Data Scientist and Engineer - Intern at Khan Academy

Mountain View, CA
*We are no longer accepting internship applications for this summer 2015*
Khan Academy is looking for talented data science interns to create the future o
f learning. We accept interns year-round, and work with undergrads through postd
ocs. Join us on our mission to provide a free world-class education for anyone,
anywhere.
We re fun, quirky people at heart who believe that shipping beats perfection. We h
ave built a talented development team with engineers from a variety of backgroun
ds. Our team includes industry leaders from Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft,
Pixar, Fog Creek, and tiny startups, as well as people with non-traditional back
grounds who didn t graduate from college. Together, we re a small but elite team, de
eply invested in your future. We believe that no organization will be as investe
d in developing you as a professional.

WE BUILD
Scaleable, distributed analytics tools and systems
Thoughtful experiments using our open source A/B testing framework to determine
what works and what doesn't
Machine learning models to understand and power learning on Khan Academy
Data APIs utilized internally to support decisions organization-wide

WE USE
Python (Numpy, scikit-learn, Pandas), R/RStudio, Amazon AWS, App Engine, BigQuer
y, Hadoop/Hive, JavaScript, and anything else that best solves the problem at ha
nd
We're not religious about using a specific technology. We're religious about usi
ng analytics to create an incredible experience for Khan Academy learners
Cutting edge research from the psychology, education, and cognitive science to t
o guide our experiements and form our hypotheses

YOU DON'T NEED

Lisp expertise. Actually, we don't require experience in any particular technolo
gy, but you should have an impressive collection of cool projects. We re confident
that you ll be able to learn whatever languages and frameworks we throw at you (o
r, more likely, you throw at us).

YOU NEED
To know how to code. We're a small team tackling big problems; you'll make the b
iggest impact if you can code efficiently and contribute to our research infrast
ructure
Solid command of basic statistics and a strong quantitative aptitude. Machine le
arning and advanced stats are not required skills, but they sure as heck don't h
urt
Pragmatism and demonstrated skill at turning data into action
A passion for data and desire to change the world

US, Canadian, Australian, or Mexican citizenship, US Residency, or other authori

zation to work in the US
WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS
We may be a non-profit, but we reward our talented team well!
Competitive salaries, housing stipends, and all travel covered
Delicious catered lunch daily plus tons of snacks and beverages
The opportunity to work on high-impact software that's already defining the futu
re of education
Great location: walking distance to Caltrain and downtown Mountain View
Awesome team events and weekly board game nights
The ability to improve real lives
A fun, high-caliber team that trusts you and gives you the freedom to be brillia
nt
27 inch Mac monitors

HOW TO APPLY
Along with your resume, please include:
1) Links to any projects (we really like these). We especially like living, brea
thing projects; please do not send your code
2) A cover letter that includes why you want to join Khan Academy
And if you're feeling especially creative: Optionally include a link to a visual
ization that you've built on our programming platform (http://cs-blog.khanacadem
y.org/p/build-visualization-on-our-programming.html).

LEARN MORE
KA Data Science blog: http://data.khanacademy.org/
The intern experience: https://www.khanacademy.org/careers/interns
Blog posts by a couple past interns: http://www.elizabethylin.com/khan/ and http
://www.kasrak.com/writing/khan-internship/
You Can Learn Anything: https://www.khanacademy.org/youcanlearnanything
Sal s TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_e
ducation.html
Lead developer Ben Kamens blog: http://bjk5.com
Our team: http://www.khanacademy.org/about/the-team
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ance
stry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, mari
tal status, disability, or Veteran status.