Senior & Principal Applied Scientists

Oracle

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$114,600–$234,600 / yr
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13 days ago
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This role $175k
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TL;DR · Senior & Principal Applied Scientists

Senior & Principal Applied Scientists join the Oracle Health & Analytics team to develop products and strategies for modernized, automated healthcare systems. In this role, you will translate business requirements into AI projects, collaborate with multinational teams to move research from proof of concept to production, and mentor other scientists. You will build new healthcare and enterprise features using generative AI, machine learning, and deep learning architectures like Transformers. Key technical competencies include experience with parameter-efficient fine-tuning, instruction fine-tuning, and advanced prompt engineering techniques such as Tree-of-Thoughts. You will utilize tools including LangChain, LlamaIndex, VectorStores, Retrievers, LMFlow, LMQL, and Guidance. The role focuses on solving complex business problems by implementing scalable AI models and developing robust data collection and evaluation systems specifically tailored for the healthcare and enterprise sectors.

What you'll do

  • Translate business and product requirements into actionable AI projects in collaboration with product managers.
  • Develop healthcare and enterprise features using generative AI, machine learning, and deep learning.
  • Design and review the architecture for data, model training, and evaluation of AI solutions.
  • Drive projects from research proof-of-concepts to full production across multinational teams.
  • Write production-ready code while advocating for high engineering standards and best practices.
  • Lead and mentor other applied scientists within the organization.
  • Identify and mitigate risks at the intersection of business goals and engineering execution.

What we're looking for

  • Experience in designing and implementing scalable AI models for production is required.
  • Deep technical understanding of Machine Learning, Deep Learning architectures like Transformers, training methods, and optimizers is required.
  • Practical experience with LLM and generative AI technologies including fine-tuning and advanced prompt engineering is required.
  • Hands-on experience with frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, VectorStores, and MLOps tools is required.
  • Proven experience in designing data collection/annotation solutions and systematic evaluation for production systems is required.
  • A strong publication record in top-tier journals or conferences as a lead author or reviewer is required.
  • Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring early-career scientists is required.
  • A PhD with 1+ years of experience or a Bachelor's/Master's degree with 3+ years of relevant experience is preferred.

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