AI Research Engineer - NLP & Generative AI

About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated AI Research Engineer with a strong background in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Generative AI to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will be passionate about advancing open-source LLMs, embedding techniques, and vector databases, and will have hands-on experience building classification models. Experience in the customer support industry and knowledge of MLOps / LLMOps practices will be a strong plus.

Requirements

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch , TensorFlow ).
• 4+ years of experience
• Solid understanding of NLP algorithms , transformer architectures , and language model training / fine-tuning .
• Experience with open-source LLMs (e.g., LLaMA, Mistral, Falcon, etc.).
• Expertise in embedding techniques (e.g., OpenAI, HuggingFace, SentenceTransformers) and their applications in semantic search and RAG.
• Experience with vector databases such as Weaviate , Pinecone , FAISS , or Milvus .
• Hands-on experience building NLP classification models .
• Familiarity with MLOps tools (e.g., MLflow, DVC, Kubeflow) and LLMOps platforms for managing LLM pipelines.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

Benefits

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