Principal Data Scientist - AI Labs

WE ARE VERITONE 

Veritone (NASDAQ: VERI) designs human-centered AI solutions. Serving customers in the talent acquisition, media, entertainment and public sector industries, Veritone’s software and services empower individuals at the world’s largest and most recognizable brands to run more efficiently, accelerate decision making and increase profitability. Veritone’s leading enterprise AI platform, aiWARE™, orchestrates an ever-growing ecosystem of machine learning models, transforming data sources into actionable intelligence. By blending human expertise with AI technology, Veritone advances human potential to help organizations solve problems and achieve more than ever before, enhancing lives everywhere. To learn more, visit Veritone.com.

WHAT YOU’LL DO 

• Utilize advanced data science techniques to develop and deploy models utilizing LLMs, GPT and RAG for various applications that delight our customers and offer new or enhanced functionality on our platform.
• Propose and deliver AI projects into production from end to end to drive business growth.
• Work with the best models available either commercially or in open source.
• Evaluate models to identify what works best in terms of accuracy, performance and cost.
• Develop data-driven storytelling narratives to effectively communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED 

• Expert knowledge of LLMs, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), Multimodal Foundation Models.
• Deep learning proficiency, especially sequence- and generative models (Attention, Transformers, GANs, Diffusion etc.).
• Excellent communication (written / verbal).
• Experience with Python, PyTorch, Langchain/LlamaIndex, Jupyter Notebooks, git, Docker, vector databases.
• Experience with designing and implementing APIs that leverage AI models.
• Experience implementing state of the art RAG pipelines for question answering systems, Chatbots or Copilots.
• Experience processing unstructured data for LLM applications.
• Experienced with embedding models for multiple modalities (e.g., text, image, video, etc.).
• Experience running LLMs locally (e.g., Ollama, llama.cpp, Llamafile, etc.).
• Awareness of AI related risk and potential countermeasures.

BONUS POINTS IF 

• PhD from a top university in one of the following: Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Signal Processing, Physics, Robotics, Machine Learning, Applied Statistics, or Applied Mathematics.
• Having participated in and placing well in Kaggle competitions.
• Experience developing software in C++, Java, Go or similar.
• Experience in deep learning in Computer Vision, Speech/Audio processing or similar.
• Experience creating data preprocessors and exploratory data analysis.
• Experience deploying models using AWS, Huggingface, and Replicate.
• Experience creating UIs using Streamlit or Gradio.

WHAT WE OFFER 

• An incredible opportunity to impact AI for good and empower the human with AI solutions and services
• A competitive compensation package
• Participation in the Company’s Equity Program 
• Remote first + Hybrid workplace
• VERI Communities (Affinity Groups) & Belonging
• Empowerment to build your career journey at Veritone
• Flexible (Paid) Time Off
• Benefits Program: medical, dental, vision, 401K matching, and more!
• Mental health awareness and support

OUR CULTURE

• Loves learning & continuous growth; stays current on marketing trends
• Can juggle multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines with a positive attitude
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, small company environment
• Collaborative and always contributing value
• Driven to win as a team
• Remote first workplace
• Check us out!

Veritone is a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) technology and solutions. The company's proprietary operating system, aiWARE, orchestrates an expanding ecosystem of machine learning models to transform audio, video and other data sources into actionable intelligence. We love to continuously grow while staying ahead of trends and creating structure in an unstructured world. 

If you’ve made it this far and align with our goals, we look forward to reviewing your qualifications!

DISCLOSURE

Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

(Colorado & California Only*): Minimum annual salary of $176,000.00. This base pay is for illustrative purposes only and will be determined based on skills and experience comparable to the job requirements. This position may be eligible for additional compensation and benefits including but not limited to: incentive compensation; health benefits; retirement benefits; life insurance; paid time off; parental leave and benefits; and other employee perks and benefits.

*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085 (8-5-20) of the minimum salary compensation for this role when being hired in Colorado & California.

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