ML Engineer - Automated Scorer

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Overview

About Pearson's Automated Scoring Team. As the world's learning company, Pearson helps people make more of their lives through learning. We use our knowledge, passion, and reach to tackle the big problems in education and inspire a love of learning that lasts a lifetime. The Automated Scoring team develops machine learning-based models that analyze tens of millions of learner exam responses each year. Our technology is unique and meaningful, providing results quickly on student performance on standardized tests. The Machine Learning Engineer will join Pearson's Automated Scoring Team to provide support for the administration of Pearson's automated scoring programs and support the execution of initiatives to innovate and improve the delivery of Pearson's automated scoring technologies. This role will report to and work closely with the Director of Automated Scoring, but it will also support program managers, quality assurance automation engineers, psychometricians, and various internal stakeholders to ensure the quality and reliability of our automated scoring systems.

Location : Remote - US

Responsibilities

• Train, evaluate, and deploy machine learning models tasked with scoring short answer and essay student responses to formative and summative test administrations from school districts nationwide
• Monitor performance of deployed machine learning models to ensure consistent, fair, and unbiased scoring in real time and recalibrate deployed models as needed
• Maintain, update, and improve code base used to train and deploy machine learning models
• Evaluate historical model performance and conduct experiments exploring strategies to potentially improve team modeling techniques and approaches
• Research and stay up-to-date on emerging technologies in the NLP space

Qualifications

Experiences That Will Set You Apart

Working location

This position is remote

Compensation

Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by various state laws, the pay range for this position is as follows : The minimum full-time salary range is between $100,000 - $110,000. This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program.

EEO and Contact

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing TalentExperienceGlobalTeam@grp.pearson.com.

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