Machine Learning Researcher, Kiddom
$130-180k
+ Equity
Personalised teaching and learning for children
Open for applications
Personalised teaching and learning for children
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$130-180k
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To empower learners and teachers to achieve their full potential by connecting assessments, a digital curriculum, and instruction in one platform.
Role
Who you are
- You have a growth mindset, meticulous attention to detail, and an unwavering passion for excellence
- 5+ years professional experience with product analytics for digital SaaS platforms
- Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field, PhD or PhD ABD preferred
- Proficiency in Python and comfortable with version control
- Strong practical AI skills, including experience with prompt engineering, RAG, and fine-tuning models
- Experience in the EdTech industry or a strong interest in improving K-12 education through technology
- Publications or contributions to AI research
- Kiddom policy requires employees to be vaccinated before they visit an office or attend company events.
- We have remote roles but in certain positions where office attendance is deemed to be essential to the role, offers of employment shall be conditional upon proof of vaccination
What the job involves
- The AI Research Team is seeking a highly motivated Data Scientist to join our growing team
- In this role, you'll play a pivotal role in unlocking the power of data to optimize our platform, personalize teaching and learning experiences, and ultimately, improve student outcomes
- Utilize a strong foundation in traditional data science techniques, ensuring the appropriate application of tools and methodologies
- Apply practical AI skills, including prompt engineering, RAG (retrieval augmentation generation), and fine-tuning, to enhance teaching or learning experiences; with a keen understanding of when to use each method
- Collaborate effectively with engineers, product managers, designers, educators, and curriculum experts to align data science initiatives with business goals
- Contribute to AI research, from experimentation through publishing findings
Our take
Digital education has become an increasing reality in recent years. Whilst services such as Zoom have provided platforms for remote teaching, the minimal functionality of such services has outlined the lack of digital engagement tools that classrooms require.
Kiddom develops a collaborative learning platform for K-12 schooling that aims to provide integrated solutions to not only remote teaching but also in-person school and homework assignments. The platform allows teachers to assign tasks and to collaborate with students on them, whilst the software gathers data to provide insights on student engagement and performance.
The startup currently provides its services to individual teachers for free, but solutions for inter-institutional curriculums come at an annual subscription fee. Kiddom’s approach aims to provide solutions and fill the gap between remote and in-school teaching, at the same time as integrating student analytics to optimize and personalize the way students are educated.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Aug 2021
$35m
SERIES C
Mar 2018
$15m
SERIES B
Total funding: $56.5m
Company benefits
- Competitive salary
- Meaningful equity
- Remote friendly culture with budget to make sure you can work comfortably from home or office
- Health benefits: medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance
- Flexible vacation policy
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Ahsan Rizvi
(CEO)After an MSc at the University of Illinois, Ahsan spent a year as a Fulton Collective LLC Partner, before co-founding Le Sensor in 2010. They leveraged this entrepreneurial experience to found Kiddom in January 2015, serving since as CEO.
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