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Nebius

Applied AI Research Lead

Nebius
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about 23 hours ago
Amsterdam, Netherlands +2 more
Staff+ / Senior

Responsibilities

  • Drive applied research across retrieval, ranking, and agent-centric search systems.
  • Design and improve multi-stage retrieval pipelines, including query understanding, rewriting, and reranking.
  • Develop approaches for grounding LLMs using real-time web data.
  • Define and implement evaluation methodologies and quality metrics for agent-native search.
  • Lead experimentation on modern retrieval techniques such as hybrid search and embedding-based systems.
  • Work closely with engineering teams to bring research into production at scale.
  • Analyze trade-offs across relevance, latency, and cost in large-scale systems.
  • Contribute to long-term research and product direction.
  • Mentor engineers and researchers and raise the technical bar of the team.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in applied AI, machine learning, or software engineering.
  • Strong track record of shipping ML or AI systems into production, not purely research.
  • Deep experience in retrieval, ranking, search relevance, or recommendation systems.
  • Strong understanding of modern deep learning approaches including transformers and embeddings.
  • Experience working with LLM-integrated systems or knowledge-intensive AI applications.
  • Hands-on experience designing evaluation frameworks and defining meaningful metrics.
  • Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or C++.
  • Ability to operate in a product-driven, fast-moving environment.
  • Strong ownership and ability to drive ambiguous problems end-to-end.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
  • Opportunities for professional growth within Nebius.
  • Flexible working arrangements.
  • A dynamic and collaborative work environment that values initiative and innovation.

Tech Stack

C++GoPython

Categories

AI & MLData Science