Senior Applied AI Scientist: Generative AI & LLMs Seattle

Cypress HCM; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Cypress HCM in Seattle, WA seeks a Senior Applied AI Scientist to drive next‑generation ML solutions. This role focuses on generative AI, autonomous agents, LLMs, and deep learning.

You will collaborate with software engineers and product teams to build production‑ready systems using RAG, tool integrations, and multi‑step reasoning, delivering measurable enterprise impact. Requirements include a PhD or equivalent, 3–6+ years in applied AI, strong Python/C++, and experience with

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or equivalent professional experience with demonstrated technical expertise.
• 3-6+ years of industry experience developing applied AI or machine learning solutions.
• Strong programming experience with Python and/or C++.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, and implement advanced machine learning models focused on generative AI, autonomous AI agents, and deep learning technologies.
• Develop production-ready AI systems utilizing LLNs, tool integrations, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), planning workflows, and multi-step reasoning capabilities.
• Build scalable AI solutions that support identity intelligence, fraud detection, risk analytics, search optimization, and related predictive applications.
• Partner with software engineers, ML engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to define requirements and deliver high-impact AI capabilities.
• Design and optimize transformer-based architectures, graph-based learning models, and modern information retrieval techniques.
• Train, fine-tune, and customize foundation models for specialized business use cases when commercially available models do not meet performance expectations.
• Analyze large, complex datasets to uncover insights, improve prediction accuracy, and enhance ML performance.
• Evaluate emerging AI research and rapidly prototype new techniques for production use.
• Contribute to architecture, scalability, monitoring, and continuous improvement of enterprise AI platforms.
• Present technical findings to engineering leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Mentor junior scientists and contribute to technical best practices across the AI organization.

Skills

Python

C++

PyTorch

TensorFlow

JAX

LLMs

NLP

Multi-step reasoning

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or related discipline

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

JAX

Job description

Cypress HCM in Seattle, WA seeks a Senior Applied AI Scientist to drive next‑generation ML solutions. This role focuses on generative AI, autonomous agents, LLMs, and deep learning.

You will collaborate with software engineers and product teams to build production‑ready systems using RAG, tool integrations, and multi‑step reasoning, delivering measurable enterprise impact. Requirements include a PhD or equivalent, 3–6+ years in applied AI, strong Python/C++, and experience with