Learning Scientist (AI)

Location: Mountain View, California, United States; on-site

Company

LearnVector is building a trustworthy AI guide for learning, founded by Andrew Ng and backed by a $100 million investment from Coursera.

What you will do

• Invent and prototype AI-native teaching methods with engineers and integrate them into the product.
• Design the measurement framework for skill gain, retention, and transfer, including product instrumentation.
• Run learner studies ranging from one-week pilots to longitudinal cohorts and evaluate whether results are meaningful.
• Build performance assessments and rubrics that measure real competence, validity, and reliability.
• Set an evidence-based standard for pedagogical decisions across the company.
• Work with the founding team to shape product decisions and determine which teaching methods should be developed.

Requirements

• Deep grounding in learning science and research on retrieval, spacing, feedback, transfer, and expertise development.
• Strong experimental-design and statistical skills, including the ability to design well-powered studies.
• Research experience with human subjects in laboratory or field settings.
• Technical fluency with Python or R and the ability to collaborate with engineers on instrumentation.
• Excellent communication skills for making evidence clear and actionable to non-specialists.

Nice to have

• PhD in learning sciences, cognitive psychology, education, or a related field, or equivalent research experience.
• Experience with intelligent tutoring systems, adaptive learning, or AI-based instruction.
• Psychometrics and assessment-validity experience, including IRT, rubric calibration, or rater reliability.
• Experience measuring learning among adult professionals or in workplace contexts.

Culture & Benefits

• Small, fast-moving team working on-site in Mountain View.
• Evidence and data are used to guide product and pedagogical decisions.
• Direct collaboration with the founding team, including Andrew Ng.
• Equal-opportunity workplace committed to mutual respect and reasonable accommodations.