ML Researcher - Real-Time Multimodal Perception (Remote)

Nex (Playground); Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 520,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Nex Playground is seeking an ML Researcher to push the boundaries of computational perception and interaction on the Nex Playground platform. You will join a small, deeply technical team blending research and engineering to solve sensing, understanding, and multimodal interaction.

The role emphasizes rapid experimentation, exploring new ideas, and delivering measurable technical progress that directly impacts product capabilities, with collaboration across ML Engineers and the broader

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on ML research experience in industry, academia, or research labs.
• Proven track record of designing and conducting ML experiments from hypothesis to validation.
• Proficiency in Python for ML research and experimentation.
• Deep expertise with PyTorch or TensorFlow for model development.
• Experience training and evaluating ML models on real datasets.
• Understanding of model evaluation metrics, experimental design, and statistical validation.
• Familiarity with data preprocessing, augmentation, and management for ML workflows.
• Experience presenting research findings to technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop novel ML models and algorithms for computational perception and interaction
• Design and execute rapid experiments to validate new ideas and methods
• Explore advancements in computer vision, audio processing, sensor fusion, or related domains
• Collaborate with ML Engineers to integrate research outcomes into training pipelines and production systems
• Measure and track experimentation velocity, the number and quality of validated experiments per quarter
• Contribute to research planning and help define the technical roadmap alongside the Engineering Manager and Tech Lead
• Document research findings and communicate technical progress to the broader team

Skills

ML research

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Experiment design

Data preprocessing

Model evaluation

Research communication

Real-world datasets

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

scikit-learn

Job description

Nex Playground is seeking an ML Researcher to push the boundaries of computational perception and interaction on the Nex Playground platform. You will join a small, deeply technical team blending research and engineering to solve sensing, understanding, and multimodal interaction.

The role emphasizes rapid experimentation, exploring new ideas, and delivering measurable technical progress that directly impacts product capabilities, with collaboration across ML Engineers and the broader