Advanced Specialist, AI Scientist

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AI Scientist developing and supporting Pearson’s machine learning assessments and automated scoring solutions. Collaborating with teams to ensure high-quality delivery and innovation in educational technologies.

Responsibilities:

  • Train, evaluate, and deploy machine learning models tasked with scoring short answer and essay student responses to formative and summative test administrations from school districts nationwide
  • Monitor performance of deployed machine learning models to ensure consistent, fair, and unbiased scoring in real time and recalibrate deployed models as needed
  • Maintain, update, and improve code base used to train and deploy machine learning models
  • Evaluate historical model performance and conduct experiments exploring strategies to potentially improve team modeling techniques and approaches
  • Research and stay up-to-date on emerging technologies in the NLP space
  • Be a thought leader in automated scoring by attending and presenting at conferences

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (CS, EE, statistics, math, data science)
  • 2+ years professional experience as a software engineer, data scientist, psychometrician, machine learning engineer
  • Solid understanding of machine learning principles and current/emerging technologies
  • Strong coding & analytics skills including proficiency in Python and Linux commands
  • Understanding of or experience with deploying machine learning models into production environments
  • Familiarity with software engineering fundamentals (version control, object-oriented and functional programming, database and API access patterns, testing)
  • Passionate about agile software processes, data-driven development, reliability, and systematic experimentation
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills including the ability to interact effectively with colleagues of varying technical and non-technical abilities
  • Curious and always learning habits of mind
  • Strong team-oriented approach to work, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written
  • Ability to work effectively as a member of a team in a collaborative environment
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously

Benefits:

  • eligible to participate in an annual incentive program