Senior & Principal Applied Scientists

Ll Oefentherapie; Hagåtña (GU); On-site; USD 115,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle is forming Oracle Health & Analytics to advance Generative AI in healthcare and enterprise solutions. As a Senior or Principal Applied Scientist, you will shape AI strategy, work on large language models, and drive production-grade AI offerings.

You will mentor scientists, collaborate with product managers, and lead cross-functional teams to deploy scalable AI systems using the latest ML/DL technologies and tools.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing scalable AI models for production.
• Deep knowledge of ML/DL architectures including Transformers and training methods.
• Hands-on with latest LLM frameworks and plugins such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, and VectorStores.
• Experience leading and mentoring scientists in a fast-paced R&D environment.
• Strong publication record in top journals or conferences.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers to translate business requirements into AI projects.
• Collaborate with technical leads to deliver models and integrate services into production.
• Coordinate with multinational teams to drive projects from research to deployment.
• Develop healthcare and enterprise AI services leveraging generative AI and deep learning.
• Design and review architecture of AI solutions, data, model, training, and evaluation.
• Lead and mentor applied scientists on best practices and production readiness.
• Develop production code and advocate strong coding standards.
• Participate in project planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Identify and mitigate risk at the intersection of business and engineering.

Skills

NLP

Programming Languages

Education

PhD in CS/Math/Stats/Physics/Linguistics

Masters or Bachelors in related field with 3+ years

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

VectorStores

Retrievers

LLMOps (MLFlow)

LMQL

Guidance

Job description

• Does this position require a security clearance? No
• Years See Job Description
• Applicants Less than 10 applicants
• Applicants are required to read, write, and speak the following languages English

Job Description

Building off our Cloud momentum, Oracle has formed a new organization - Oracle Health & Analytics. This team will focus on product development and product strategy for Oracle Health, while building out a complete platform supporting modernized, automated healthcare. This is a net new line of business, constructed with an entrepreneurial spirit that promotes an energetic and creative environment. We are unencumbered and will need your contribution to make it a world class engineering center with the focus on excellence.

As our Senior or Principal Applied Scientist, you will play a key role in shaping the future of AI at Oracle, with an emphasis on Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI. Your contributions will be pivotal in delivering our new Generative AI-powered solutions for healthcare and enterprise customers.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers to translate business and product requirements into AI projects.
• Collaborate with fellow technical leaders to ensure the successful and timely delivery of models and integration of services.
• Coordinate with multinational teams to drive projects from research POC to production.
• Develop new healthcare and enterprise services and features leveraging recent advances in generative AI, machine learning and deep learning.
• Design and review the architecture of AI solutions, including data, model, training, and evaluation, employing best practices.
• Lead and mentor applied scientists.
• Develop production code and advocate for the best coding and engineering practices.
• Participate in project planning, review, and retrospective sessions.
• Identify and mitigate risks in our plans and executions, especially at the intersection of business and engineering.

Qualifications and Experience

• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing scalable AI models for production.
• Deep technical understanding of Machine Learning, Deep Learning architectures like Transformers, training methods, and optimizers.
• Practical experience with the latest technologies in LLM and generative AI, such as parameter-efficient fine-tuning, instruction fine-tuning, and advanced prompt engineering techniques like Tree-of-Thoughts.
• Hands-on experience with emerging LLM frameworks and plugins, such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, VectorStores and Retrievers, LLM Cache, LLMOps (MLFlow), LMQL, Guidance, etc.
• Proven experience in designing data collection/annotation solutions and systematic evaluation necessary for developing and maintaining production systems.
• Commitment to staying up-to-date with the field and applying academic advances to solve complex business problems, and bringing them into production.
• Strong publication record, including as a lead author or reviewer, in top-tier journals or conferences.
• Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring early-career scientists.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of healthcare and experience delivering healthcare AI models are a significant plus.
• Familiarity and experience with the latest advancements in multimodal modeling is a plus.

Education

• PhD Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Linguistics or a related field with a dissertation, thesis or final project centered in Machine Learning and Deep Learning) with 1+ years relevant experience is preferred but not a must; OR
• Masters or Bachelor’s in related field with 3+ years relevant experience

Oracle is committed to incorporating generative AI into our applications and workflows for business users. This role presents a unique opportunity to work on pioneering AI technologies and contribute to Oracle's Generative AI strategy. At Oracle, we value diversity and encourage continuous learning for career growth. Come join our team to make a significant difference!

Career Level - IC3 & IC4
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Qualifications

Disclaimer:
Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $114,600 to $234,600 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.
Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

• 1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• 2. Short term disability and long term disability
• 3. Life insurance and AD&D
• 4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• 5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• 6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• 8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 9. 11 paid holidays
• 10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• 11. Paid parental leave
• 12. Adoption assistance
• 13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• 14. Financial planning and group legal
• 15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - IC3

Required Skills

• NLP (Natural Language Processing)
• Programming Languages

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