Senior NLP/ML Scientist on Lightcast's AI/ML Lab, owning the full lifecycle of NLP models for labor market data, from fine-tuning LLMs and transformers to evaluation and production inference on AWS. Responsibilities include multilingual models, optimization with quantization and distillation, and mentoring team members. Stack includes Python, PyTorch, Hugging Face, AWS, SageMaker, Docker, and MLflow.
Important information before applying:
Location: This position is based on-site in Moscow, Idaho, and requires five days per week in the office. We will consider only candidates who currently live locally or are willing to relocate.
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Lightcast is seeking a Senior NLP / Machine Learning Scientist to join our AI/ML Lab andbuild state-of-the-art NLP models for large-scale labor market data.You will develop and productionize models that transform unstructured data such as jobpostings and professional profiles into structured labor market intelligence. Core problem areasinclude classification, information extraction, entity recognition, normalization, semanticmatching, and multilingual NLP.This role spans the full model lifecycleโfrom experimentation and fine-tuning to evaluation,optimization, and production inference at scale.
Lightcast is a global leader in labor market insights with our headquarters located in Moscow, ID (US) and other offices in the United Kingdom, Europe, and India.ย We work with partners across six continents to help drive economic prosperity and mobility by providing the insights needed to build and develop our people, our institutions and companies, and our communities.
Lightcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and does not discriminate on the basis of federally protected statuses. Lightcast has always been, and always will be, committed to diversity of thought and unique perspectives. We seek dynamic professionals from all backgrounds to join our teams, and we encourage our employees to bring their authentic, original, and best selves to work.