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Data Scientist and Engineer - Intern at Khan AcademyMountain 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 of learning. We accept interns year-round, and work with undergrads through postdocs. Join us on our mission to provide a free world-class education for anyone,anywhere.

Were fun, quirky people at heart who believe that shipping beats perfection. We have built a talented development team with engineers from a variety of backgrounds. Our team includes industry leaders from Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft,Pixar, Fog Creek, and tiny startups, as well as people with non-traditional backgrounds who didnt graduate from college. Together, were a small but elite team, deeply invested in your future. We believe that no organization will be as invested in developing you as a professional.

WE BUILD

Scaleable, distributed analytics tools and systemsThoughtful experiments using our open source A/B testing framework to determinewhat works and what doesn't

Machine learning models to understand and power learning on Khan AcademyData APIs utilized internally to support decisions organization-wide

WE USE

Python (Numpy, scikit-learn, Pandas), R/RStudio, Amazon AWS, App Engine, BigQuery, Hadoop/Hive, JavaScript, and anything else that best solves the problem at handWe're not religious about using a specific technology. We're religious about using analytics to create an incredible experience for Khan Academy learnersCutting 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 technology, but you should have an impressive collection of cool projects. Were confidentthat youll be able to learn whatever languages and frameworks we throw at you (or, 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 biggest impact if you can code efficiently and contribute to our research infrastructureSolid command of basic statistics and a strong quantitative aptitude. Machine learning and advanced stats are not required skills, but they sure as heck don't hurtPragmatism and demonstrated skill at turning data into actionA passion for data and desire to change the world

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US, Canadian, Australian, or Mexican citizenship, US Residency, or other authorization to work in the USWE OFFER THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS

We may be a non-profit, but we reward our talented team well!

Competitive salaries, housing stipends, and all travel coveredDelicious catered lunch daily plus tons of snacks and beveragesThe opportunity to work on high-impact software that's already defining the future of educationGreat location: walking distance to Caltrain and downtown Mountain ViewAwesome team events and weekly board game nightsThe ability to improve real livesA fun, high-caliber team that trusts you and gives you the freedom to be brilliant27 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 visualization that you've built on our programming platform (http://cs-blog.khanacademy.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/internsBlog 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/youcanlearnanythingSals TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education.htmlLead developer Ben Kamensblog: http://bjk5.comOur team: http://www.khanacademy.org/about/the-team

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status.