{"id":105890,"date":"2026-08-05T06:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T06:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/uncategorized\/learning-scientist\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T06:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T06:21:18","slug":"learning-scientist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/jobs\/nairobi\/learning-scientist\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Scientist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Learning Scientist\", \"description\": \"Specific Responsibilities\\nPedagogical Direction\\nGuide the pedagogical decisions across the platform \u2014 input at design time, learning-efficacy judgment at eval time.\\nAdapt and interpret the ALX learning framework so the platform is informed by real pedagogy rather than decorated with it.\\nExperimentation & Product Collaboration\\nDesign experiments against the platform\u2019s core pedagogical assumptions, run with our experimentation function \u2014 for example, is the tutor guidance helping learners or crutching them?\\nAssist in designing and evaluating the AI products alongside engineers, translating learning science into concrete product decisions.\\nSkill Requirements - Essential\\nLearning science: solid grounding \u2014 you can cite and apply modern frameworks, not just intuitions from teaching.\\nAI literacy: you understand what LLM-based tools can and can\u2019t do, well enough to co-design them with engineers.\\nExperiment design: hypotheses, measures, and enough methodological rigour to test learning claims honestly.\\nDesirable not required: prior EdTech product work; familiarity with competency frameworks or knowledge tracing; experience with African education contexts.\\nEssential Traits for Success\\nYour instinct is to challenge the team\u2019s assumptions, including the technical lead\u2019s \u2014 that\u2019s the job.\\nYou translate across disciplines without friction and enjoy being embedded in an engineering team.\\nYou can describe a pedagogical belief you changed your mind about, and the evidence that did it.\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-08-04\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"ALX\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Nairobi\", \"addressCountry\": \"KE\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-08-18T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> ALX<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time , Remote<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-08-18<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>Specific Responsibilities<br \/>Pedagogical Direction<br \/>Guide the pedagogical decisions across the platform \u2014 input at design time, learning-efficacy judgment at eval time.<br \/>Adapt and interpret the ALX learning framework so the platform is informed by real pedagogy rather than decorated with it.<br \/>Experimentation &#038; Product Collaboration<br \/>Design experiments against the platform\u2019s core pedagogical assumptions, run with our experimentation function \u2014 for example, is the tutor guidance helping learners or crutching them?<br \/>Assist in designing and evaluating the AI products alongside engineers, translating learning science into concrete product decisions.<br \/>Skill Requirements &#8211; Essential<br \/>Learning science: solid grounding \u2014 you can cite and apply modern frameworks, not just intuitions from teaching.<br \/>AI literacy: you understand what LLM-based tools can and can\u2019t do, well enough to co-design them with engineers.<br \/>Experiment design: hypotheses, measures, and enough methodological rigour to test learning claims honestly.<br \/>Desirable not required: prior EdTech product work; familiarity with competency frameworks or knowledge tracing; experience with African education contexts.<br \/>Essential Traits for Success<br \/>Your instinct is to challenge the team\u2019s assumptions, including the technical lead\u2019s \u2014 that\u2019s the job.<br \/>You translate across disciplines without friction and enjoy being embedded in an engineering team.<br \/>You can describe a pedagogical belief you changed your mind about, and the evidence that did it.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Interested and qualified? Go to ALX on job-boards.greenhouse.io to apply<br \/>Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjobmag.co.ke\/apply-now\/1296505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:10px 20px;background:#2271b1;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\">Apply Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Source: MyJobMag<\/small><\/p>\n<p><!-- job-expiry: 2026-08-18 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company: ALX Location: Nairobi Job Type: Full Time , Remote Apply Before: 2026-08-18 Job Description Specific ResponsibilitiesPedagogical DirectionGuide the pedagogical decisions across the platform \u2014 input at design time, learning-efficacy judgment at eval time.Adapt and interpret the ALX learning framework so the platform is informed by real pedagogy rather than decorated with it.Experimentation &#038; Product [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1408,1409],"tags":[1944,1504,1413,1412],"class_list":["post-105890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","category-nairobi","tag-alx","tag-full-time-remote","tag-job-listing","tag-myjobmag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}