Principal Applied Scientist

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the research, development, and refinement of generative AI, agentic AI, and deep learning models to address complex challenges in fraud detection, risk management, and identity verification.
• Partner with scientists, engineers, and product leaders to build scalable solutions.
• Balance research, experimentation, and hands-on product impact in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Education
• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field (focus on generative AI, agentic AI, deep learning, reinforcement learning, or graph neural networks).
• OR Equivalent industry experience.
• Experience
• Duration: 7+ years of Applied AI research.
• Technical Scope: Large language models (LLMs), agentic systems, reinforcement learning, and/or graph neural networks.
• Product Impact: Successfully shipping AI-powered products (production deployment, not just prototyping).
• Skills
• Hands-on experience with agentic AI systems (tool usage, function calling, planning, multi-agent orchestration, RAG, production evaluation).
• Experience pre-training and/or fine-tuning foundational LLMs.
• Proficiency in programming languages: Python or C++.
• Expertise in AI frameworks: PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX.
• Deep understanding of transformer architectures, deep learning, and generative AI, including NLP.
• Experience building/scaling AI/ML solutions for national or global contexts.
• Ability to independently drive projects, own ambiguous problem framing, and iterate through production.
• Bonus Points
• Familiarity with supervised fine-tuning, RLHF/DPO, LoRA/PEFT, distillation, and large-scale distributed training.
• AWS certifications related to generative AI.
• Published research at top-tier conferences and journals.

Benefits

• Stock (RSU) grants
• 401K with generous company match
• Flexible PTO policy
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Commuter benefits
• In-office healthy snacks and team events

Compensation

$250,000 - $350,000

Our client is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer.

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