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Lead Applied Scientist, Document Understanding

Lead applied scientist to build and deploy document understanding systems at a large software development company in Toronto.

About the role

A role like this is open right now in Toronto, at a large software development company. You will lead the design, evaluation and production deployment of document understanding systems, set the technical direction, and advise senior leadership on AI strategy.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop and evaluate document understanding systems and take them into production
  • Build semantic chunking, document enrichment, knowledge graph construction and synthetic data generation capabilities
  • Set technical direction for the work
  • Partner with engineering and product teams to deliver reliable systems at scale
  • Advise senior leadership on AI strategy and mentor applied scientists and ML practitioners

What you bring

  • Experience designing and deploying document understanding or related applied AI systems in production
  • Hands-on knowledge of semantic chunking, knowledge graphs and synthetic data generation
  • Track record of setting technical direction and delivering reliable systems at scale
  • Ability to advise senior leaders and mentor other scientists and ML practitioners

Details

  • Location: Toronto, Canada
  • Type: Full-time

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