Senior Research Engineer

Sony Research India Pvt. Ltd.; Bengaluru; Remote; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Research India is seeking a Senior Research Engineer to translate research ideas into production-oriented prototypes, with a strong publication record in top-tier conferences. The role focuses on recommender systems, personalization, causal inference, and user engagement modeling, with remote work within India.

Ideal candidates will have 2–6 years in ML roles, hands-on experience with LLMs and generative AI, and a solid foundation in Python and modern ML frameworks. A Ph.D.

Qualifications

• 2–6 years of experience in a machine learning-related role.
• Hands-on development with LLMs, generative AI, and recommendation engines.
• Excellent proficiency in Python and modern ML frameworks.
• Strong theoretical understanding of ML algorithms and deep learning architectures.
• A publication record with accepted papers at top-tier venues.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify emerging research trends and translate ideas into functional algorithms.
• Rapidly build prototypes and PoCs from research concepts.
• Run rigorous experiments on large datasets and evaluate model performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional research and engineering teams to shepherd ideas through the pipeline.

Skills

Python

ML frameworks

Deep learning

Publication track record

Problem solving

Communication

Team collaboration

Self-driven

Education

Ph.D. or Master’s in CS/AI/Data Science

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Sony Research India is driving cutting-edge research and development in various locations around the globe, including laboratories in Japan, the United States, Europe, and Asia. We endeavor to create new technology, products, and services while sustaining Sony Group’s diverse businesses in electronics, entertainment, and financial fields. For our research center to blaze a trail in the latest technologies, we seek to foster the growth of a diverse pool of engineering talent and create a technology talent bank to drive research excellence worldwide. Sony Research India is offering outstanding career opportunities around frontline technologies such as AI and data analytics.

We are seeking a talented and highly skilled Senior Research Engineer to join our dynamic and innovative team. If you're passionate about translating research ideas into production-oriented prototypes and have a good publication record in top-tier conferences, we'd love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify emerging research trends, critically evaluate academic papers, and translate theoretical ideas into functional algorithms.
• Rapidly build working prototypes and demos, iterating on promising approaches to scale them into robust PoC's.
• A major part of the work involves tackling complex challenges in recommendation systems, personalization, causal inference, and counterfactual user engagement modeling.
• Run rigorous experiments across large datasets, evaluate model performance statistically, and collaborate closely with cross-functional research and engineering teams to shepherd ideas through the entire pipeline: concept, algorithm, prototype, and PoC.

Work Location:

Remote within India

Education:

Ph.D. or a Master’s degree in Computer Science, AI/ML, Data Science, Statistics, or a related quantitative field.

Experience:

Must-Have:

• 2-6 years of professional experience in a machine learning-related role.
• Practical, hands on development experience with LLMs, generative AI, and recommendation engines, along with the ability to independently parse and implement research papers.
• Excellent Proficiency in Python programming and modern ML frameworks.
• Strong theoretical understanding of machine learning algorithms, techniques, and methodologies.
• Solid understanding of deep learning architectures and frameworks.
• A publication track record with accepted papers at top-tier A*/A venues (such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, IJCAI, ACL, or EMNLP).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think creatively to develop innovative solutions.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• A self-driven attitude with a passion for staying current with the latest trends and developments in machine learning.

Good to Have:

• Working Exposure with projects related to foundation models, causal ML, user modeling.
• Prior working experience translating research ideas into production-oriented prototypes or PoCs is preferred.

Our Values:

• Dreams & Curiosity: Pioneer the future with dreams and curiosity.
• Diversity: Pursue the creation of the very best by harnessing diversity and varying viewpoints.
• Integrity & Sincerity: Earn the trust of the Sony brand through ethical and responsible conduct.
• Sustainability: Fulfill our stakeholder responsibilities through disciplined business practices.

Sony Research India is committed to equal opportunity in all its employment practices, policies, and procedures and to ensuring that no worker or potential worker will receive less favorable treatment due to any characteristic protected under applicable local laws.