Applied AI Research Lead
Nebius Group
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Netherlands
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About the role
- 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, embedding-based systems, and cross-encoders
- Work closely with engineering teams to bring research into production at scale
- Analyse 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.
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Hard Skills & Tools
applied AImachine learningsoftware engineeringretrieval systemsranking systemssearch relevancerecommendation systemsdeep learningtransformersembeddings
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringproblem-solvingownershipcommunicationcollaborationadaptabilityanalytical thinkingcreativityinitiative