Expert in AI/NLP/ML

Company Description

Arηs is a fully independent group of companies specialized in managing complex IT projects and systems for large organisations, focusing on state-of-the-art software development, business intelligence and infrastructure services.

We are composed of 17 entities across 9 countries that are unified by the Arηs Group, with more than 2500 consultants.

This corporate structure enables us to respond quickly to market changes and customer requests, and to communicate and make decisions without layers of bureaucracy.

Our success can be attributed to the synergy among our complementary entities, combined with our methodologies, which are based on the Rational Unified Process (RUP) and the Scrum agile software development framework.

Job Description

ARHS Developments is looking for an expert in AI/NLP/ML for one of its clients at the EU Institutions.

Role & Responsibilities

• Development and maintenance of software applications in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning (ML) and/or Artificial Intelligence (AI);
• Training of custom machine learning / deep learning models based on structured and unstructured data;
• Selecting features, building and optimizing classifiers using machine learning techniques;
• Studies and developments aiming at improving the quality of machine translation (MT) engines for each installed language pair, addressing the specific needs of customers of the service concerning MT quality and contributing to a general strategy for the systematic evaluation and long-term improvement of MT quality;
• Interact with data stewards and other IT stakeholders to define the data rules;
• Define data controls and implement actions to ensure data quality and integrity;
• Creating automated anomaly detection systems and constant tracking of its performance;
• Data mining using state-of-the-art methods;
• Processing, cleansing, and verifying the integrity of data used for analysis;
• Design the IT architecture for solutions in the NLP / ML / AI fields, and coordinate its implementation considering master- and meta-data management concepts;
• Analyze data architecture for consistency, completeness, accuracy and reasonableness;
• Contributing for the analysis of data management vision, strategy and policy and derive the IT requirements;
• Contributing to the design of the IT architecture considering master- and meta-data management concepts.

Qualifications

Your Profile

• Advanced university degree in natural language processing (computer science or computational linguistics);
• A specialization in (statistical/neural) machine translation (MT), or equivalent experience.
• University degree in IT / Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent with specialization in artificial intelligence.
• Ability to participate in multilingual meetings
• Ability to understand, speak and write English, optionally French as an additional asset
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work in a team as well as autonomously
• Results-oriented mindset, focused on delivering
• Good applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, etc.
• Good scripting and programming skills
• Data-driven mindset.

Technical skills

• Proven experience with Deep Learning models and NLP techniques;
• Hands-on knowledge with Large Language Models (e.g. OpenAI, LLaMa and Mistal);
• Experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Ability to adapt to evolving technologies and methodologies in AI;
• Experience in cleaning and preparing data for AI/ML models;
• Technical proficiency regarding database design development, data models, techniques for data mining, and segmentation;
• Ability to deliver presentation to both business and technical audiences;
• Solution-oriented and accuracy to detail;
• Ability to cope with fast changing technologies used in application developments;

Specific expertise

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in developing AI projects, including machine learning and NLP solutions.
• Excellent knowledge of machine learning techniques and algorithms, such as k-NN, Naive Bayes, SVM, Decision Forests, Neural Network, and/or artificial intelligence frameworks.
• Excellent command of Python and proficiency with relevant libraries, including but not limited to NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, SpaCy, NLTK, PyTorch, TensorFlow, HuggingFace.
• Minimum 3 years of experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) and containerization tools (e.g. Docker) for the deployment of AI and machine learning applications. Experience with Knowledge Graphs and SPARQL is an asset.
• Minimum 2 years of experience with version control systems (Git Hub)

Additional Information

Don’t hesitate! Join our team

What you’ll get:

An informal hierarchy and work environment:

Our open, flat structure supports a strong focus on communication and collaboration, enabling to respond quickly to market changes and customer requests.

An attractive salary package:

With an attractive salary and benefits package – including advantageous fringe benefits – you’ll be paid for what you love to do.

A strong corporate culture:

You’ll join a dynamic team of smart and ambitious people. From the way we hire to the way we relate to our clients – our values form the foundation of the way we work.

Learning & development opportunities:

We constantly invest in our people and are committed to providing individual development opportunities to help you continue to grow and stay happy and satisfied at work.

Exciting projects:

You’ll take ownership of various projects for both public and private clients: calling for creativity and innovation, at the cutting-edge of technology.

A rock-solid company:

With more than 200 customers, and 15% turnover growth in FY2022, you’ll join a business with a sustainable and growth-oriented plan.

But let’s talk about it face to face!

You have the qualities listed above? Please, send us your CV, which will be processed in full confidentiality.

You don’t have all the above requirements but own a great part of them? You can send us your CV too because we will give you the opportunity to grow with us.