Senior Applied AI Researcher (Agentic Search)

TL;DR

Senior Applied AI Researcher (Agentic Search): Exploring how modern AI systems and agents should interact with search, translating insights into practical improvements in retrieval, ranking, and answering quality. Focus on semantic retrieval, reranking, and evaluation, while also shaping the long-term direction of the product.

Location: Remote within Europe, including Amsterdam, Netherlands; Israel; United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is a Nasdaq-listed cloud computing company building an agent-native search platform specifically for AI systems to serve the global AI economy.

What you will do

• Explore how AI agents should use search, including new interaction patterns, query formulations, and evaluation criteria.
• Conduct deep applied research on search quality, focusing on moving from textual match toward answering the underlying intent.
• Train ranking and reranking models that optimize for answering intent and efficient resolution of agent queries.
• Design, prototype, and evaluate neural and LLM-based ranking/reranking approaches.
• Collaborate closely with backend and ML engineers to turn research ideas into production-ready components.
• Partner with product managers to connect research insights with product strategy and roadmap decisions.

Requirements

• Experience working on applied ML, NLP, or IR problems in production-facing systems.
• Comfortable moving between conceptual research and hands-on prototyping.
• Experience with search, ranking, retrieval, recommendation, or question answering systems.
• Understand modern approaches to embeddings, reranking, and LLM-based reasoning.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly to engineers, product managers, and non-research stakeholders.
• Maturity and curiosity to help shape a research direction.

Nice to have

• Experience with LLM-based retrieval, RAG systems, or agentic workflows.
• Designing or running offline and online evaluations for search or answer-centric systems.
• Bridging industry work with academic research, including reading papers and adapting ideas pragmatically.
• Informal technical leadership or mentorship in mixed research/engineering teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth within hirify.global.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• A dynamic and collaborative work environment that values initiative and innovation.