Amira Learning · 2 months ago
Data Scientist, Generative AI
United States
Full-time
Remote
Entry Level
$155K/yr - $195K/yr
1+ years expAmira Learning is an edtech company focused on enhancing literacy outcomes through AI. They are seeking a Data Scientist with expertise in reading science, education, and generative AI to create applications that assist students in building their reading skills.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)EducationMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Design methods, tools, and infrastructure to enable Amira to interact with students and educators in novel ways
Define approaches to content creation that will enable Amira to safely assist students to build their reading skills. This includes defining internal pipelines to interact with our content team
Contribute to experiments, including designing experimental details and hypothesis testing, writing reusable code, running evaluations, and organizing and presenting results
Work hands on with large, complex codebases, contributing meaningfully to enhance the capabilities of the machine learning team
Work within a fully distributed (remote) team
Find mechanisms for enabling the use of the Gen AI to be economically viable given the limited budgets of public schools
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree, and/or relevant experience
1+ years of Gen AI experience - preferably in the Education SaaS industry
Ability to operate in a highly efficient manner by multitasking in a fast-paced, goal-oriented environment
Exceptional organizational, analytical, and detail-oriented thinking skills
Proven track record of meeting/exceeding goals and targets
Great interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
Experience working across remote teams
You have a background in early education, reading science, literacy, and/or NLP
You have at least one year of experience working with LLMs and Gen AI models
You have a degree in computer science or a related technical area
You are a proficient Python programmer
You have created performant Machine Learning models
You want to continue to be hands-on with LLMs and other Gen AI models over the next few years
You have a desire to be at a Silicon Valley start-up, with the desire and commitment that requires
You are able to enjoy working on a remote, distributed team and are a natural collaborator
You love writing code – creating good products means a lot to you. Working is fun – not a passport to get to the next weekend
Benefits
Competitive Salary
Medical, dental, and vision benefits
401(k) with company matching
Flexible time off
Stock option ownership
Cutting-edge work
The opportunity to help children around the world reach their full potential
Company
Amira Learning
Amira Learning offers an intelligent reading assistant that listens, assesses, and tutors.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (1)
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$40.34MKey Investors
Authentic VenturesAmazon Alexa FundOwl Ventures
2022-04-22Series Unknown· $20M
2021-04-14Series B· $11M
2020-06-25Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Pete Jungwirth
Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer
Dirk Hamilton
SVP Customer Success & Support
Recent News
2025-11-22
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