Job Openings

CZI is continuing to hire and interview virtually during our COVID-19 response.

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is using technology to help solve some of our toughest challenges — from preventing and eradicating disease, to improving learning experiences for kids, to reforming the criminal justice system. Explore our job openings below!

September 21, 2018 | Stephanie Nguyen, Recruitment, Jennifer Tang, Product Design, in a meeting at CZI about the upcoming Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference. Photograph by An Rong Xu

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Community (1)
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Team Administrator & Logistics Coordinator, Community Central	You will manage the team’s administrative operations and provide administrative and personal assistant support to the team directors, including scheduling travel and meetings, drafting correspondence, coordinating internal processes, organizing logistics for team events; both internal and external, among other duties. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Central Community

Data (2)
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Senior Data Scientist (Product Analytics), Education Education	You will coordinate technology team efforts to understand, measure, and improve implementation of the various components of the Summit Learning Platform.	Redwood City, CA	Education Data
Senior Data Scientist (Product Analytics), Meta, Science Science, Technology	Meta.org is a software tool that aims to accelerate scientific discovery. Our Meta team is seeking a Data Scientist to help craft great metrics, collect and analyze data to assess progress, build dashboards, generate reports, and develop insights to inform the strategy and direction of the team. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Science, Technology Data

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Director, Design & User Experience Research, Science Science	You will lead, develop, mentor and inspire a user experience research and design team, currently at 8 full-time employees plus 2-3 contractors. This requires setting clear goals, managing project loads and allocating team members’ time and effort, ensuring deadlines are met and setting up team members for overall success. Partner and collaborate cross-functionally with product management, engineering, data science, program officers, and leadership to ensure that research insights and design work are delivered in a timely and impactful manner. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Science Design
Senior Product Designer, Education Education	Lead Product Design on an interdisciplinary team with a broad surface area. Be comfortable solving problems with pixels, programs, or training. Be ready to strive every day to make learning easier and more delightful for students and teachers. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Education Design
Senior Product Designer, Justice & Opportunity Justice & Opportunity	You will design user experiences for products that support communities, advocates, and practitioners within the criminal justice system. You will be an individual contributor working collaboratively with product management, research and engineering. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Justice & Opportunity Design
Senior Systems Designer, Education Education	You will help guide our design system efforts by working directly with product designers, front-end developers, and our design systems team to help us maintain a best-in-class design system practice. This means being both a strong individual contributor working cross-functionally with design and engineering as well as being a systems-level thinker with a passion and interest in design systems. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Education Design

Education Programs (1)
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Learning Engineer, Education Education	You will apply insights from the science of learning and development to the design and implementation of learning experiences, at scale. As a part of the learning science team, you will be working alongside a diverse group of learning science specialists as part of a larger drive for ecosystem change for evidence-based education As a Learning Engineer, you will work on a series of projects to bring the science of learning and human development to the design of K12 in-school learning experiences in the Summit Learning Program. You will also apply your experience in applying evidence-based insights, within mature product development and curriculum development teams ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Education Education Programs

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Engineering Manager, Developer Infrastructure, Education Education, Technology	You will lead and manage one of the teams in the Infrastructure group within the Chan Zuckerberg Education Initiative. This team serves the Initiative’s mission to build innovative personalized learning environment, in partnership with leaders in the education field. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Education, Technology Engineering
Engineering Manager, Notebooks, Education Education, Technology	In this role, you will lead and manage one of the core product engineering teams within the Learning Platform; Notebooks. Notebooks is how students and teachers collaborate on written assignments and was built in order to enable richer feedback and deeper insights than past integrations with Google Docs or Office365. It is a complicated product area with engineers ranging in expertise from backend product infrastructure to modern frontend interactions enabling real time collaboration. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Education, Technology Engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Criminal Justice, Justice and Opportunity Justice & Opportunity	You will create technology products for communities, advocates, and practitioners within the criminal justice system.	Redwood City, CA	Justice & Opportunity Engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Front-End Infrastructure, Education Education, Technology	You will partner closely with members of the product engineering team and the core infrastructure team to build front-end infrastructure/tools and cultivate shared best practices that will allow the entire team to rapidly improve our product. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Education, Technology Engineering
Senior Software Engineer, Inclusive Learning, Education Education, Technology	The Inclusive Learning team is looking for a senior software engineer, focused on the front-end, who enjoys building scalable, adaptable server and client side code to help teachers support students who are furthest behind. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Education, Technology Engineering

Finance (1)
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Senior Accountant, Operations Central	You will be an integral part of the procurement process, interfacing and assisting the business with purchase requisitions and purchase orders. You will be primarily responsible for processing full cycle accounts payable, reviewing expense reimbursements, and managing AMEX transactions. Additionally, you will participate in a variety of ad hoc projects and process improvements. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Central Finance

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Executive Support Specialist, IT Technology	We are looking for a well-rounded and highly-flexible individual who will primarily be responsible for providing white glove support to our executive leadership team and executive support staff. Tasks will include tracking, troubleshooting, and resolving end-user computer issues, as well as proactive monitoring and support. The successful candidate will possess deep technical knowledge, as well as exceptional interpersonal skills and exemplary written and verbal communication. To be successful, this person must show initiative, be motivated by problem solving and customer service, have great attention to detail and be able to show discretion while also maintaining confidentiality. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Technology IT

Infrastructure & Security (1)
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Manager, Product Security Technology, Central	Our product security team is the group primarily responsible for ensuring that we’re building products which are secure and in partnership with our Product Privacy Team, have appropriate privacy protections in place. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Technology, Central Infrastructure & Security

