Description:

Marker Learning is on a mission to provide affordable and accessible learning disability assessments to schools and parents.
The company aims to address the significant gap in diagnoses for learning disabilities, which affects 1 in 5 students.
The Senior Software Engineer will work on innovative AI-powered tools to enhance learning evaluations and support psychologists, students, and educators.
Responsibilities include collaborating with the team to create and pilot innovative subtests, developing advanced features like automated error analysis and intelligent scoring mechanisms, and working with psychometricians and data scientists on computerized adaptive testing.
The role involves contributing to infrastructure and research code, with opportunities to co-author peer-reviewed publications.
The engineer will help design and implement robust back-end systems for research-driven initiatives.

Requirements:

Candidates should have strong full-stack capabilities, ideally in React, Python, and Django.
Proven success in high-ambiguity, fast-paced environments is essential.
Experience with rapid prototyping, iterative development, and balancing speed with maintainable code is required.
The ability to execute independently without extensive guardrails is necessary, including driving technical investigations and making build vs. buy decisions.
High adaptability and resilience to setbacks, along with a positive, problem-solving mindset, are important traits.
Prior experience as a research engineer, founding engineer, or in a similar role is a strong plus.
Excellent communication skills and comfort working on non-scrum, process-light teams are required.
Experience developing AI-based features or working with ML infrastructure is a bonus.

Marker Learning is committed to building an inclusive environment that enables everyone to perform their best work.
The company values diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants.
Employees will have the chance to contribute to a mission-driven team focused on providing reliable and affordable testing to students.
The role offers the opportunity to make a tangible impact in the education technology space while growing a career at the intersection of AI and innovation.