Principal Data Scientist - Applied AI Research

The Role

Fidelity Labs is looking for a AI Applied Research practitioner to join a new startup. The startups focus is building innovative technology for financial services. This role will be responsible for working closely with Data Scientists and Engineering product managers to bring game-changing ideas to market.

The Expertise You Have

• A PhD in a quantitative field with experience working as a key contributor in a data science team

• Experience with NLP and LLMs. Academic publications in these fields.

The Skills You Bring

Technical / Behavioral

• Experience delivering product based on Transformer Architecture in any domain like, NLP, Computer Vision, Audio and Multimodal and Multitask setup.

• Knowledge of different Transformer variants; pros and cons

• Experience with Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow (optional) and building models on GPU environment

• Ability to extend the Transformer architecture to build efficient custom models.

• Experience turning projects into academic publications. Accepted papers at conferences a plus.

• Optional experience on image classification, segmentation, search on Video data

• Working experience of training and building models models on AWS services or other cloud.

• Familiarity with AI/ML libraries (including scikit learn, Pandas) and their internals

• Building quick protype using Streamlit or Gradio

• Knowledge of Docker and AWS container orchestration is plus.

• Experience with MLOps tools like WeightsAndBiases or any other

• Direct experience in Agile, SCRUM, git, JIRA etc. and use of the Atlassian tool suite

Good To Have

• Your experience and expertise on full stack software development would be desirable

• You should have an experience in Machine Learning Engineering for deployment of models in production.

• Effective communication, able to work with teams, presentation skills - required for the role.

The Value You Deliver

• You work well in a small team and collaborative environment. We make team based decisions.

• You are client focused and passionate about using design thinking

• Your knowledge and skill in the latest Deep Learning can help build robust production grade models.

• You are a good mentor to junior associates

The Team

We areFidelity Labs, Fidelity Investments in-house fintech incubator with a mission to build new businesses to drive growth for Fidelity. We seek to craft the future of our industry by building new products and services to improve the lives of the diverse set of customers, businesses and financial institutions we serve.?Fidelity Labs is a dynamic workplace that combines the best parts of startup lifebuilding from scratch, adapting quickly, and moon-shot ambitionwith the scale and stability of an industry leader. We provide a safe space for startup teams to explore new business ideas, quickly test them with customers, and scale the most promising concepts within an existing business unit, or as a new venture. Learn more at https://labs.fidelity.com/ .

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Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a missionto strengthen the financial well-being of our clients.We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients money.

At Fidelity, youll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with aGlassdoor Employees Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a Best Place to Work in 2023. And you dont need a finance background to succeed at Fidelitywe offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career youve always imagined.

At Fidelity, our goal is for most people to work flexibly in a way that balances both personal and business needs with time onsite and offsite through what were calling Dynamic Working. Most associates will have a hybrid schedule with a requirement to work onsite at a Fidelity work location for at least one week, 5 consecutive days, every four weeks. These requirements are subject to change.

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Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email toaccommodations @fmr.com, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.