Data Scientist

As part of the Efekta's AI & Analytics team your mission is to transform our product experience in innovative and impactful ways. You'll be working closely with our Learning, Product, & Engineering teams to understand opportunities & challenges and deliver AI driven solutions, which we can prove make an impact on student learning., * Contribute to the Efekta AI platform that enables data-informed learning for our students, from understanding student progress to recommending content and learning paths.

• Build models using diverse learning signals (written, spoken, and behavioural data).
• Apply Machine Learning across NLP, speech/audio, and user interaction data.
• Help us create measurable business impact by working on data products.
• Research and recommend new innovative ways AI can optimise our business operations.

• A proven track record of making an impact with Data Science
• Excellent coding skills (SQL, Python).
• Experience building predictive models using user behaviour, sequence data, or time-series signals, ideally in real-world product environments.
• Experience with machine learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow).
• Experience using distributed version control systems like git.
• Experience using cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Ability to work with engineering teams to productionise AI solutions

Other Useful Skills Include

• Comfortable taking ownership of loosely defined problems, translating open-ended questions into clear data science approaches and measurable outcomes.
• Thrives in fast-moving, evolving environments, iterating quickly with incomplete data and adapting solutions as requirements and insights change.
• Experience in developing data processing applications in Java/Scala/Python
• Experience working with streaming data sources (e.g. Kinesis Streams or Apache Flink), * Have strong personal drive and energy
• Be curious about our clients' businesses and how our solutions can enable their success
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit with a nothing is impossible mindset
• Excited by having ownership and autonomy
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced results-driven environment
• Be passionate about learning and language

• Working in a multicultural global team with vibrant and energetic team of colleagues by your side
• Comprehensive and supportive onboarding and further personal and professional development and career progression opportunities
• A competitive salary and benefits package
• Length of Service Recognition including paid sabbatical

Efekta is investing in product innovation to deliver the next generation of educational experiences. We are reinventing online language learning and are driving new and engaging ways for students and teachers to get the best out of our platform with a strong focus on AI and customer facing data products. We're looking for like-minded individuals who love to grow, solve new and exciting problems, and make a genuinely positive impact on our customers' lives., Efekta Education is a multi-award-winning Tech company offering the world's most advanced Agentic Teaching Platform to public and private school systems, universities, and global companies. Championing classroom teachers, and supporting students and school operators alike. Delivering improved learning outcomes at large scale and with the mission to make high-quality education universally available. Our technology is based on data and experience from the world's largest online English school and 60 years of leadership in the field of immersive education. Our AI adapts in real time to each learner's needs. To date, Efekta's AI-powered teaching platform has taught over 24 million people in 179 countries and is currently used by more than 4.5 million active students, 200,000 teachers, 3,000 corporate clients, and government partners worldwide. Efekta is an EF (Education First) company. EF is the world's largest private education company. Efekta is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to inclusion and belonging across race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, disability, parental status, identity, experience and everything else that makes you unique. Learn more about Efekta Education: https://www.efekta.com/en