AI-enhanced for better readability
Goblins - Founding Engineer #3
- Website: https://goblinsapp.com
- Location: Williamsburg, New York (ONSITE)
- Compensation: $100,000 - $200,000 + generous equity
About Goblins
Goblins is revolutionizing education by addressing the trade-off between scale and quality. Imagine having 30 teachers in every classroom. Students draw math problems on any device, and our AI provides instant feedback, building conceptual foundations. (Preview: https://youtu.be/SH9UomzBMUs)
Launched in the spring of 2025, Goblins has built a waitlist of thousands of teachers and is selling to districts across the US, with a goal of reaching 100k+ paid students this year.
Technical Challenges
Some technical problems the team has worked on:
- Building knowledge graphs that adapt to student performance in real-time, routing them to the optimal next problem to maximize learning and engagement.
- Extending handwriting recognition from digital canvas to real paper through Chromebook cameras (real-time OCR on math equations through low-quality webcams).
- Creating interactive mathematical lessons (like 3blue1brown, but conversational) that remediate student misconceptions.
Team
You'll be joining the founding team, including:
- Sawyer (CEO, former Head of Design at X1 [acquired by Robinhood] and math teacher)
- Alp (CTO, ex-Stripe and Amazon)
- Two other exceptional founding engineers
Culture
We move fast, care deeply about craft, and obsess over delighting users.
Apply
If you're interested, email alp@goblinsapp.com