Principal Scientist
Cambium Learning Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
Visit company websiteExplore more
Job Level
About the role
- Support CAI’s innovation in natural language applications in support of our mission to improve educational outcomes for our students and educators
- This includes automated scoring in large scale assessment programs (for writing, speech and other areas of educational measurement), detection of crisis alert content in student writing and the use of ML for feedback in student writing
- Support CAI’s emerging product portfolio for products that employ state of the art machine learning methods that provide solutions to real world problems in K-12, higher education and other related domains
- Contributes to R&D agenda and sets priorities for the automated scoring team
- Drive and provide mentorship to the data scientists in our team
- Design and implement studies to obtain, score, model, and examine results for any of CAI’s current natural language applications, including automated scoring, crisis alert detection, and feedback
- Pursue applied research to actively publish and represent CAI’s leadership in this area
- Present at conferences and technical advisory committee meetings
Requirements
- Ph.D. in applied mathematics, statistics or related computational field
- Demonstrated experience working with deep neural networks and transformer-based architectures
- Professional experience in large scale assessment or EdTech
- 5+ years working with teams of software developers, NLP scientists, and data scientist
- Demonstrated history of published research in artificial intelligence applications within large scale assessment
Benefits
- An Equal Opportunity Employer
- Fostering a culture that celebrates unique backgrounds, ideas, and experiences
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
deep neural networkstransformer-based architecturesautomated scoringnatural language processingmachine learningdata modelingapplied researchstatistical analysislarge scale assessmentfeedback mechanisms
Soft Skills
mentorshipteam collaborationcommunicationleadershippresentation skillsprioritizationinnovationproblem-solvingresearch skillsorganizational skills
Certifications
Ph.D. in applied mathematicsPh.D. in statisticsPh.D. in computational field