Lead NLP & Conversational AI Engineer - Remote

Placements24; Queenstown; Hybrid; NZD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible hours

Dev budget

Health insurance

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Lead AI Engineer specializing in NLP and Conversational AI to drive development of intelligent language systems. You will lead a team of engineers, design, build, and deploy NLP models, chatbots, and virtual assistants in a fully remote setup.

The role requires a strong academic background, proven leadership, and hands-on expertise with transformers, Python, and cloud-based MLOps. You will collaborate with product teams to shape roadmaps and ensure scalable,

Qualifications

• Advanced NLP and conversational AI development experience.
• Proven leadership of AI/NLP projects and teams.
• Strong knowledge of ML/DL techniques and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and deployment of NLP models and conversational AI.
• Mentor AI/NLP engineers and foster a high-performance remote team.
• Oversee NLP project lifecycles from ideation to deployment.
• Collaborate with product managers to define roadmaps and features.
• Advance MLOps practices and scalable software engineering.

Skills

NLP/Conversational AI

Leadership

Python

Cloud platforms

MLOps

Transformers

Team mentoring

Education

Master's or PhD in CS/AI

Tools

spaCy

NLTK

Hugging Face

Git

Docker

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Lead AI Engineer specializing in NLP and Conversational AI to drive development of intelligent language systems. You will lead a team of engineers, design, build, and deploy NLP models, chatbots, and virtual assistants in a fully remote setup.

The role requires a strong academic background, proven leadership, and hands-on expertise with transformers, Python, and cloud-based MLOps. You will collaborate with product teams to shape roadmaps and ensure scalable,