Senior NLP Research Scientist (Hybrid)

Placements24; Pietermaritzburg; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Conference attendance

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior AI Research Scientist (NLP) in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. The role focuses on designing, implementing, and evaluating advanced NLP models and algorithms for real-world AI systems.

The ideal candidate will hold a PhD or MSc in a related field, publish in top venues, and lead through collaboration with software engineers and data scientists in a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, or a related field.
• Proven track record of research in Natural Language Processing with publications in top conferences (ACL, EMNLP, NeurIPS).
• Strong programming in Python and experience with DL frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or JAX.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement novel NLP models and algorithms for text generation, sentiment analysis, machine translation, and information extraction.
• Study state-of-the-art NLP techniques and architectures (Transformers, LSTMs) and publish findings.
• Mentor junior researchers and contribute to the technical vision of the team.

Skills

NLP

Deep Learning

Research

Python

Education

PhD or MSc in CS/AI/Computational Linguistics

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

JAX

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior AI Research Scientist (NLP) in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. The role focuses on designing, implementing, and evaluating advanced NLP models and algorithms for real-world AI systems.

The ideal candidate will hold a PhD or MSc in a related field, publish in top venues, and lead through collaboration with software engineers and data scientists in a hybrid work setting.