Careers at Derivita

Question Tester (Part-Time)

Fully Remote

Company

Derivita, n. de-RIH-vih-ta

• We are an education technology company that is solving real problems for teachers and students. 
• Our mission is to empower teachers to remove obstacles in math education and increase the number of students receiving degrees by providing them with high-quality math assessments and in-class engagement tools.
• Derivita is committed to creating a diverse environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Job Description

• We are looking for skilled, detail-oriented undergraduate students to test the questions in our homework system. 
• This is a part-time (6-8 hours/week), fully remote position but you must reside in one of the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, or Wisconsin. 
• $15/hour
  
  

What You’ll Do

A Question Tester manually assures the quality of our questions that will be seen online by tens of thousands of students and teachers by interacting with all aspects of the question: prompt, solutions, feedback, help features, etc. Question testers also perform occasional quality assurance (QA) testing of our software and provide feedback on our software from the perspective of a student. They note ease of use when interacting with the software, presentation and display of content, and provide suggestions for improvement. 

A Question Tester ensures the high quality of each question by verifying:

• the right answer and variations on the right answer are marked correct and all incorrect answers are marked incorrect. 
• if the targeted feedback is useful and addresses the specific error.
• whether diagrams, images, and graphs match the prompt, present relevant information, and interactive features are easy to work with.
• clarity, spelling, and grammar in the prompt, solutions, and feedback. 
• bad or poor randomizations of the problem by checking several variations of the same question to be sure the randomization works.
  

Qualifications:

• Successful completion of courses in biology, history, and/or ELA. 
• Successful completion of math courses up through and including calculus (preferred).
• QA experience (preferred)
• Completion of a technical writing course (preferred)
  

How to Apply:

Please submit your cover letter, resume, and a summary of the math classes you have successfully completed and accompanying grades/report cards to jobs@derivita.com.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.