7h ago

Senior Applied Scientist, Search & Information Retrieval

US

$100k-$145k / year

full-timesenior Remotelegal

πŸ›  Tech Stack

πŸ’Ό About This Role

You'll design and deploy large-scale search and information retrieval systems for a legal and professional intelligence platform. Your work will directly impact how professionals access complex information globally. This role blends machine learning research with production engineering.

🎯 What You'll Do

  • Design and deploy large-scale IR systems for search relevance and ranking.
  • Own end-to-end NLP and IR model development from research to production.
  • Develop robust evaluation frameworks with offline and online metrics.
  • Collaborate with engineering on MLOps pipelines and model monitoring.

πŸ“‹ Requirements

  • PhD in CS, AI, NLP, or IR, or Master's with equivalent industry experience.
  • 5+ years of post-degree experience building production IR and NLP systems.
  • Strong publication record in top-tier venues (ACL, EMNLP, NeurIPS, etc.).
  • Python and PyTorch/Transformers expertise.

✨ Nice to Have

  • Experience with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch.
  • Cloud ML platforms (AWS SageMaker or AzureML).
  • Legal-domain search/NLP experience.

🎁 Benefits & Perks

  • πŸ’° Competitive base salary $100k-$145k CAD plus bonus.
  • 🏠 Flexible work arrangements including 8 weeks/year work from anywhere.
  • 🩺 Comprehensive health benefits medical, dental, vision, life, disability.
  • πŸ–οΈ Paid time off and mental health days.
  • πŸ“š Continuous learning and career development programs.

πŸ“¨ Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks Β· AI estimate

  1. 1Recruiter phone screenΒ· 30 min
  2. 2Technical interviewΒ· 60 min
  3. 3Onsite / virtual interviewsΒ· 2-3 hours
0 0 0