Applied Scientist II

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We are looking for Applied Scientist II to play a key part in the design and deployment of cutting-edge AI-powered digital identity solutions. Join our team and collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and researchers to shape the future of secure authentication.

What you will be doing:

1. Provide technical leadership for a team of highly capable applied AI scientists, fostering a culture of creativity, technical depth, and excellence.
2. Initiate, plan, and drive projects that will bring the next generation of digital onboarding products to the real world, capable of withstanding aggressive and determined fraud attacks.
3. Design and build high-performance end-to-end systems spanning all parts of the identity verification application, from data acquisition to post-processing.
4. Mentor and work with junior scientists to research and deliver innovative technologies that utilize every bit of signal in the data.
5. Participate in hands-on machine learning research and deliver the results in the form of new products.
6. Communicate technical vision and roadmap at multiple levels within the organization and externally.
7. Publish research results in national and international conferences and scientific journals. Represent Entrust at scientific conferences.
8. Contribute to filing patents.

Essential Skills:

• Strong experience in machine learning and computer vision, including deploying ML models to production.
• Track record of successfully delivering high-performance ML-driven products.
• Experience working with customers to solve impactful problems.
• Deep understanding of machine learning theory.
• Strong coding skills in Python and experience with frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience in uncertainty modeling, explainable ML, out-of-distribution detection, lifelong learning, and related fields.
• Experience with signal and image processing techniques.
• Knowledge of cloud computing (preferably AWS) and tools like Kubernetes, Docker, Git.

Where you will be:

At Entrust, we have a distributed workforce. This role is based as advertised, with a hybrid model allowing fully remote work or office presence. We support what’s best for you.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus a day off for your birthday.
• Two paid volunteering days per year.
• Bupa Private Medical and Dental Insurance.
• Life Assurance (3x annual base salary).
• Pension with The People’s Pension (employer contribution 4%).
• Paid parental leave.
• Online mental health coaching.
• Life enrichment allowance up to £80/month for wellness services.
• Access to learning tools like Learnerbly for courses, books, coaching, and conferences.
• Regular company-wide social events and weekly global meetings.
• Up to £300 for workstation setup equipment.
• Opportunity to join resource groups for skill development.

About Entrust:

Entrust is a leader in identity-centric security solutions, providing scalable, AI-enabled security services. We support clients in 150+ countries and value diversity and inclusion, striving for an accessible candidate experience. We do not work with agencies or offer relocation assistance.