technical foundation that ensures Khan Academy content is found, indexed, cited, and recommended by search engines and AI systems.

This role involves specifying and shipping technically rigorous projects and is a full-time 12-month contract with benefits. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in technical SEO, hands-on coding ability (Go/React preferred), and a

Qualifications

5+ years of hands-on technical SEO experience
Ability to own implementation end-to-end: reading, writing, shipping code (Go and React preferred)
Proven ability to work independently with cross-functional teams
Knowledge of how AI-powered search and answer engines retrieve, rank, and cite content
Experience using analytics tools including Google Analytics

Responsibilities

Research and implement GEO/AEO/AIO strategies to improve content visibility in AI surfaces
Conduct regular technical audits and translate findings into engineering projects
Build and justify business cases for product enhancements using audience insights
Measure discoverability metrics across traditional search and AI surfaces
Collaborate with Marketing to prioritize discoverability improvements
Stay current with how LLMs retrieve and cite web content