Mid-Level Software Engineer

Schoolhouse.world — free peer-to-peer learning platform founded by Sal Khan · nonprofit · ~15 employees

Remote — United StatesFull-time · Remote (US)$167K – $177K USD base (fixed pay bands, no negotiation)

About the role

Schoolhouse.world is a peer-to-peer learning platform founded by Sal Khan, the creator of Khan Academy, that gives anyone free, high-quality online tutoring and human connection. It has reached more than 200,000 learners in 180+ countries and focuses on durable skills such as communication, empathy, leadership and critical thinking. It runs as an independent nonprofit, funded by donors, grants, foundations and partners such as College Board.

You'll join a five-person engineering team and own full-stack features that reach learners worldwide, working in small pods with engineers, designers and program leads. They want product-minded engineers who wear multiple hats, work directly with non-technical stakeholders and turn ambiguous user problems into elegant solutions.

Remote across the US. Engineers share an on-call rotation of about one week in every five to seven.

What you will own

Own full-stack features end to end: understand user problems with stakeholders, scope the work, write tech specs, build and iterate on feedback
Work in small pods with engineers, designers and program leads to stand up new program pilots and learning experiences
Contribute product ideas and make technical trade-off decisions with support from senior teammates
Write clean, maintainable code across the stack (TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, Postgres) and take part in code reviews
Join the on-call rotation and help streamline platform operations and safety tooling

Requirements

Must haveHas shipped full-stack B2C features to thousands of users

Must haveExperience with typed languages and relational databases

Must have3–6 years of full-stack software engineering experience

Must haveExperience at a small, high-growth consumer startup

Must haveA genuine interest in social impact and/or an education-focused mission

Must haveCan define user problems, write specs and work directly with non-technical users and senior engineers to deliver product solutions

Nice to haveExperience in ed-tech, marketplaces, real-time or video products, or trust and safety features

Nice to haveAWS or GCP cloud infrastructure experience

Not a fitJob-hopping every one to two years with no clear reasoning

Not a fitOnly worked at large or legacy companies with strict role boundaries

We interview honestly against this list — if you meet most of the “Must have” rows, apply.