Senior Research Scientist, Conversational AI & LLMs (Remote)

Voice AI Space; City of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI technology firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Research Scientist to pioneer advancements in large language models and conversational AI. The role involves leading complex research projects, innovating model architectures, and collaborating across teams to deploy cutting-edge solutions. Ideal candidates will have a PhD and extensive experience in deep learning and NLP, along with strong programming skills in Python.

Benefits

Participation in employee share options plan

25 days holiday, plus bank holidays

Flexible working from home policy

Work from outside of the UK for up to 6 months each year

24/7 health and life support program

Enhanced parental leave

Bike2Work scheme

Annual learning and development allowance

WFH allowance for essential equipment

Company-funded fertility and family-forming programs

Menopause care programme

Private healthcare and dental cover

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in deep learning.
• A proven track record of research innovation, including published work.
• Experience leading projects end-to-end, from ideation to deployment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute complex research projects with clear business impact.
• Design novel post-training strategies for conversational AI.
• Conduct empirical studies to assess model performance.

Skills

Deep learning

Python

Reinforcement learning

Natural Language Processing

Conversational AI

Education

PhD in Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

PyTorch

Job description

A leading AI technology firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Research Scientist to pioneer advancements in large language models and conversational AI. The role involves leading complex research projects, innovating model architectures, and collaborating across teams to deploy cutting-edge solutions. Ideal candidates will have a PhD and extensive experience in deep learning and NLP, along with strong programming skills in Python.