Machine Learning Researcher

Researcher Position: USA

The research team is responsible for solving business problems with real-world data. We understand the data, ask fundamental-first-principle questions, and apply our analytical and machine learning skills to solve the problem in the best possible way. The team works closely with Product, Engineering, and Client Success teams across the company, from defining the product roadmap and business problems to delivering the product.

• Identifying the key problems faced by our clients and the AML product, and executing a research plan to solve it;
• Implementing solutions to upgrade feature engineering and modeling pipelines of the AML product;
• Maintaining effective communication with the product, delivery, and engineering teams, and providing sufficient assistance based on priorities

Requirements

• Prior experience in Python and Spark;
• Ability to execute research plan using machine learning technologies;
• Excellent problem-solving skills

Must-Have Skills

• Ph.D. or equivalent experience in a related STEM field, with a good track record in research.
• Solid knowledge of understanding mainstream machine learning algorithms and techniques.
• Solid experience with one or more general-purpose programming languages: Python, C++, or Scala.
• Have experience of leading the success completion of large industrial/research Client projects.

AMLS Focus Areas for the Role

Name Screening

• Building an NLP pipeline to extract essential profile information from the free text;
• Finding the best solution to do entity resolution;

Transaction Monitoring

• Upgrading the unsupervised pipeline to do more effective clustering and anomaly detection;
• Building a link analysis pipeline using graph databases and algorithms;
• Upgrading the supervised pipeline by improving on feature engineering and making clustering more effective

Job Perks

• Attractive variable compensation package
• Flexible working hours - everything is results-oriented
• Opportunity to work with an award-winning organization in the hottest space in tech - artificial intelligence and advanced machine learning