[on behalf of Josine Verhagen]
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*Senior Data Scientist*
We are actively seeking a brilliant data-science expert for our Learning
Team in Redwood Shores. The Learning Team’s work draws heavily from
research in the fields of psychology, education, statistics, and computer
science, but we apply that research to build real-world technologies. This
position in our Learning Team requires data analysis and visualization,
statistical modeling, collaboration, and communication with internal and
external stakeholders, with an end goal of deploying (machine-learning)
models in large-scale production environments.
*Responsibilities:*
- Oversee multiple technical measurement and research projects related
to product development
- Perform data cleaning/preparation, management, and statistical
analyses of various types of data (e.g., gameplay data, online testing,
user behaviors in digital environments)
- Design, develop, document, and deliver technical and operational
procedures and programs to run machine-learning models in large-scale
production environments
- Assist with development of technical reports to provide summaries of
findings, interpretations of results, and data-driven recommendations
*Requirements:*
- Ph.D. degree (or equivalent experience) in data science, statistics,
quantitative psychology, or related field
- Advanced training in data science, psychometrics, machine learning or
equivalent
- Ability to independently clean data, run exploratory analyses, fit
models, communicate findings, and prepare models for implementation in
production environments
- At least two years’ worth of experience running machine-learning
models at scale in production environments
- Personal accountability with a strong work ethic
*Bonuses:*
- Demonstrated affinity for the field of education
- Experience creating production-level code and/or automating
machine-learning models for production contexts
- Expertise with advanced machine-learning techniques (e.g., deep
learning, evolutionary algorithms, and/or Bayesian methods)
- Curiosity about mechanisms underlying observed behaviors, coupled with
creativity in modeling those behaviors
- Knowledge of academic research literature on learning and/or motivation
*About Kidaptive*
Kidaptive has brought together experts in the learning sciences,
psychometrics, speech recognition, big data, and game design to achieve our
vision of personalized, playful, lifelong learning. Our mission is to help
children learn and have fun, and to empower parents, by creating a vibrant
ecosystem of personalized learning experiences. We have created a
groundbreaking adaptive-learning platform that powers our own learning
products and our partners’ products, and we envision our ALP platform
powering a large ecosystem of connected learning apps. We’re well funded
by investors including Menlo Ventures, Formation 8, Stanford-StartX, New
Schools Venture Fund, and NCSoft, among others. Our offices are in Silicon
Valley, CA and Seoul, South Korea.
*For more information*: http://kidaptive.com/join-team/
*About Kidaptive*: Please send a resume and cover letter to
jobs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the position in the subject line.