Investments (1)
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Director, Investment Operations Central	Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is seeking to recruit a Director of Investment Operations and a critical member of the investments team, based in Redwood City, CA. CZI’s investment function is a de novo operation, and the Director of Investment Operations will have a significant leadership role in building, developing, and maintaining an outstanding operations function to support the execution of an investment portfolio. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Central Investments

Justice & Opportunity Programs (3)
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Director, Criminal Justice Reform and Immigration Programs Justice & Opportunity	You will have a strategic vision for programmatic areas and must work collaboratively with partners in government, research, philanthropy, and business, to learn, enhance program strategy, and support innovation. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Justice & Opportunity Justice & Opportunity Programs
Housing Manager Justice & Opportunity	At CZI, we believe that housing affordability plays a key role in education, health outcomes, community cohesion, and equal opportunity. Addressing housing affordability will enable more people to pursue their full potential. In the Bay Area especially, the crisis has reached a tipping point and we believe there is an opportunity to play our part in addressing housing affordability in our backyard. We want to take fundamentally new approaches to housing and engage with affected communities to ensure that they are at the center of their own solution-making from problem definition to solution execution. We believe our strengths in advocacy, technology, and investing position us to infuse innovation and to help scale proven solutions in housing. To help execute on projects across our housing portfolio, we’re looking for a dynamic and experienced manager to join our team. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Justice & Opportunity Justice & Opportunity Programs
VP, Strategy and Operations Justice & Opportunity	You will act as a partner to the Head of the Justice & Opportunity Initiative and CZI’s senior management team on all issue areas while also maintaining an operational focus and developing co-ownership of the Initiative’s overall programmatic goals. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Justice & Opportunity Justice & Opportunity Programs

Legal and Grants (2)
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Contracts Counsel Central	You will be a key member of the CZI Contracts Team, a part of CZI’s growing Legal and Grants team, and focus on commercial contracts and advising internal partners. You will collaborate with the initiatives and teams across CZI and help us administer and execute contracts critical to the success of our strategic mission and operational goals. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Central Legal and Grants
Foundation Counsel Central	You will be a key member of CZI’s growing Legal and Grants team, focused on supporting CZI’s affiliated private foundation, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation. You will collaborate with teams across CZI to help ensure CZIF’s activities and grantmaking are in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and will advise internal partners accordingly. Your guidance will be critical to furthering CZIF’s strategic mission and operational goals, and you will be the point person for day-to-day management of CZIF’s legal issues. In addition, you will also drive the development of systems, policies, and processes for a fast-growing organization. If you are a solutions-oriented thinker who enjoys tackling nuanced legal issues while simultaneously creating a scalable compliance framework, you will fit right in. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Central Legal and Grants

Operations (1)
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Facilities Manager Central	The Facilities Manager is responsible for overseeing the facilitation of an ongoing delightful experience for all employees of Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) by providing consistent operational support and managing an inclusive and safe environment for CZI employees. You will report into the Director of Real Estate and Workplace Services and have a passion for managing competing priorities while upholding CZI’s core values: We are committed to maintaining a workplace where everyone is, and feels welcomed, respected, supported and valued. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Central Operations

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Benefits Manager Central	The ideal candidate is someone with 5+ years of experience as a Benefits Manager supporting diverse, multi-talented teams at world-class organizations, providing timely and thorough support to employees as it relates to all benefits programs. They should have deep experience in benefits administration, leaves of absence management, as well as immigration and work visa processes. HRIS experience (ADP, Workday) is essential to success in the role. Lastly, the candidate should be comfortable with a fast-paced ever-changing environment, bring good energy, be hungry to learn, and be proactive about figuring out how to make things happen. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Central People
Recruiting Coordinator Central	You will provide a high quality interview experience for all candidates. Own every aspect of the interview scheduling process and communicate all logistics to candidates and interview teams. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Central People

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Director, Product Management, Science Science, Technology	Our team is seeking a creative, inquisitive, and versatile product management director to lead our Science product work who is passionate about the exploration, visualization, and transformation of scientific data and knowledge ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Science, Technology Product
Product Manager, Bioinformatics and Single Cell Science, Technology	You will deliver software solutions to the single cell community, visit scientific labs and work with scientists directly to learn their needs.	Redwood City, CA	Science, Technology Product
Senior Product Manager, IDSeq, Science Science, Technology	This talented Product Manager will engage closely with our partners at the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub as well as support the global infectious disease community in leveraging novel technologies. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Science, Technology Product
Technical Program Manager, Meta, Science Science	This is an opportunity to work closely with a dynamic and collaborative team of product managers, computational biologists, engineers, designers, and user researchers who are focused on supporting the scientific community at-large. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Science Product

Science Programs (3)
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Computational Biology Program Manager, Neurodegeneration Science	This role will involve working with grantees in the neurodegeneration program including hands-on work such as data analysis and visualization, developing training and mentoring opportunities for grantees and their trainees, reviewing grant proposals, participating in and planning hackathons, and developing collaborations with external scientists. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Science Science Programs
Metrics, Evaluation and Assessment Scientist Science	This is an opportunity responsible for working with the Science Program and Science Technology leadership to develop processes for the consistent and informative measurement and evaluation of our programs and products. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Science Science Programs
Science Program Officer, Computational Biology Science	You will work laterally across programs to identify computational and quantitative needs, and to implement the solutions that make them more than the sum of their parts. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Science Science Programs

Technical Program Management (1)
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Senior Technical Program Manager, Education Education	As Senior Technical Program Manager, you will support the Education Initiative's data science & data engineering teams, as well as closely partnering with the infrastructure team at CZI. ... Read More — Read Less	Redwood City, CA	Education Technical Program Management