AI Research Manager

Harnham; United States; Remote; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A pioneering financial services company is seeking an AI Research Manager to drive innovation in artificial intelligence for legal and financial applications. This fully remote role offers a competitive salary and the chance to work on cutting-edge NLP technologies, contributing to impactful AI products that reshape the industry. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in applied NLP and a strong educational background.

Benefits

Performance bonus

Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision

Generous PTO

Remote work flexibility

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of professional experience in NLP or LLM development.
• Experience with deploying NLP models in production environments.
• Publication record in respected AI/NLP venues is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement NLP architectures for legal-financial applications.
• Lead innovation from prototyping to production in NLP systems.
• Collaborate with teams to align AI capabilities with strategic goals.

Skills

NLP

Machine Learning

AI System Development

Python

Agile Methodologies

Education

PhD or Master’s degree in Computer Science, AI, or related field

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

HuggingFace

spaCy

Job description

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Building AI/ML & Data/Software Engineering Teams Across The US

AI Research Manager

Location: Fully Remote

Compensation: $250,000 – $300,000 base salary + performance bonus + comprehensive benefits

About the Company:

We are working with a pioneering financial services organization operating at the intersection of law and AI innovation. This company is redefining how AI technologies support legal and financial professionals—driving efficiency, insight, and scale in a highly regulated industry. As they expand, they’re investing heavily in cutting-edge NLP and LLM research to power their next generation of AI products. This is a rare opportunity to contribute to AI innovation with tangible, real-world impact.

THE ROLE

As an AI Research Manager , you will be central to developing and deploying advanced natural language processing solutions that tackle complex challenges in the legal-financial domain. Reporting into senior technical leadership, your work will span early-stage research through production-grade implementation.

Key Responsibilities:

• AI Model Innovation: Design and implement novel NLP and LLM architectures tailored for domain-specific applications across legal and financial datasets.
• Research to Production: Own projects from prototyping through production, leading 0-to-1 development of scalable NLP systems.
• Model Optimization: Enhance model performance through fine-tuning, prompt engineering, retrieval augmentation, and inference optimization.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product, engineering, and executive teams to align AI capabilities with strategic goals.
• Thought Leadership: Help shape internal best practices in applied NLP/LLM development, and contribute to research papers and IP generation.
• Mentorship & Guidance: Provide technical insight and mentorship to junior researchers and engineers.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

We’re seeking an experienced, hands-on NLP practitioner with a deep understanding of AI system development:

• 5–8 years of professional experience in applied NLP or LLM-based system development.
• Strong foundation in building and deploying NLP models in production settings.
• Proficiency with Python and modern ML/NLP frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, HuggingFace, spaCy, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience scaling models across large, unstructured datasets.
• Applied research background with a proven track record of translating research into real-world tools and platforms.
• Deep understanding of LLM architectures, fine-tuning, prompt engineering, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
• Excellent communication skills and comfort working in agile, high-ownership environments.
• PhD or Master’s degree in Computer Science, AI, Computational Linguistics, or related field (PhD preferred).
• Publication record in respected AI/NLP venues (e.g., ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICLR) is highly desirable.

THE BENEFITS

• Competitive Compensation: Base salary of $250,000 – $300,000 + performance bonus
• Innovation Ownership: Drive the development of novel NLP applications and contribute to IP
• Remote Flexibility: Work from anywhere in the U.S.
• Full Benefits: Health, dental, vision, 401(k), generous PTO, and more

HOW TO APPLY

To explore this opportunity, please submit your resume to Luc Simpson-Kent using the Apply link on this page.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Analyst and Research

• Industries

  Financial Services and Research Services

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