Senior NLP Data Scientist

UG Labs is looking for an Senior NLP Data Scientist to join our growing team. In this role, you will help us implement conversational experiences for kids for the gaming and toys industries using the latest in generative AI.

Position Overview

In this role, you will:

• Develop scalable NLP solutions
• Build Conversational AI (CAI) tools, for online and offline environments
• Analyze and refine content implementation strategies to optimize business, product, and user experience
• Implement and assess practical applications of LLM research findings in user-facing applications, creating scalable, impactful tools and best-practices
• Be the go-to-expert for building the best conversational flows, using cutting edge technologies and prompt-engineering techniques
• Perform code reviews, evaluate implementations, and provide feedback about potential tool improvements
• Develop scalable testing and evaluating methods for LLMs, allowing for rigorous and systematic evaluation of different models, parameters, and techniques

What are we looking for?

• Proven ability to build NLP-based tools, including prompt engineering experience
• Very strong Python experience, from ideation to production, at least 5 years.
• Good knowledge of ML libraries,evaluation methods and LLMs
• Experience working collaboratively in a team environment, particularly with non-technical stakeholders
• “I can do it” attitude alongside passion for staying up-to-date with the latest technologies in SW, conversational AI and language models.

Nice to have:

• BS.c. or higher in NLP, Computer Science, or related field

About UG Labs

UG Labs has developed a novel way to infuse voice interactivity and conversational AI into games and toys. The new technology comes with a groundbreaking design paradigm and mechanics that focus on younger users but allow deeper immersion and engaging experiences for the entire family.

UG’s game engine incorporates the latest speech recognition and language models developed and trained by UG, based on proprietary algorithms and data. The engine allows true open-ended conversations that affect the game flow and experience, allowing unscripted and on-the-fly exploration that works.