Machine Learning Intern

Job Location

Fully remote. Candidates must reside and work within the United States.

We are looking for a summer intern to join our machine learning team. This team focuses on the modelling of unconstrained text to help our educational assessment programs, primarily with transformer-based deep learning models. The work will consist primarily of comparing multiple approaches for automated scoring of Spanish constructed response items. This project will involve experimenting with multilingual language models, comparing multiple approaches for automated scoring of Spanish constructed response items, and evaluating the performance of automated scoring of Spanish items using standard industry metrics such as QWK, accuracy, and SMD.

• Work with our psychometricians and data scientists to define a research problem, design an experiment, implement the study, and write up results
• Write code in Python using machine learning frameworks and libraries to ingest and clean data, build models, and evaluate results
• Document, archive, and present work on the project
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team discussing methods and results of this project and others

• Enrolled in a data science, computer science, mathematics, linguistic, or educational measurement Master’s or Ph.D. program
• Experience working with text and natural language processing tools
• Coding ability with Python
• Ability to work autonomously and collaborate effectively within a team
• Familiarity with written Spanish would be an asset

* We are dedicated to fostering a culture that celebrates unique backgrounds, ideas, and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.*