AI Engineer (NLP Focus)

Onhires - San Francisco, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

San Francisco, CA

About the position

We are looking for a dedicated AI Engineer with a strong focus on Natural Language Processing (NLP) to lead our AI initiatives and technical analysis. This role involves designing, developing, and deploying NLP solutions while ensuring high-quality code through technical analysis and review. The ideal candidate will be passionate about AI and machine learning, with a solid understanding of human language processing.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy NLP solutions to meet project needs.
• Review, lead fixes, and approve all code before deployment as a Technical Analyst.
• Apply machine learning algorithms and deep learning models to NLP tasks such as text classification, sentiment analysis, named entity recognition, and text summarization.
• Use Python and libraries like spaCy, NLTK, TensorFlow, or PyTorch to build and optimize NLP models.
• Conduct data preprocessing and cleaning to prepare text data for analysis, including handling missing values and outliers.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to integrate AI capabilities into products and services.
• Stay updated on developments in AI, machine learning, and NLP to apply best practices in projects.
• Manage version control using Git and contribute to the development process within an agile framework.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in AI or machine learning, with a specific focus on NLP.
• Strong proficiency in Python programming language.
• Solid understanding of machine learning algorithms and their application to NLP.
• Experience with NLP techniques such as tokenization, stemming/lemmatization, named entity recognition, sentiment analysis, and text summarization.
• Ability to preprocess and clean text data effectively.
• Strong proficiency in technical analysis and code review for quality assurance, optimization, design & planning, architecture, and bug fixing.
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and familiarity with agile software development methodologies.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently as well as in a team.
• Strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with team members and stakeholders.