Senior Applied Scientist

• Office Headquarters: Lower Manhattan, NY (in-office three days a week)
• The U.S. Government agencies we work with have contracts that require all personnel working on their corresponding contracts to have U.S. citizenship – do you meet this requirement?

We are seeking a Senior Applied Scientist to join a highly motivated AI research team having a huge impact company wide and supporting the company's effort to lead AI innovations. The team drives innovative initiatives on the intersection of AI/ML and NLP. This is a hand-on role that will be primarily focused on driving the design, development and delivery of new transformative AI/ML solutions to help our clients “Unleash Their Genius”. The ideal candidate will have the right aptitude and an imaginative, creative mindset, and has extensive experience with AI/ML research and solution delivery within an industry/academic setup. The individual will be comfortable working in an fast-paced and innovation-focused environment, including evaluation of trends and technologies to assess their feasibility and implementation of viable solutions.

Accrete is an AI software company, enabling its customers to make better decisions, faster. Accrete is on a mission to create AI so powerful it amplifies human reasoning and enables enterprises to grow in previously unimaginable ways. Accrete’s solutions enable the Department of Defense to predict covert behavior from foreign adversaries seeking to influence the supply chain; the U.S. Air Force to identify vulnerabilities in microprocessor firmware; major music labels to identify superstars before competitors; auto dealers to automatically generate marketing content from vehicle feature lists; employee benefits brokers to identify the shortest path to the hottest leads; and more.

To learn more about Accrete, please visit our website: Accrete.ai

Responsibilities:

• Develop machine-learning or deep-learning models and /optimize/customize/refine them
• Use sophisticated models to create solutions, leveraging state-of-the-art academic research and tools, and iterate on it to improve
• Design scalable systems using innovative architecture
• Document use cases and develop component and interaction (sequence) diagrams
• Design, development and delivery of tested code in an innovative and evolutionary environment
• Work in teams, and provide effective, constructive feedback to the delivery leader
• Manage client expectations and work with an agile mindset with machine learning and AI technology

Requirements:

• Must have at least a Doctorate degree in any computationally-intensive mathematical field (statistics, computer science/engineering, applied mathematics, etc.) from a top-tier university or a research organization, including 2+ years of graduate-level research experience
• 2 - 5 + years of work experience in a cutting-edge industry
• Obsessed with data; analytical and rigorous with a thorough understanding of fundamentals, e.g. linear algebra, probability and statistics, machine learning and optimization
• Experience in prototyping and deploying machine learning approaches
• Experience with one of the following: Tensorflow, PyTorch, or any other deep learning/machine learning framework
• In-depth understanding and practical experience of Artificial Intelligence, Quantitative and Qualitative Analytics, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and Unstructured data analytics
• Several years of experience tackling hard data science and machine learning problems with the Python data science stack
• Strong willingness and aptitude for learning new concepts and analytical approaches
• Comfortable with probabilistic modeling
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with a team

Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary, benefits package, and opportunities for growth and advancement within the company. If you are an innovative and results-driven leader, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Accrete is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.