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Machine Learning Researcher - Natural Language Processing
Palantir TechnologiesWashington, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 16 Sept 2024
💰 $200,000/yr($135,000/yr – $200,000/yr)
About the role
A World-Changing Company
Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.
The Role
Our Machine Learning team develops novel deep learning models to address immediate customer needs and to ensure Palantir’s platforms offer unparalleled machine learning capabilities.
We are looking for someone that is passionate about natural language processing (NLP) and Large Language Models (LLM), likes to push the boundaries of what is possible, and wants to solve hard problems on top of unique datasets. As a Machine Learning Researcher, you will be responsible for implementing, customizing, and inventing NLP/LLM deep learning techniques for some of the most unique datasets. This role will implement novel deep learning architectures to enable end-to-end solutions in the areas of information retrieval (IR), question answering, document summarization, entity, event and relationship extraction and classification, as well as structured text extraction from documents.
The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $135,000 - $200,000/year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus and other potential future incentives. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individual’s relevant qualifications, work experience, skills, and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any potential sign-on bonus; the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any long-term incentives.
Our benefits aim to promote health and wellbeing across all areas of Palantirians’ lives. We work to continuously improve our offerings and listen to our community as we design and update them. The list below details our available benefits and some of the perks that can be enjoyed as an employee of Palantir Technologies.
Benefits
• Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance• Employees are automatically covered by Palantir’s basic life, AD&D and disability insurance• Commuter benefits• Relocation assistance• Take what you need paid time off, not accrual based• 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)• 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year• Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events• Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents• Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation• Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child• Employees can enroll in Palantir’s 401k plan
Life at Palantir
We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that’s why we celebrate individuals’ strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your longterm growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across
Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.
The Role
Our Machine Learning team develops novel deep learning models to address immediate customer needs and to ensure Palantir’s platforms offer unparalleled machine learning capabilities.
We are looking for someone that is passionate about natural language processing (NLP) and Large Language Models (LLM), likes to push the boundaries of what is possible, and wants to solve hard problems on top of unique datasets. As a Machine Learning Researcher, you will be responsible for implementing, customizing, and inventing NLP/LLM deep learning techniques for some of the most unique datasets. This role will implement novel deep learning architectures to enable end-to-end solutions in the areas of information retrieval (IR), question answering, document summarization, entity, event and relationship extraction and classification, as well as structured text extraction from documents.
Core Responsibilities
- Read, present, and implement research papers on NLP/LLM with an emphasis on the broader area of named entity recognition, information retrieval, structured text extraction from documents, question answering, and document summarization
- Modify and/or invent novel techniques in entity, event and relationship extraction and classification, summarization, question answering, and structured text extraction from documents
- Work closely with engineering teams to push innovative deep learning models to production
- Propose and implement new ideas/directions in NLP/LLM that can effectively solve customer problems
Technologies We Use
- Python
- PyTorch
- Hugging Face
- DeepSpeed
- Docker
What We Value
- Background in NLP/LLM and Deep learning.
- Proficiency with any of the major Deep Learning frameworks.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
What We Require
- MS or PhD in Computer Science or related fields.
- Experience with the latest LLMs such as LLama, OPT, Alpaca, Dolly, Pythia, GPT-NeoX, FLAN, etc.
- Experience with causal/masked language modeling, prompt tuning and engineering, instruction tuning, and/or RLHF.
- Experience with implementing or fine-tuning deep learning models in the area of NER, summarization, question answering, IR and structured text extraction from documents.
The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $135,000 - $200,000/year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus and other potential future incentives. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individual’s relevant qualifications, work experience, skills, and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any potential sign-on bonus; the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any long-term incentives.
Our benefits aim to promote health and wellbeing across all areas of Palantirians’ lives. We work to continuously improve our offerings and listen to our community as we design and update them. The list below details our available benefits and some of the perks that can be enjoyed as an employee of Palantir Technologies.
Benefits
• Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance• Employees are automatically covered by Palantir’s basic life, AD&D and disability insurance• Commuter benefits• Relocation assistance• Take what you need paid time off, not accrual based• 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)• 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year• Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events• Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents• Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation• Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child• Employees can enroll in Palantir’s 401k plan
Life at Palantir
We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that’s why we celebrate individuals’ strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your longterm growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across
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