Snr Applied Scientist (AI, NLP)

TL;DR

Snr Applied Scientist (AI, NLP): Building top-notch models to solve tasks core to building and enriching the hirify.global Product Catalog with an accent on AI and NLP techniques. Focus on applying research to meet business goals and contributing to ethics and privacy policies related to research processes and data collection.

Location: Cairo, Egypt

Company

hirify.global is empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

What you will do

• Master subareas and gain expertise in a broad area of research, including applicable research techniques.
• Gain deep knowledge of a service, platform, or domain, and identify product needs by sharing the latest industry trends and applied technologies.
• Review business requirements and incorporate research to meet business goals.
• Provide strategic direction for the kinds of data used to solve problems and apply deep subject matter knowledge to support business impact.
• Participate in onboarding of junior team members and assist in developing academics to be members of multidiscipline teams.
• Document work in progress and experimentation results and share findings to promote innovation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years related experience OR Master’s Degree AND 3+ years related experience OR Doctorate AND 1+ year(s) related experience OR equivalent experience.

Nice to have

• Master’s Degree AND 6+ years related experience OR Doctorate AND 3+ years related experience OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years experience creating publications (e.g., patents, libraries, peer-reviewed academic papers).
• Experience presenting at conferences or other events in the outside research/industry community as an invited speaker.
• 3+ years experience conducting research as part of a research program (in academic or industry settings).
• 1+ year(s) experience developing and deploying live production systems, as part of a product team.
• 1+ year(s) experience developing and deploying products or systems at multiple points in the product cycle from ideation to shipping.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a collaborative and interdisciplinary team, bringing together Applied Scientists, software engineers, Data engineers and Product Managers.
• Opportunity to accelerate career growth and develop deep problem-solving skills.
• Engage with teams from different cultures.
• Contribute to a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond, based on values of respect, integrity, and accountability.