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Applied Science Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaFull-time2026-11-02 → 2026-11-10
Based in India

Core

Lead the first science team in Bengaluru to build AI assistants for authors and models ensuring the Books catalog's trustworthiness.

Role type

Senior IC Applied Science Manager (ML/AI)

Builds

Author support assistant, multimodal catalog models, and fine-tuned domain models

Domain

Publishing / Generative AI / NLP

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Machine learning model development, team leadership, Java/C++/Python programming, experimentation design, patent writing, cross-functional partnership

Preferred skills

LLM-based agents, multimodal generative AI, fine-tuning and post-training, NLP and statistics, generative AI evaluation, new team building, AI coding agents with safeguards

Technologies

Java, C++, Python, LLMs, multimodal models, NLP, embeddings, ranking

Responsibilities

Hire and develop applied scientists, define science strategy, partner with engineering/product/policy, write design documents, present to senior leaders, collaborate with US scientists

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities