Senior AI Researcher

About Knowdis.ai

KnowDis AI is a research-driven startup building cutting-edge solutions in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Generative AI. Our AI tools are designed to automate and enhance business processes, including content generation, information retrieval, and document understanding. We work with clients across industries such as e-commerce, fashion, banking, and pharma, helping them unlock value through enterprise-ready AI solutions.

Role overview

- Expected to work on e-commerce search problems involving large volumes of complex, real-world structured and unstructured text data, image data, ontologies and databases.

- Expected to lead small teams of junior AI researchers and take ownership of solving problems

- Expected to stay aware of AI research by reading recent papers in AI / ML/ DL / NLP / Computer Vision and make use of the state of the art in such areas for solving problems

- Should be comfortable in analysing data, performing error analysis, and debugging, tuning and modifying research code based on such analysis to optimise performance.

- The ideal candidate should be willing to get to the heart of a problem by asking deep questions and then thinking out of the box to find solutions.

Educational Qualification:

- PhD in CS / ECE / EE / AI / ML / Data Science, OR

- MS / MTech in CS / ECE / EE / AI / ML / Data Science with >5 years of work experience in AI research and development

Publication Track Record:

(Co-)author (and ideally, first author) of at least 3 published research papers in CORE A* / CORE A venues in AI / ML / DL / NLP / Computer Vision conferences

Knowledge / Skills

- Strong fundamental knowledge in Deep Learning (e.g. encoder-decoder model, transformer, CNN, GAN, etc.) and Machine Learning (e.g. generative and discriminative classification, regression, dimensionality reduction, clustering, etc) models and algorithms

- Comfortable with fundamental concepts of Probability & Statistics, Linear Algebra and Optimization

- Strong fundamental knowledge of Data Structures and Algorithms

Coding

- Python with expertise in packages for ML, Statistics, Data handling such as Scikit-learn, Scipy, Numpy, Matplotlib, Pandas, and Tensorflow (Essential)

- C/C++/Java (Preferred)

- Knowledge of state of the art in research in either NLP or Computer Vision

Communication and collaboration skills

- Fluent in spoken and written English

- Ability to work and collaborate in teams

Experience

- Hands-on experience with training, tuning and executing deep learning models

- Hands-on experience with modifying deep learning research code

- Formal experience (e.g. as part of a college curriculum or company project) in leading ML / DL projects

- Formal experience in working towards and meeting deadlines

Why join KnowDis.ai

This role offers the opportunity to shape next-generation AI products at the intersection of commerce and machine intelligence. You will work closely with founders and cutting-edge AI teams to build scalable systems that redefine how users discover products and information in real-world production environments.

Selection Process:

- Interested Candidates are mandatorily required to apply through this listing on ZigyaAI. Only applications received through this posting will be evaluated further.

- Shortlisted candidates may be required to appear in a Screening interview administered by ZigyaAI

- Candidates selected after the ZigyaAI screening rounds will be interviewed by KnowDis

Skills Required
Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Pandas, Tensorflow, Numpy, Matplotlib, Scipy, Java, Python