NLP Research Scientist / Research Engineer

Company: ASAPP
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: April 3, 2021

Job Description:

NLP Research Scientist / Research Engineer At ASAPP, our mission is to solve complex and challenging problems by building transformative machine learning-powered products. We leverage artificial intelligence to address significant challenges that share three common characteristics: huge economic scale, systemic inefficiencies, and tremendous amounts of data. Our talented teams that drive our product innovation and development are located in New York City, San Francisco, Mountain View, and Buenos Aires. Researchers at ASAPP work to fundamentally advance the science of NLP and ML toward our goal of deploying domain specific real-world AI solutions, and to apply those advances to our products. They leverage the massive amounts of data generated by our products, and our ability to deploy AI features into real-world use to ask and address fundamental research questions in novel ways. We are expanding our research team and are looking for candidates with masters degrees, research experience in NLP or machine learning, outstanding communication skills, and strong software engineering skills. If you thrive in an environment of deep thinking, impactful research, and startup-paced execution, ASAPP is the ideal place for you. What you'll do

• Develop and optimize NLP models for rapid iteration of our AI SaaS products
• Build and maintain toolkits or infrastructure to accelerate NLP/ML innovation
• Follow cutting-edge research in the field of natural language processing and machine learning What you'll need
  • Strong software engineering skills
  • At least three years of applied NLP or ML experience, ideally for a software company
  • Familiar with at least one of the deep learning toolkits, such as PyTorch, Tensorflow and MxNet
  • Master or Phd in Computer Science, Natural Language Processing or Machine Learning
  • Strong communications and interpersonal skills What we'd like to see
    • Ability to work with a diverse team in a fast-paced environment
    • Peer reviewed publications in NLP, Speech or Machine Learning
    • Bonus - experience with large-scale production model training (Horovod, Ray, Parameter Server, etc.)
    • Bonus - experience with production model optimization (model compression, TVM, torchscript, etc.)
    • Bonus - experience with cloud computing infrastructure and software (AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.)
    • Competitive compensation
    • Fitness and wellness perks
    • Learning and development opportunities ASAPP is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status. If you have a disability and need assistance with our employment application process, please email us at careers@asapp.com to obtain assistance. #LI-MH1

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