NLP research engineer

Kr Labs; United States; Remote; USD 45,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Kr Labs in Vienna-based remote role is building and improving open-source NLP and ML libraries as part of a research-focused engineering team. You work on extending retrieval-augmented generation to knowledge graphs, including learning rule-based models that convert text into knowledge graph triples.

The role emphasizes core software library development, collaboration with academic partners, and contributions to open-source projects, with a flexible remote setup and occasional travel to

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering and programming experience.
• Background in natural language processing, machine learning, or both.
• Interest in research-oriented development and open-source software.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain core software libraries supporting the research project.
• Extend knowledge graph capabilities in retrieval-augmented generation systems.
• Apply and improve methods for learning rule-based text-to-triple models.
• Work with academic research partners and contribute to a collaborative engineering effort.

Skills

Software engineering

NLP

ML

Open-source

Job description

Role overview

Build and improve open-source NLP and machine learning libraries as part of a research-focused engineering team. The work centers on extending retrieval-augmented generation to knowledge graphs, including methods for learning rule-based models that turn text into knowledge graph triples.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain core software libraries supporting the research project.
• Extend knowledge graph capabilities in retrieval-augmented generation systems.
• Apply and improve methods for learning rule-based text-to-triple models.
• Work with academic research partners and contribute to a collaborative engineering effort.

Requirements

• Strong software engineering and programming experience.
• Background in natural language processing, machine learning, or both.
• Interest in research-oriented development and open-source software.

Benefits and work setup

• Full-time remote work based in Vienna, with regular partner meetings and occasional travel to Budapest, up to twice per quarter.
• PhD study alongside the role is encouraged but not required.
• Minimum gross annual pay is €45,738 under the applicable collective agreement; higher pay may be discussed.