At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron's progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. We began life in 2001 as a small, self-funded team of technology specialists. Since then, we've grown our organization to over 13950+ people, across 52 offices, in 20 countries, in key global markets.
Our challenge
We are looking for a skilled Gen AI with strong expertise in NLP/NLU with focus on deep learning models and open source LLMs
The Role
Responsibilities: • Develop and fine tune NLP/NLU models, including transformer based models (BERT, GPT etc.,) for a range of language understanding tasks (language generation, sentiment analysis, entity recognition etc.,) Additionally design and implement generative AI models by leveraging LLMs for text generation and understanding. • Preprocess and curate text data, including text cleaning, tokenization and data augmentation to prepare it for training NLP/NLU models • Innovate and implement cutting edge algorithms to improve the performance, accuracy and efficiency of the NLP/NLU models • Assess model performance using relevant NLP metrics and optimize models for real world application • Stay updated with latest developments in Generative AI specifically on NLP/NLU research and apply new techniques to enhance our solutions
Requirements:
You are: • Strong expertise in NLP/NLU with focus on deep learning models and open source LLMs such as Llama 2, Falcon etc., • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and experience with NLP libraries/frameworks like spaCy, NLTK, Hugging Face Transformers and Generative AI and LLM frameworks • Familiarity with cloud computing platforms for model training and deployment • Experience with tools like Langchain, Embedchain and Vector Database (Pinecone, FAISS, Milvus, ChromaDB, Vespa etc.,) to enhance data processing and model development workflow as well as rich understanding of vector stores and search algorithms • Exceptional problem solving skills and the ability to work on complex language understanding and Generative AI projects • Experience designing control and sandboxing systems for AI research • Hands on experience with Pytorch, TensorFlow • Direct engineering experience of high performance, large-scale ML systems • Hands on MLOps experience, with an appreciation of the end-to-end CI/CD process • Have experience supporting fast-paced startup engineering teams • Experience maintaining and/or contributing to bug bounty and responsible disclosure programs • A well-known contributor to opensource and always thinking out of the box tooling, using and standardizing with methods of creating APIs , ML/Ops automation and more.
It would be great if you also had: • Research publications or contributions in the fields of NLP, NLU and Generative AI • Experience with Conversational AI, Chatbots (Kore.ai, Botpress, Nuance etc.,
We can offer you: • A highly competitive compensation and benefits package • A multinational organization with 52 offices in 20 countries and the possibility to work abroad • Laptop and a mobile phone • 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays) • Maternity & Paternity leave plans • A comprehensive insurance plan including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-/short-term disability (plans vary by region) • Retirement savings plans • A higher education certification policy • Commuter benefits (varies by region) • Extensive training opportunities, focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development • On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses • Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups • Cutting edge projects at the world's leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms • A flat and approachable organization • A truly diverse, fun-loving and global work culture
SYNECHRON'S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT
Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative 'Synclusive' is committed to fostering an inclusive culture - promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.
All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant's gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.