Principal Applied Science Manager - Excel Team
Core
Lead and mentor a team of applied scientists to drive end-to-end AI capabilities, translating customer needs into ML/LLM solutions and ensuring production readiness.
Role type
Principal Applied Science Manager (Team Lead)
Builds
Internet-scale, low-latency intelligent systems and AI features for customers
Domain
AI/ML, Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic Systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Team leadership and mentorship, end-to-end AI product development, LLM application and fine-tuning, AI evaluation frameworks, data curation and quality assessment, cross-functional collaboration, technical strategy and design
Preferred skills
Experience with prompt optimization, retrieval-augmented generation, agentic systems, foundation model domain adaptation
Technologies
LLMs, Small Language Models (SLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Agentic Systems
Responsibilities
Guide team members through complex technical problem spaces and support career development; Design and drive rigorous evaluation frameworks using offline metrics, human evaluation, and telemetry; Work directly with customers to understand usage patterns and translate insights into priorities; Lead dataset preparation, curation, and quality assessment; Stay current on research trends and apply them to customer-facing experiences.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with people management
