Natural Language Processing Engineer (Thai Language Specialist) for AI Singapore (Products)

National University of Singapore

  • Singapore
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 13 days ago
Job DescriptionAI Singapore (AISG) is a national AI programme launched by the National Research Foundation (NRF) to anchor deep national capabilities in Artificial Intelligence (AI).The programme office is hosted by the National University of Singapore (NUS) and brings together all Singapore-based research institutions and the vibrant ecosystem of AI start-ups and companies developing AI products to perform use-inspired research, grow the knowledge, create the tools, and develop the talent to power Singapore's AI efforts.The Products Pillar of AI Singapore is looking for an AI Engineer to perform development and engineering work for NLP (Natural Language Processing) products under AI Singapore.To complement the current NLP Hub team, we intend to hire an experienced NLP engineer with expertise in the Thai language from the industry to drive and optimise this industry opportunity in the NLP space.He/she will contribute directly to the industry KPIs that our division is pursuing.Duties & Responsibilities
  • Perform literature review of academic machine learning papers with a focus on application on Thai language capability of LLMs
  • Ability to push for more upstream modelling works like for Mixture of Experts or Nested Transformers
  • Develop machine learning models and/or refactor codes for integration into our LLM-based products
  • Reproduce, test and enhance algorithms from research papers
  • Collaborate with external parties
  • Oversee and manage the annotation process for NLP tasks in Thai language on crowdsourcing platforms
  • Keep abreast of latest developments in NLP
Qualifications● PhD in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent industry experience)
● 3+ years of experience working on cloud platforms (preferably more than one).
● 5+ years of experience with NLP applications and techniques.
● 5+ years of software engineering experience, with significant Python experience
● Solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms
● Expertise in the Thai Language
● Ability to:○ Research ideas and formulating creative solutions to complex problems.
○ Develop production-ready high-quality software.
○ Communicate sophisticated ideas to broad audiences.More InformationLocation: Kent Ridge CampusOrganization: Office of the Deputy President(Res&Tech)Department : AI SingaporeEmployee Referral Eligible:Job requisition ID : 24412

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