Cognii is a leading provider of Artificial Intelligence technology to the education industry. We are seeking bright and talented team members for engineering, business development and product marketing positions.

Cognii's award winning Virtual Learning Assistant provides scalable personalized learning environment with automated assessment of students' open-response answers and AI based virtual personalized tutoring that guides students towards conceptual mastery. As education moves online and the impact of AI is being felt across the industry, Cognii is already taking a leadership role:

2018-2022 Leading vendor for AI market in education - Technavio

2016 EdTech Innovation of the Year Award Winner

2016 An AI personal assistant bot with traction - VentureBeat

2015 Best Learning Assessment Innovation of the Year - Wharton/QS Reimagine Education

We are looking for entrepreneurial team members who are passionate about education and AI. You will have the opportunity to work with the experienced team towards developing compelling products and solutions for our growing customer demand.

As a member of our research engineering team, you will have the following responsibilities:

Design and implement NLP algorithms for educational assessments

Semantic modeling of textual data

Write scripts and tools for performance analysis

Maintain and update the system

Contribute to technical documentation of system modules and results

You should have experience and background in following areas with a strong commitment to developing practical applications:

• natural language understanding
• statistical machine learning
• syntactic and semantic analysis
• textual entailment and assessment
• large scale data modeling
• information extraction and filtering
• educational technology experience is a plus

Cognii provides the opportunity for research and development of some of the most challenging problems in natural language processing and computer science. If you feel that writing programs to process a few words long input is boring and want the challenge of extracting meaning from a paragraph length input, then Cognii would love to talk to you, Desired Qualifications:

BS, MS or PhD in computer science or related discipline

Strong background in statistical modeling, NLP and machine learning

Proficiency with C/C++/Java, Ruby/Python, Matlab/Octave, Shell scripting

Familiarity with SQL, Git, AWS EC2

Experience in analyzing data using statistical/psychometric techniques

Demonstrate a willingness to learn and apply a wide range of technologies

Strong written and verbal communication skills and work ethics

We are looking for a talented full stack software engineer to design our scalable web services architecture for real-time natural language processing. Some of the responsibilities include:

Design and implement the scalable web system architecture

Data pipeline workflow optimization

Write different scripts and tools to analyze the usage data

Maintenance and bug-fixes of the systems

Contribute to technical documentation of data analysis systems, solutions and results

Desired Qualifications:

BS or MS in computer science or related discipline

2+ Years of experience working in web scale system engineering

Extensive experience programming in Ruby on Rails, Sinatra and MVC frameworks

Proficiency with SQL, Ruby, Python, Shell scripting, Git, AWS EC2

RESTful API design

Server design and configuration

Load balance and monitoring

Apptitude to learn and apply a wide range of technologies

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Experience developing AI, natural language processing or machine learning products is a plus

We are looking for a talented mobile app developer with engineering skills to design a robust AI based EdTech product. Some of the responsibilities include:

High quality iOS and/or Android app development

Design the UI/UX elements as necessary

Maintenance and bug-fixes of the systems

Desired Qualifications:

BS in computer science or related discipline

3+ Years of experience working in mobile app development

Proficiency with Swift and Xcode

Familiarity with Java and other programming languages, Shell scripting, Git

Proficiency with HTML, CSS, JS frameworks

Demonstrate a willingness to learn and apply a wide range of technologies

Strong written and verbal communication skills and high work ethics

We are looking for senior executives to grow the K-12, Higher Ed and Corporate Training businesses of Cognii, the leading provider of Artificial Intelligence powered educational technologies.

This position offers an opportunity to be in the driver's seat of scaling a rapidly growing business. You'll work directly with the company's founding management team to position, market and sell cutting edge edtech solutions to higher ed institutes and partners developing online programs. In addition to being responsible for selling activities, you'll develop sales and marketing materials, create and hone product offerings, refine pricing and design processes to scale the business. Responsibilities include:

Develop sales strategies and campaigns for different segments of the higher education market

Execute on all aspects of sales - from prospecting to ongoing relationship management

Develop strategic partnerships and close direct sales

Be a key member of team developing and testing new product and service offerings, positioning, marketing and sales collateral

Put the processes in place that enable sales team to scale

Requirements:

3+ years experience in sales-related roles in edtech or AI

Knowledge of the education ecosystem and the problems in learning assessment

Familiarity with the K-12, higher ed, corporate training and professional education markets required, including knowledge of digital learning content and platform providers

Entrepreneurial – relish the challenge of taking an idea from concept to realization

Strong work ethics, track record of high productivity

Operate independently, attention to detail, strong follow-through

Creative, innovative, holistic thinker

Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred

Team player who is excited by collaborating with and motivated to build a great business

We are looking for an experience product/project manager to take Cognii VLA to the next level.

This position offers an opportunity to work with Company's leadership team to plan and execute on key products and solutions. The Product Manager determines product and market requirements, identifies market problems, conducts and analyzes market research, defines the product positioning and the overall product vision. This role also requires working with the customers, sales, content development, marketing, research, engineering and customer service to ensure solutions are market-driven, and customers are delighted. Some of the responsibilities include:

Develop product strategy, roadmap, and case studies

Customer interaction and market research

Curriculum content design and development for interactive and adaptive learning

Product QA testing and supporting developers and engineers

Sales and marketing support

Requirements:

Bachelor's/Master's degree

1+ years experience in product ownership/management roles in edtech or AI

Knowledge of the education ecosystem and the problems in learning assessment

Must be comfortable planning and delivering high-stakes presentations and demos to customers

Strong work ethics, track record of high productivity

Team player who is excited by collaborating with and motivated to build a great business

Cognii is a multiple-award winning rapidly growing AI and EdTech company based in San Francisco, CA. As part of the early team, you will get a significant equity based market competitive compensation and a hands-on experience working in an innovative startup environment. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse meritocratic environment.

Please send your application along with the CV or queries to jobs@cognii.com, Principals only.