AI Research Scientist
AI Research Scientist explores novel LLM modeling, NLP, and reasoning approaches for healthcare applications, prototypes capabilities, and deploys them into production with engineering and product teams. Requires strong ML/NLP background with publications and hands-on deep learning experience.
About the job
What You’ll Do
- Explore new LLM prompt optimization, robustness of LLM applications and modeling approaches in machine learning, NLP, and reasoning.
- Prototype and validate AI capabilities that expand Collate’s product roadmap.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and design to bring research into production.
- Develop evaluation frameworks to measure safety, reliability, and fairness.
- Share findings with the broader AI community through publications and open collaboration.
- Help shape the long-term research agenda at Collate.
What We’re Looking For
- Strong background in machine learning, NLP, or related fields, with publications or equivalent experience.
- Ability to balance theoretical complexity and simplicity of maintaining and improving real world AI applications in life science.
- Experience troubleshooting NLP performance gaps and improving applications using online and offline evaluation.
- Experience in translation is an added bonus.
- Hands-on experience building and experimenting with deep learning models (e.g., PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow).
- Ability to bridge theory and practice — from new research ideas to real-world deployments.
- Curiosity-driven, with a track record of pushing beyond the obvious to uncover new possibilities.
- Motivation to apply AI research in Life sciences, where rigor, safety, and impact matter deeply.
- Excitement to work in an early-stage environment where you help define not just the research, but the product and company direction.
Skills
Machine Learning, NLP, LLMs, PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, Deep Learning, Prompt Engineering, Evaluation Frameworks
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