AI Researcher (Foundation Models & Generative AI)

Location: Tel Aviv; remote work is listed as an available condition.

Company

hirify.global is a startup within Wix building an AI-powered platform that enables creators, founders, startups, entrepreneurs, and side hustlers to create custom software applications using natural language.

What you will do

• Conduct research in deep learning and generative AI, specializing in foundation models, NLP, alignment, and multimodal learning.
• Build, design, train, scale, fine-tune, and optimize large-scale architectures, including LLMs, multimodal models, and tabular foundation models.
• Apply foundation models to agentic behavior, coding, decision making, and other complex real-world domains.
• Evaluate and manage the impact of models on production traffic, cost, quality, and latency.
• Own the AI lifecycle from algorithmic prototyping and synthetic data generation to production-grade AI feature deployment in fast-paced or big-data environments.
• Drive research initiatives, author publications and patents, and collaborate with research teams to integrate intelligent capabilities into core products.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Research Scientist or Algorithm Developer within world-class AI labs or high-growth generative AI startups.
• Ph.D. or Master’s degree with honors in computer science, data science, statistics, or another highly quantitative field from a top-tier institution.
• Expert-level proficiency in PyTorch and deep learning training and inference optimization.
• Hands-on experience training, fine-tuning, or optimizing large-scale LLMs in research or production environments.
• Advanced programming skills in Python and/or C/C++, including experience with production-grade code and big data infrastructure.
• A portfolio of peer-reviewed publications in top-tier AI/ML venues or granted patents in advanced machine learning systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, collaborative startup environment operating within Wix.
• Work on complex AI problems with a focus on simple, powerful solutions.
• Wix operates collaborative, high-performing teams across 22 countries.
• Equal opportunity work environment where everyone is welcome.