Senior AI Research Scientist - NLP Innovation & Leadership

Placements24; Midrand; Hybrid; ZAR 1.000.000 - 1.600.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health and retirement benefits

Conferences & training opportunities

Performance-based bonuses

Generous leave

Zusammenfassung

Placements24 in Midrand seeks a Senior AI Research Scientist to advance NLP research and deploy cutting-edge AI solutions within production systems. The role focuses on driving research in large language models, sentiment analysis, and machine translation, while mentoring a team of researchers and engineers.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate theory into practical applications, publish in top venues, and contribute to strategy and innovation in a forward-thinking

Qualifikationen

• PhD or Master’s in CS/AI/ML or related quantitative field.
• Proven NLP research track record with publications.
• Strong Python and deep learning framework proficiency (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras).
• Experience with NLP libraries (spaCy, NLTK, Hugging Face Transformers).
• Cloud and big data technologies exposure; ability to deploy ML models.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills; ability to mentor teams.

Aufgaben

• Conduct cutting-edge NLP research including LLMs, sentiment analysis, text generation, and translation.
• Design and implement novel AI algorithms to solve business problems.
• Collaborate with engineers and product managers to deploy AI in production.
• Stay updated on AI/ML advancements, especially NLP developments.
• Publish findings in top conferences/journals and mentor junior staff.
• Benchmark and optimize AI models; contribute to AI strategy.

Kenntnisse

NLP leadership

Research mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Ausbildung

PhD or Master's in CS/AI/ML

Tools

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Keras

spaCy

NLTK

Hugging Face Transformers

AWS

Azure

GCP

Jobbeschreibung

Placements24 in Midrand seeks a Senior AI Research Scientist to advance NLP research and deploy cutting-edge AI solutions within production systems. The role focuses on driving research in large language models, sentiment analysis, and machine translation, while mentoring a team of researchers and engineers.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate theory into practical applications, publish in top venues, and contribute to strategy and innovation in a forward-thinking