Applied Scientist II, Search Query Understanding

Key job responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify requirements for ML model development, focusing on enhancing mission understanding through innovative AI techniques, including retrieval-Augmented Generation or LLM in general.
• Design and implement scalable ML models capable of processing and analyzing large datasets to improve search and shopping experiences. Must have a strong background in machine learning, AI, or computational sciences.
• Lead the management and experiments of ML models at scale, applying advanced ML techniques to optimize science solution.
• Serve as a technical lead and liaison for ML projects, facilitating collaboration across teams and addressing technical challenges. Requires strong leadership and communication skills, with a PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.

Basic Qualifications

• PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Unix/Linux
• Experience in professional software development