NLP Researcher

NLP Researcher - London

A Series A funded, design-driven company who are transforming outdated financial infrastructure with modern technology are looking for an NLP Researcher to join their team.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead research initiatives in natural language processing, focusing on designing, implementing, and fine-tuning large language models
• Develop novel approaches to code understanding and analysis using ML/NLP models
• Create and evaluate representations that combine source code with natural language elements
• Conduct experiments and literature reviews to enhance our language modeling capabilities
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data scientists, engineers, and product managers
• Mentor junior researchers and contribute to a positive team environment
• Publish research findings internally and potentially at external conferences/journals
• Develop and maintain evaluation benchmarks for code-related tasks

What we're looking for:

• Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, or related field
• 3-5 years experience in NLP subdomains like sentiment analysis or natural language understanding
• Proficiency in Python and relevant libraries (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face, etc.)
• Strong understanding of machine learning engineering and software development
• Experience with data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model evaluation
• Experience in financial services industry

What's In It For You

• Salary of up to £85,000 dependent on experience
• Opportunity to make significant impact in the NLP field and contribute to innovative solutions
• Work with state-of-the-art technologies and methodologies in machine learning and NLP

Please apply now for immediate consideration!