Research Scientist
NLP
Updated on 11/9/2023
Kensho

51-200 employees

Kenshoo is the global leader in agile marketing software.
Company Overview
Kensho is committed to creating a kind, diverse and equitable workplace, fostering a sense of belonging, and ensuring that the company is a place where employees can bring their whole selves to work. The company develops agile marketing software.
AI & Machine Learning

Company Stage

M&A

Total Funding

$81.1M

Founded

2013

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

12%

1 year growth

26%

2 year growth

20%
Locations
Cambridge, MA, USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
AWS
Docker
Elasticsearch
Airflow
Postgres
Pytorch
Tensorflow
Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Kubernetes
Quality Assurance (QA)
CategoriesNew
Lab & Research
AI & Machine Learning
Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with others to identify the most promising problems to pursue
  • Develop novel, state-of-the-art NLP models that can scale to millions of documents
  • Work closely with Research Scientists and ML Engineers
  • Write clean, readable research code in PyTorch, TF, or JAX (not expected to write production-level code)
  • Contribute to a stellar engineering culture that values excellent design, documentation, testing, and code
  • Share your research results with your colleagues (presentations) and the world (published papers, patents, and blog posts)
Desired Qualifications
  • Hold a PhD in Computer Science or related field (or a Master’s with significant research experience)
  • Have published in a top-tier ML/NLP conference (e.g., ACL, NAACL, EMNLP, NeurIPS, ICML)
  • Are proficient in writing code in PyTorch, Tensorflow, or JAX
  • Have experience with the techniques required to work effectively with large, messy real-world data
  • Prefer to collaborate iteratively on hard problems with your teammates rather than spending stretches of time working alone and presenting your results intermittently
  • Have a love for learning new skills and domains
  • Are excited to share knowledge freely, proactively, and effectively with others who are interested
  • Are a generous teammate who takes work seriously without taking yourself too seriously