Lead Data Scientist (RTB/NLP)

About Knorex

Founded in 2009, Knorex (https://knorex.com) is a technology company that provides programmatic advertising products and solutions to marketers to connect in real-time to their desired audience worldwide. Through its flagship universal marketing platform, Knorex XPO unifies the connectivity to each of the major marketing channels including social media, search, connected TVs/OTTs, video, audio, display/native, and email, in one place, while simplifying execution and optimization across these channels through AI automation. Knorex operates across the US and APAC.

Why Knorex

We are constantly on the lookout to recruit the best and the brightest - from engineering to sales to account management to operations and HR.

Knorex offers you many different opportunities to scale your ambition and creativity far and beyond. We embrace a dynamic and pragmatic way of doing things, setting ourselves up for long term achievement yet relentlessly focused on delivering the short term goals. If you love the joy of building stuffs and seeing them grow, growing yourself and others in the process, and challenging yourself to do stuffs that you once thought impossible, we invite you to explore a career with us.

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will be expected to possess solid experience in applying machine learning algorithms and statistical techniques to build highly accurate models. You need to acquire a deep technical understanding of the platform, and work with other team members to ensure the timely delivery of the planned tasks and critically assess and monitor the efficiency and/or effectiveness of the models. You also need to possess excellent communication and leadership skills to lead the team to the next level.

• Manage our R&D team to solve challenging engineering tasks specifically relating to Real-Time Bidding (RTB) and Natural Language Processing (NLP).
• Collaborate with other teams to transform technologies, research work into prototypes or customer products.
• Guide junior members to integrate research deliverables into existing systems.

• Work with management team to devise product roadmaps and KPIs.
• Evaluate and identify new technologies for prototyping.
• Evaluate feedback and challenging issues gathered by the business and technical teams and transform them into tractable problems to resolve.

Requirements

• Solid understanding of machine learning or natural language processing techniques.
• Strong practical experience with Tensorflow or PyTorch.

• Strong programming skills in both Python and Java.
• Pick up new technology or new concepts fast, excellent problem-solving skill.
• Excellent written and spoken communication in English.
• Possess at least a Degree, preferably in computer science. Would be a big plus if you have a PhD.
• At least 5 years of working experience in ML/NLP (or at least 2 years working experience for candidates with a PhD).
• Publications in tier-1 ML/NLP conferences is a big plus (e.g., ICLR, KDD, AAAI, ACL, EMNLP).
• Good process management and excellent follow-through.
• Prioritize tasks to meet multiple deadlines. Work productively even under pressure.
• Possess good work ethic and attitude.

Benefits

• Competitive remuneration package including quarterly bonus payout.
• SHUI as law stipulated, 14 days AL
• MacBook provided
• Comprehensive benefits scheme such as W3F (Work, Wellbeing, Welfare) Fund for courses, materials, personal health and wellbeing.
• Work from home benefit.
• Quarterly recognition program and long service reward.
• Career growth and personal development scheme.
• You will have the advance to influence and drive the changes, at Knorex we welcome good ideas and accept any possibility to make our company great.
• We offer great learning opportunities, you will have exposure in cutting edge performance marketing and advertising technology.
• Opportunity to work cross-country and with variety of projects of a different nature.