Principal AI Scientist

PurpleTalk, Inc.; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

PurpleTalk, Inc. is seeking a Principal AI Scientist to lead cutting-edge AI research and translate breakthroughs into production-ready tech.

This senior IC role advances the company’s AI capabilities through original research, experimentation, and technical leadership.

Qualifications

• PhD in AI/CS or closely related field is required.
• Demonstrated publication record in top AI venues/journals (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, AAAI, IJCAI).
• Strong programming skills in Python with experience in ML/DL pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead original AI research aligned with long-term technology vision.
• Design novel ML algorithms and AI architectures.
• Evaluate advances and determine practical adoption.
• Publish research in leading AI venues when appropriate.
• File patents and contribute to IP portfolio.
• Collaborate with engineering to transition research to production.
• Mentor scientists and research engineers.
• Define research roadmaps and experimentation standards.
• Represent the company at talks, conferences, and with academia.
• Conduct rigorous experiments, benchmarks, and model evaluation.

Skills

PhD in AI/CS

Published papers

Python

ML/DL expertise

PyTorch/TF/JAX

Large-scale models

Education

PhD in related field

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

JAX

Job description

We are seeking a Principal AI Scientist to lead cutting-edge AI research and translate scientific breakthroughs into production-ready technologies. This is a senior individual contributor role responsible for advancing the organizations AI capabilities through original research, experimentation, and technical leadership.

The ideal candidate has a strong academic background, an established publication record, and extensive experience building state-of-the-arts AI systems across large language models (LLMs), multimodal AI, agentic AI, reinforcement learning, or related fields.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead original AI research aligned with the companys long-term technology vision.
• Design and develop novel machine learning algorithms and AI architectures.
• Stay at the forefront of advances in AI and evaluate emerging techniques for practical adoption.
• Publish research in leading AI conferences and journals where appropriate.
• File patents and contribute to the companys intellectual property portfolio.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to transition research into scalable production systems.
• Mentor AI scientists and research engineers, fostering scientific excellence.
• Define research roadmaps, technical standards, and experimentation methodologies.
• Represent the company through technical talks, publications, conferences, and collaborations with academic institutions.
• Conduct rigorous experimentation, benchmarking, and model evaluation to ensure scientific validity and measurable business impact.

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, Computational Linguistics, Robotics, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated record of published papers in leading AI conferences or journals (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, AAAI, IJCAI).
• Deep expertise in machine learning, deep learning, and modern AI architectures.
• Strong programming skills in Python.
• Experience with one or more AI frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX.
• Proven experience developing and evaluating large-scale AI models.
• Strong understanding of model optimization, distributed training, and scalable AI infrastructure.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and technical leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with foundation models, LLMs, multimodal AI, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agents, or reinforcement learning.
• Experience with distributed GPU training and high-performance computing environments.
• Track record of patents or open-source contributions.
• Experience leading cross-functional research initiatives.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience supervising or mentoring research scientists.

Success Metrics

• Delivery of high-impact AI research with measurable business value.
• Successful deployment of research innovations into production.
• Publications in premier AI venues and contributions to the organizations IP portfolio.
• Technical leadership and mentorship of research teams.
• Advancement of the company’s long-term AI research roadmap.