About Us:

Right now, even though STEM skills are increasingly important, over 60% of students in Kindergarten through 8th grade are not proficient in math at their own grade-level. The pandemic has increased the opportunity gap for our most vulnerable students. As a society, we need to bring together our best, most creative minds to tackle this critical problem and ensure all kids are successful in math and school and have the tools they need to reach their potential. This includes developing the most innovative learning technology using advanced data science in a way that inspires students and empowers teachers. Come help us make a difference at DreamBox Learning.

We’re passionate about our mission to radically transform the way the world learns. Today, our Intelligent Adaptive Learning platform – with its rigorous math curriculum and game-based environment – is helping 5 million kids and over 150,000 educators improve math achievement and build a love of math at the same time. In the wake of COVID-19, and the broad range of learning experiences: in-person, all virtual and hybrid models, we are uniquely positioned to bring our best-in-class adaptive learning platform to more students and provide Educators and Parents with insights into their student’s learning.

About the Role:

As a Contract Research Scientist, you will join a team of researchers and analysts who support research across the company. We collaborate with others from Product Development, Design, Engineering, Customer Experience, Sales, and Marketing to conduct in-depth research on student learning, assessment, and usage behaviors. This is a rare opportunity to be a part of a small, high energy, rapidly growing company at an exciting time in the development of new educational technologies. Check us out at DreamBox.com and see what our teachers and students think on Twitter.

On your first day, you should show up ready to:

• Explain what separates great research projects from mediocre ones in terms of design, sampling, and analysis in education science
• Teach someone the fundamentals of traditional statistical analyses such as ANOVA/regression, generalized linear models, and various longitudinal and time series models
• Conduct sophisticated analyses using modern statistical, data mining and predictive analytics methods such as factor analysis, item-response models, decision trees/random forests, resampling/simulation, and Bayesian inference
• Use R or Python for research or data science projects and write complex data queries using SQL
• Communicate data and insights to make specific product recommendations or business decisions based on the findings of a research study

What you will learn more about after you are hired:

• Our extensive data warehouse, research tools, past studies, and current research projects
• The educational theory upon which DreamBox is built, and what makes it the most effective K-8 mathematics solution in the world today
• Our vision for shaping the direction of our analyses of efficacy, adaptivity to student needs, and predictions of student outcomes

What you’ll be doing during your time with us:

• Independently collaborate with external school district partners to conduct research on the effectiveness of DreamBox Learning on student growth and progression through our curriculum
• Design and build processes to improve our ability to analyze and report the results of research studies on efficacy, adaptivity, and prediction
• Conduct additional analyses as needed from existing data in collaboration with others on the Research team in support of critical product development initiatives and outcomes evaluations
• Contribute to internal code-reviews and peer-review of ongoing research
• Communicate data and insights and make specific recommendations to diverse audiences including Senior Leadership, Customer Experience, Marketing, Sales, and external customers from partner school districts

At DreamBox, we are hooked on celebrating diversity & providing an inclusive workplace and it shows throughout our product, brand, and teams. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Thanks for considering DreamBox Learning!