Sr Research Scientist

Responsibilities

• Capability to understand the technical challenges of a real world problem.
• Ability to think and formulate problems from first principles and map them to one or more Machine Learning paradigms or create a new Machine Learning paradigm for it.
• Strong desire and ability to code up algorithms with good understanding and champion them to be used in products.
• Review state-of-the-art approaches, explore new ones, propose appropriate solutions.
• Identify opportunities in existing products to enrich them with Machine Learning ideas.
• Defining the technical requirements, which involves but not limited to, data collection, evaluation mechanism and production serving strategy.
• Ability to analyze data and realize patterns in them.
• Design solutions that can scale.
• System extensibility, i.e., considering how the systems can evolve over time.
• Communication skills in terms of conveying technical ideas.
• Design metrics and experiments to analyze problems and measure results.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to put research results into action.
• Explain complex ML concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Use examples and analogies.
• Generate intellectual property with patent applications and publications at relevant forums.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of track record driving impact in the industry
• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, Applied Math or related field
• Expertise in AI, machine learning, deep learning and natural language processing
• Experience with Search Ranking
• Advanced coding skills in languages such as Java, Scala, Python or similar
• Experience with collaborative research, as evidenced through solid publications or proven track record of designing and leading integration of state-of-the art ML techniques into products