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About the Role

Jobgether is seeking a Senior Learning Engineer to join a mission-driven initiative focused on integrating AI into education. This full-time role, based in Saudi Arabia, involves close collaboration with school leaders and educators to co-design and implement AI-powered learning tools within a network of lab schools. The position requires a blend of technical building, instructional coaching, and strategic partnership to address real classroom needs and pedagogical goals.

Role Context and Purpose

This role operates at the intersection of education, AI, and instructional design, supporting lab schools that are re-imagining teaching and learning in the age of artificial intelligence. You will act as a trusted thought partner, translating classroom challenges into scalable AI-driven solutions. The work contributes to shaping AI integration at both the classroom and system levels, with the potential to influence practices across the broader education field. The environment is remote-first and fast-paced, with opportunities to contribute to wider product and research efforts.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical and instructional partner for 4-5 lab schools throughout a 24-month transformation journey, providing coaching, build support, and ongoing engagement.
• Co-design and support AI-enabled learning models with school leadership teams, ensuring alignment with pedagogy, classroom realities, and learning objectives.
• Build and iterate custom AI learning tools, including assessment systems, lesson planning tools, student-facing applications, and communication platforms.
• Define quality standards for cohort outputs, ensuring all solutions are robust, scalable, and open-source ready from the outset.
• Lead coaching and mentorship sessions for educators, school leaders, and embedded regional learning engineers across multiple locations.
• Facilitate quarterly convenings, workshops, and collaborative build sessions to align cohort progress and share best practices.
• Contribute insights from field implementation to enhance internal tools, product features, documentation, and learning frameworks.
• Engage in adjacent projects, cross-functional initiatives, or experimental work while maintaining the lab schools program as the core focus.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in teaching, instructional leadership, or school leadership, with a strong understanding of classroom practice and educator needs.
• Demonstrated ability to design and build AI-powered or advanced software tools using modern techniques such as multi-step workflows, agentic systems, or evaluation loops.
• Experience mentoring, coaching, or training educators, balancing high standards with empathy.
• A solid understanding of how AI tools are applied in real classroom environments for both teachers and students.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build trust and collaborate effectively in remote, asynchronous settings.
• Strong documentation and knowledge-sharing capabilities, including the creation of playbooks, build logs, or instructional resources.
• Capacity to manage long-term partnerships across multiple stakeholders while remaining adaptable to shifting priorities.
• Commitment to equity, access, and inclusive education practices.

Work Environment and Logistics

This is a full-time, remote-first position. The role requires availability for quarterly multi-day convenings over a 24-month period. The work is conducted in a fast-moving environment, supporting a network of lab schools.