Senior Search & AI Discoverability Engineer (12 month contract, 40 hours/week, $85/hour)New$177K
The opportunity
Notice to applicants: We have seen a rise in recruitment scams. Please note that outreach from Khan Academy recruiters will only come from the @khanacademy.
What you'll do
Research and implement GEO/AEO/AIO strategies: optimizing KA's content, metadata, and page structure to appear in AI-generated responses across Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, ChatGPT, and other LLM-powered 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 our audiences — learners, teachers, and district administrators — with deep understanding of how search and AI discovery work
Instrument and monitor discoverability metrics across traditional search: (GSC, organic traffic) 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
What they're looking for
- + years of hands-on technical SEO experience, including direct implementation (not just recommendations)
- Ability to own implementation end-to-end: reading, writing, and shipping code (Go and React preferred) to deliver SEO/GEO/AEO/AIO improvements
- 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)
