AI-Driven Learning Scientist: Design & Measure Impact

Aifund; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

LearnVector in Mountain View, CA, is crafting an AI-native learning platform. You will invent teaching methods and design the measurement backbone to capture skill gain, retention, and transfer, running studies from pilot to longitudinal cohorts with real learners.

Collaborating with engineers and the founding team, you’ll ensure evidence drives product decisions, create reliable assessments, and communicate complex results to non-specialists.

Qualifications

• Deep grounding in learning science and pedagogy.
• Strong experimental design and statistics skills.
• Experience with human subjects research.
• Able to work with data directly (Python or R) and with engineers.
• Excellent communication of evidence to non-specialists.

Responsibilities

• Invent and prototype AI-native teaching methods with engineers.
• Design the measurement backbone: tracking skill gain, retention, and transfer.
• Run studies with real learners—from pilots to longitudinal cohorts.
• Build trustworthy assessments: performance tasks and rubrics.
• Set the evidence bar company-wide using literature and data.
• Collaborate with the founding team and influence top-level decisions.

Skills

Learning science

Experimental design

Statistics

Python

R

Communication

Education

PhD in learning sciences or related field

Tools

Python

R

Job description

LearnVector in Mountain View, CA, is crafting an AI-native learning platform. You will invent teaching methods and design the measurement backbone to capture skill gain, retention, and transfer, running studies from pilot to longitudinal cohorts with real learners.

Collaborating with engineers and the founding team, you’ll ensure evidence drives product decisions, create reliable assessments, and communicate complex results to non-specialists.