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Isaac Online Education, University of Cambridge | Research Assistant - EdTech Software Engineer | Cambridge, UK | Full-time | Onsite / Hybrid (UK) | https://isaacphysics.org & https://adacomputerscience.org We are looking for a full-time Research Assistant (~recent graduate) to work as a Software Engineer on Isaac Online Education, a collaborative venture between the University of Cambridge and the Raspberry Pi Foundation. The role involves designing, building and running an online platform to teach STEM subjects. The platform is free and the tech is open-source, used by schools across the world but particularly the UK, and is now a core part of the University of Cambridge's STEM SMART outreach program. At peak times we receive over 1.25 million question attempts per week. You'll be joining a small team at the Department for Computer Science and Technology. Retention is high, but it has also been a great place for people to gain some experience before starting a PhD, joining a larger company or starting their own start-up. Examples of some recent interesting projects are: - Looking into the use of LLMs to mark free-text questions. - Building a code editor to allow learners to run Python and SQL in the browser. - Adding a question type which assesses free-hand sketched graphs. 41 days holiday, additional paid teaching opportunities, working and interacting with people at the University who are the best in the world in their respective fields. If using technology to improve education and learning outcomes is something you're passionate about, please do apply! Read more and apply here: https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/41922/ Or feel free to chat with me at: mlt47 [at] cam.ac.uk. Isaac Physics: https://isaacphysics.org Ada Computer Science: https://adacomputerscience.org STEM SMART: https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/STEM-SMART-widening-participat... Code: https://github.com/isaacphysics/