Senior Applied Researcher - NLP
Senior Applied Researcher - NLP
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About Protect AI
Protect AI is shaping defining and innovating a new category within cybersecurity around the risk and security of AI/ML. Our ML Security Platform enables customers to see know and manage security risks to defend against unique AI security threats and embrace MLSecOps for a safer AIpowered world. This includes a broad set of capabilities including AI supply chain security Auditable Bill of Materials for AI ML model scanning signing attestation and LLM Security.
Join our team to help us solve this critical need of protecting AI!
Role
At Protect AI were creating the most comprehensive AI security platform in the world. From safeguarding the AI supply chain to scanning ML models and securing Large Language Models (LLM) we use advanced deep learning to protect against the latest threats. Now were looking for a talented Senior Applied Researcher in NLP to help us reach our ambitious goals.
This is a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of the AI Security domain influencing both our cuttingedge initiatives and the broader field with your innovative research and developments. Youll help build resilient AI technologies that offer robust protection against emerging threats safeguarding global organizations.
As part of our team youll collaborate closely with our product engineers architects and CTO. Youll also play a crucial role in improving our opensource models helping organizations secure their AI applications.
Responsibilities:
Conduct indepth research analyze AI systems and develop novel methodologies and techniques to proactively detect and mitigate security risks including adversarial attacks data poisoning model evasion harmful behavior and others.
Develop robust classification models and frameworks using stateoftheart deep learning techniques for various applications focusing on security and integrity.
Evaluate and improve the performance of various AI models including NLP generative and classification types aiming for greater accuracy efficiency and scalability.
Contribute to the opensource community by sharing models and algorithms especially through initiatives like LLM Guard.
Collaborate with crossfunctional teams and effectively communicate technical findings and insights to stakeholders.
Stay abreast of AI security and safety research advancements attend conferences and actively contribute to the security community through publications and presentations.
Qualifications:
Significant practical experience in building and deploying machine learning deep learning and neural networks from ideation to production in academia or industry settings.
Advanced knowledge in Deep Learning as applied to Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks such as text classification feature extraction sentiment analysis topic modeling and named entity recognition.
Demonstrated ability to transform cuttingedge research into viable prototypes with experience in novel NLP models to solve realworld problems.
Strong Python programming skills and familiarity with deep learning frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow including experience with finetuning LLMs or other transformerbased models like BERT.
Excellent problemsolving skills analytical thinking and meticulous attention to detail with a passion for working in a dynamic and fastpaced environment as part of a distributed team.
Experience in fastpaced agile environments capable of managing uncertainty and ambiguity.
Effective communication skills with the ability to collaborate well in a teamoriented environment.
Preferred qualifications include:
Experience with large datasets and processing frameworks (e.g. Azure Data Lake HDFS/Hadoop Spark) or public cloud infrastructures (Azure AWS Google Cloud) for NLP model tasks.
Experience in cybersecurity or Trustworthy AI such as in toxicity detection or algorithmic methods for adversarial attacks and their defense.
Proven track record of conducting research demonstrated through publications including at toptier conferences or journals.
Contribution to opensource software projects.
What We Offer:
An exciting collaborative work environment in a fastgrowing startup.
Competitive salary and benefits package.
Excellent medical dental and vision insurance.
Opportunities for professional growth and development including attending and presenting technical talks at meetups and conferences.
A culture that values innovation accountability and teamwork.
Opportunities to contribute to our open source projects with thousands of Github stars and millions of HuggingFace downloads.
Work with a team of talented and wellaccomplished peers from AWS Microsoft and Oracle Cloud.
Work with best in class tools M4 Macbook Pro 34 Monitor modern tech stack and high quality collaboration tools.
No bureaucracy and legacy systems. You are empowered to innovate and do your best work.
Weekly lunch at the office and weekly delivery credits for food delivery services.
Protect AI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
