Remote Lead AI Research Scientist - NLP & LLMs

Placements24; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Stock options

Professional development budget

Home office setup allowance

Flexible hours

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Lead AI Research Scientist (NLP) to guide a team of researchers and engineers in developing state-of-the-art NLP models. You will drive research in text generation, sentiment analysis, and knowledge graphs, with a focus on responsible AI and scalable deployment.

The role is remote-first with global reach, based remotely but focusing on Johannesburg, South Africa. You will mentor talent, publish findings, and shape the research roadmap for next-generation AI solutions.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent research experience focused on NLP.
• 10+ years of relevant research experience, with leadership experience.
• Proven track record with publications and patents.
• Strong understanding of ML theory, NLP, and distributed computing.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of AI researchers and engineers in NLP.
• Design and implement novel ML algorithms for NLP tasks.
• Research and publish findings in top AI conferences and journals.
• Collaborate with product teams to translate research into features.

Skills

NLP expertise

Deep learning

Leadership experience

PyTorch

Transformers

Hugging Face

Education

PhD in CS/AI

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Hugging Face Transformers

spaCy

Job description

Placements24 seeks a Lead AI Research Scientist (NLP) to guide a team of researchers and engineers in developing state-of-the-art NLP models. You will drive research in text generation, sentiment analysis, and knowledge graphs, with a focus on responsible AI and scalable deployment.

The role is remote-first with global reach, based remotely but focusing on Johannesburg, South Africa. You will mentor talent, publish findings, and shape the research roadmap for next-generation AI solutions.