AI/ML Engineer

Cengage Group

AI/ML Engineer developing AI-driven systems for skills and workforce learning at Cengage. Involves building models for competency verification and skills recommendation.

Posted 5/2/2026full-timeIllinois • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $150,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop skills inference models that extract competencies from content, assessments, and learner activity
Build skills verification models powering the Skills Verification platform
Create skills-based matching and recommendation systems for jobs, courses, and learning paths
Develop career pathway recommendation and skills gap analysis features
Integrate AI into Cengage workforce platforms including Infosec Skills and IQ Platform
Enable skills-based matching and recommendations across Cengage's workforce ecosystem
Partner with platform engineering on API design, scaling, and production deployment
Align to the NICE Framework and other recognized skills taxonomies where applicable
Build evaluation and monitoring systems to measure and improve model accuracy and performance
Track skills verification accuracy, recommendation quality, and adoption of AI-driven career tools

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
4+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years focused on AI/ML
Strong proficiency in Python with experience building production ML systems
Hands-on experience with modern ML techniques including embeddings, ranking, and LLMs
Experience with recommendation systems, matching, or representation learning
Solid software engineering fundamentals including testing, CI/CD, and system design
Experience with offline and online model evaluation

Benefits

Comp & perks

Opportunity to shape AI at scale across a global learning company
Direct impact on business outcomes, product, and workforce productivity
Access to cutting-edge AI tools, platforms, and technologies
Collaborative team environment focused on innovation and continuous improvement
Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
Professional development and learning opportunities
Flexible work arrangements with remote/hybrid options

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonAIMLrecommendation systemsmatchingembeddingsrankingLLMsCI/CDsystem design

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceBachelor's degree in Engineering