Applied Scientist

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Manhattan / $60 - $70 hour

INFO

Salary

RATE:

$60 - $70

Location

LOCATION

Manhattan

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Contract

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and run experiments to solve search, NLP, and GenAI problems.
  • Build and fine‑tune models using modern deep learning techniques.
  • Develop retrieval‑augmented generation systems (LLMs grounded in data).
  • Partner with engineering to productionize models and features.
  • Evaluate model quality using structured metrics and testing frameworks.

Requirements

Must have
  • MS or PhD in Computer Science, ML, or a related field.
  • 1 to 2 years of hands‑on ML experience (industry or applied research).
  • Strong Python skills and experience with PyTorch or similar frameworks.
  • Experience in NLP, information retrieval, or generative AI.
  • Experience working in shared codebases with version control.
Nice to have
  • Experience evaluating large language models (LLM eval frameworks or custom tools).
  • Experience with RAG systems, agent workflows, or tool‑using LLMs.
  • Publications in ML or NLP venues (NeurIPS, ACL, EMNLP, ICLR, SIGIR).
  • Exposure to MLOps or production ML pipelines.

CONTACT

Michael DeVita

Recruitment Consultant

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