Yochana · 12 hours ago
Artificial Intelligence Researcher
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$200K/yr - $230K/yr
15+ years expYochana is seeking an experienced Applied AI Research & Engineering Researcher to lead their AI division. This role involves defining the ML/AI research agenda, developing novel algorithms, and overseeing their deployment into production while managing a team of researchers.
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Hiring Manager
Manohar Suriboyina
Responsibilities
Set the Technical Roadmap: Define the multi-year research and engineering roadmap for the AI platform, prioritizing projects that solve critical, high-complexity technical challenges (e.g., model efficiency, interpretability, real-time inference)
Lead the team in designing, implementing, and optimizing advanced deep learning, generative AI, and reinforcement learning models from scratch, pushing the state-of-the-art for our domain
Monitor academic research and industry trends to identify and quickly prototype cutting-edge techniques suitable for production deployment
Establish and enforce best practices for MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), ensuring automation, reproducibility, version control, and CI/CD for all models
Personally review and approve the technical architecture for all deployed AI systems, ensuring scalability, low latency, and fault tolerance
Drive research into optimizing computational costs for large models, including strategies for model compression, quantization, and efficient hardware utilization
Recruit, mentor, and manage a high-performing team of Applied AI Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers, and Researchers
Foster a technically demanding and research-driven culture, encouraging publication, patent filing, and open-source contributions
Ensure all core AI codebases adhere to the highest standards of quality, documentation, and maintainability
Qualification
Required
15+ years of hands-on experience in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, or AI Research, with a focus on building and deploying complex models
5+ years of technical leadership experience managing a team of Data Scientists and ML Engineers
Expert-level proficiency in ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow) and data science languages (Python/R)
Experience building commercial products focused on Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs)
Demonstrated expertise in at least two major AI domains (e.g., Deep Learning, NLP, Computer Vision)
Proven track record of success in client-facing or internal product-focused roles
Deep practical knowledge of MLOps principles and cloud-native ML services (Google Cloud Vertex AI, SageMaker, Azure ML)
Ph.D. or Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a highly quantitative field, OR equivalent demonstrated technical leadership experience
Preferred
Strong portfolio of research publications (ICML, NeurIPS, KDD, etc.) or patents related to applied AI
Extensive experience with distributed computing frameworks (Spark, Ray) for large-scale model training and inference
Proven ability to manage large-scale AI projects from concept to production
Company
Yochana
Yochana: Your Trusted Workforce Partner Across North America & Beyond For over 16 years, Yochana has been a leading talent acquisition firm, connecting businesses with top professionals across industries.
201-500 employees
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