Director of Research
Stellar Development FoundationFull Time
Senior (5 to 8 years)
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This US-based position offers the flexibility of remote work or can be based in our dynamic New York City office.
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Candidates need a Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field and at least 5 years of management experience in an industrial research environment, plus experience with using AI to enable world-class products.
You will lead a growing, interdisciplinary team of AI scientists and engineers performing research to advance the state of the art across areas like Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Multimodal, Knowledge Graphs, Recommendation, and Search.
Emphasize your profound research background in NLP, LLMs, and Deep Learning, proven ability to manage and mentor scientific teams, experience overseeing AI product development from conception to implementation, and thought leadership through publications and talks—even if you don't meet every qualification.
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