TL;DR

Senior Applied Scientist (AI/ML): Lead research and development of AI systems that understand and utilize human-created content, focusing on large language models, knowledge graphs, and content structuring. Focus on inventing novel algorithms, designing evaluation frameworks, and bridging research with production in a hybrid role based in San Francisco.

Location: Based in the San Francisco Bay Area with at least 2 days per week onsite in San Francisco

Salary: $240,000 - $275,000 annually

Company

%hirify_global%.io builds an AI-powered Content Operating System that enables teams to model, create, and automate content efficiently, serving clients like SKIMS, Figma, and Riot Games.

What you will do

Lead R&D of novel AI approaches for content understanding, structuring, and retrieval to optimize context access for AI agents and LLMs.
Research and prototype knowledge graph construction, entity extraction, and relationship mapping techniques.
Stay current with LLM research to inform system design and develop evaluation frameworks and metrics.
Design and conduct experiments to validate new AI methodologies and iterate based on results.
Collaborate with data and full stack engineers to integrate AI solutions into products.

Requirements

Must be based in the San Francisco Bay Area and work onsite at least 2 days per week
5+ years in software engineering or applied AI/ML research with experience taking ideas to production.
2+ years hands-on experience with large language models and AI-powered applications.
Deep expertise in LLM architectures, training, fine-tuning, prompt engineering, and evaluation.
Strong background in NLP, information retrieval, knowledge graphs, and software engineering.
Excellent problem-solving, communication skills, and ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Culture & Benefits

Supportive, skilled, and inspiring team environment.
Positive, flexible, trust-based work culture encouraging growth.
Global and multicultural colleagues and customers.
Comprehensive health plans and perks.
Healthy work-life balance accommodating individual and family needs.
Competitive salary and stock options program.