Learning Scientist: AI-Driven Teaching & Evidence

career; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

LearnVector in Mountain View, CA is hiring for a role focused on designing AI-native teaching methods and building an evidence-based measurement backbone. You will run studies with real learners, craft reliable assessments, and ensure product decisions are grounded in data and literature.

The role emphasizes rigorous research, collaboration with engineers, and the dissemination of findings to guide product strategy and learning outcomes.

Qualifications

• Deep grounding in learning science and evidence-based practice.
• Strong experimental design and statistics skills.
• Experience with human subjects research.
• Ability to work with data (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 for learning outcomes.
• Run studies with real learners across pilot to longitudinal cohorts.
• Build assessments with validity and reliability as engineering requirements.
• Set the evidence bar with literature and data; be open to being wrong.
• Collaborate with the founding team on product decisions based on evidence.

Skills

Learning science

Experimental design

Human subjects research

Python or R

Communication

Education

PhD in learning sciences or related field

Tools

Python

R

Job description

LearnVector in Mountain View, CA is hiring for a role focused on designing AI-native teaching methods and building an evidence-based measurement backbone. You will run studies with real learners, craft reliable assessments, and ensure product decisions are grounded in data and literature.

The role emphasizes rigorous research, collaboration with engineers, and the dissemination of findings to guide product strategy and learning outcomes.