Research Scientist

Seekr.com; Carlsbad (CA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Seekr.com is seeking a Research Scientist to enhance its News Platform through innovative research and development, focusing on the evaluation of document quality and misinformation detection. The successful candidate will contribute to impactful projects in a dynamic, fully remote environment while enjoying competitive benefits and flexible work conditions.

Benefits

100% remote position

Company investment in training and development

Employee Equity Program

401k Retirement plan with matching

Unlimited PTO

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a research lab or equivalent.
• End-to-end experience in research projects.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and visual communication.

Responsibilities

• Conduct independent research and lead data collection efforts.
• Partner with product managers and engineers for research questions.
• Sort through published work to find potential solutions.

Skills

Natural Language Processing

Machine Learning

Statistical Methods

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Graduate degree in Computer Science

PhD preferred

Tools

Python

R

Spark

PySpark

Job description

Seekr is dedicated to building solutions that every individual and enterprise can trust.

Join our team

If you are forward thinking, curious, and passionate about the future of trustworthy AI technology, you are in the right place. Our remote team is everywhere, with employees currently residing in 18 states across the U.S. and offices in Virginia, Texas, and Florida. We work in a vibrant atmosphere that seeks personal and professional development and we offer flexibility and competitive benefits.

Location: Carlsbad, California OR Fully Remote

About the Opportunity:

We are looking for a Research Scientist to join our team and drive research and development efforts for our News Platform and systems that evaluate the quality of documents and detect misinformation.

From your first day, you will make a valuable — and valued — contribution. We are a fast-growing company where no one is a bystander. We offer you the opportunity to delight millions of consumers around the world while gaining meaningful experience across a variety of disciplines.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Partner with product managers, machine learning scientists and engineers to formalize appropriate research questions that are relevant to our News Platform.
• Conduct independent research, perform extensive literature reviews, sort through prior published work to find potential solutions.
• Design experiments and lead data collection efforts.
• Work with substantial amounts of text data and leverage statistical and machine learning methods.
• Communicate and transfer solutions to production together with scientists and engineers.
• Communicate ideas, methods, opportunities, and results to cross functional partners.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Graduate degree (PhD preferred) in Computer Science, Linguistics, Statistics, Computational Social Sciences, or other quantitative fields.
• 3+ years of professional experience or equivalent experience in a research lab. Recent PhD graduates are especially encouraged.
• Broad experience with various applications of NLP (part-of-speech tagging, dependency parsing, entity recognition and extraction etc.)
• Broad experience in machine learning and statistical methods, in at least one of the following areas: experimental design, causal inference, machine learning, reinforcement learning, deep learning.
• End-to-end experience in research projects, including study design, simulation/testing, data cleaning, data analysis, and reporting.
• Proficient with Python or R.
• Experience with Spark, PySpark.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and visual communication.

The following experience is a plus:

• Experience in the news domain (fact checking, detecting misinformation etc.) and knowledge of journalistic principles highly desired.
• Experience in computational journalism is highly desired.
• Publication track record is a big plus!

The US base salary range for this role is between $180,000 and $220,000 annualized plus bonus, equity value (where applicable) and benefits. Your base pay will depend on your experience, location, skills and qualifications.

About the Company:

Seekr is a privately held artificial intelligence company that identifies, rates, and generates reliable content at scale. Seekr's trusted and responsible AI platform comprehensively and uniformly evaluates each piece of content individually against objective, transparent, and explainable standards. Seekr is committed to building a web that people can trust.

Our environment is fast paced, requiring the ability to work autonomously, and hands on from day one, with minimal supervision in an ever-changing environment. You will need to demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills. The right mix of organizational and communication skills will be the key to success. Attention to detail and a proven ability to manage priorities are also essential. We are looking for people ready to lead by example, be selfless in your leadership across teams, collaborate with your peers, and partner with colleagues and external partners.

Company Benefits:

• Working with a smart and talented team to solve the big misinformation problems in news we currently face
• Exciting and cutting-edge technologies at scale
• 100% remote position - work from where you like
• Highly competitive salary
• Company investment in training, certifications, and your professional development
• Company Bonus Plan
• Employee Equity Program
• 401k Retirement plan with matching
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance for you and your family
• Life Insurance / Disability
• Unlimited PTO
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program

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