Senior Applied Scientist (AI)

TL;DR

Senior Applied Scientist (AI): Designing and implementing advanced LLM-based and agentic AI systems to enhance Office user productivity with an accent on reasoning, planning, and long-term memory. Focus on translating research breakthroughs into scalable production algorithms and optimizing model performance post-deployment.

Location: Onsite in Beijing, China

Company

hirify.global aims to benefit Office users with rich content and tool support to raise productivity.

What you will do

• Design and implement advanced LLM-based architectures and agentic systems for real-world product scenarios.
• Translate research breakthroughs into production-ready algorithms, contributing to core capabilities such as reasoning, planning, and long-term memory.
• Monitor and improve model performance post-deployment through data-driven iteration and error analysis.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver robust, scalable models aligned with product objectives and user value.
• Contribute to the organization’s scientific direction by identifying research opportunities that drive long-term differentiation.

Requirements

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in applied machine learning, with a focus on LLMs, agent systems, or reinforcement learning.
• Strong hands-on experience with prompt engineering, context engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), tool use, planning agents, and long-context modeling.
• Familiarity with model training pipelines using PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, or similar frameworks, evaluation strategies, and model deployment best practices.
• Strong coding and debugging skills, and comfort working in cross-functional, agile environments.

Nice to have

• Experience on office document generation and related applications.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to design and develop highly complex and comprehensive systems combining engineering, AI, and human participation.
• Work closely with product managers, designers, and users to make a great impact to all global Office users.
• Work in an equal opportunity employer environment.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.
• Assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process.