AI Research Scientist - Machine Translation

Key Skills

Java Programming, Python Programming, C++, C Programming, Scala Programming, Aartificial intelligence, Machine learning techniques

Job Description

The role will entail working alongside a friendly team of experienced researchers to develop Machine Translation and deploy it to our online video conference product
After a massive successful 2020, It is an exciting phase for us at Zoom and we are now looking to set up a new R&D team in Singapore.
 

Why you should consider this role:

• You will be a founding member of the Machine Translation Research team 
• An opportunity to build an AI Lab from scratch 
• An opportunity to solve some cutting-edge NLP problems. Work on interesting challenges that are 100x more demanding at Zoom's scale. 
• A Flexibility in research to drive the vision and direction of our products and services
• An opportunity to create an impact in the society, where billions of users will be using the features developed and recommended by you 
• Enjoy a great culture of inclusivity and collaboration

Basic Qualifications:

• Phd/Masters/Bachelors or equivalent experience in computer science, engineering, statistics, machine learning, mathematics, or in another highly quantitative field
• Depth and breadth in state-of-the-art approaches in natural language processing
• 2+ years of relevant industry MT and ML modelling experience coupled with R&D
• Hands-on experience in machine learning model deployment
• Effective working in a team environment

 
Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of industry machine translation experience
• Hands-on experience in machine learning model deployment
• Scientific mindset and the ability to invent
• Excellent creative problem solving skills
• Superior communication and data presentation skills
• Strong publication record in top tier conferences such as ACL, EMNLP, ICML, etc