Senior II Applied Scientist (NLP)
Core
Design, develop, and optimize modern language-based AI solutions (RAG, semantic search, agentic systems) for enterprise users, balancing performance with production realities.
Role type
Senior II Applied Scientist (NLP)
Builds
Generative AI platform, retrieval augmented generation pipelines, information retrieval, semantic search, question answering, and agentic systems
Domain
Enterprise AI, Natural Language Processing, Generative AI
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Deep learning, large language models, transformer-based models, model design and optimization, production-grade code development, rigorous experimentation, data and modeling strategy, evaluation strategies
Preferred skills
Technical leadership, mentoring, roadmap definition, scientific project planning, information retrieval, neural search, traditional lexical NLP, cross-cultural collaboration
Technologies
Transformer-based language models, RAG pipelines, agentic systems
Responsibilities
Design and optimize language-based AI solutions from data to production; Apply and serve transformer models at scale for real-time experiences; Collaborate with ML developers and platform teams to accelerate innovation; Act as technical reference guiding architectural decisions; Mentor applied scientists to raise team expertise; Contribute to R&D processes fostering efficiency and rigor; Share innovations externally via thought leadership content
Seniority
Senior II, technical leadership with mentorship