- Company Name
- X, The Moonshot Factory
- Job Title
- Applied ML Research Lead, NLP, Early Stage Project
- Job Description
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**Job title**
Applied ML Research Lead, NLP, Early Stage Project
**Role Summary**
Lead applied machine‑learning research and engineering for NLP/LLM systems that deliver new capabilities or substantial performance gains. Own product development cycle from research to production, manage a team of researchers and engineers, and collaborate cross‑functionally to iterate quickly on prototypes and experiments.
**Expectations**
- Manage end‑to‑end research strategy and day‑to‑day execution for high‑impact NLP projects.
- Mentor and grow a high‑performing research/engineering team.
- Own technical vision and drive fast experimentation while ensuring code quality and scalability.
- Partner with product, engineering, and domain experts to translate research into usable, safe AI products.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Conceive, design, and implement large‑scale NLP/LLM models and pipelines that solve previously infeasible tasks.
- Write clean, maintainable Python (or equivalent) code, applying robust software engineering best practices.
- Conduct advanced research: model prompting, fine‑tuning, reinforcement learning on LLMs, and state‑of‑the‑art NLP methods.
- Prioritize research initiatives, manage project timelines, and deliver high‑quality artifacts in an iterative environment.
- Build and maintain production systems that host ML models, ensuring reliability, performance, and safety.
- Develop internal knowledge bases, documentation, and design documents that support collaboration across teams.
- Foster a culture of rigor, openness, and continuous learning within the research group.
**Required Skills**
- 10+ years of experience in applied NLP research, high‑performance model implementation, and productionization.
- Strong background in deep learning, representation learning, and large‑language‑model techniques.
- Proven expertise in model prompting, fine‑tuning, or RL for LLMs.
- Demonstrated ability to write maintainable, production‑grade code in Python (or similar languages).
- Prior management experience (4+ years) leading research or technical teams.
- Excellent stakeholder communication, written documentation, and verbal presentation skills.
- Self‑starter attitude, fearless problem‑solving, and strong ownership mindset.
**Required Education & Certifications**
- MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Applied Statistics, or related field.
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Mountain view, United states
On site
Senior
27-01-2026