Lead Applied Research Scientist
ILLUIN Technology
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Paris • France
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About the role
- Maintain an active technology watch on the latest advances to guide the company’s technical strategy (GenAI, LLM/VLM, RAG, Agents/Multi-agent systems, etc.)
- Lead exploratory research with the goal of publishing in top-tier conferences.
- Share knowledge internally (keynotes, demos) to keep team expertise at the highest level.
- Integrate state-of-the-art AI features into our products.
- Rapidly prototype to validate technical hypotheses.
- Immerse yourself in the complex product stack.
Requirements
- Scientific expertise & seniority: You have solid experience in Generative AI, with the breadth to design complex architectures and to read and implement research papers.
- Versatile, "Swiss Army knife" mindset: You are impact-driven and able to switch from fundamental research to debugging a production script. You proactively seek information from the right stakeholders (product, engineering, etc.).
- Pragmatism & agility: You understand that good AI is AI that runs in production. You prioritize rapid iteration and working code over long planning phases.
- Technical versatility: You are proficient in the Python/AI ecosystem and have an appetite for software engineering. Learning the basics of another language for integration does not intimidate you.
Benefits
- Work on Deep Tech topics (advanced RAG systems, autonomous agents, self-improving agents, etc.) with a top-tier team (X, Centrale, Mines, PhDs...).
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Generative AILarge Language Models (LLM)Vector Language Models (VLM)Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)Multi-agent systemsPythonSoftware engineeringPrototypingTechnical architecture designResearch paper implementation
Soft Skills
Impact-drivenVersatile mindsetProactive information seekingPragmatismAgilityRapid iterationDebuggingKnowledge sharingTeam expertise enhancementComplex problem-solving