AI Research Engineer (Sr/Staff)

1 Day ago • 5-10 Years • $200,000 PA - $500,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The AI Research Engineer (Sr/Staff) will provide technical leadership in designing, developing, and deploying Generative AI features, optimizing model quality and performance using LLMs, RAGs, NLP, and AI infrastructure. They will lead a technical team across the US and Bangalore, guiding them on state-of-the-art AI models and algorithms while establishing best data-driven development practices. This role involves building agents for data extraction and analysis, and defining scalable evaluation strategies. The engineer should have a proven track record of driving AI products from concept to customer adoption and mastery of SOTA techniques.
Must have:
  • Expertise with GenAI, LLMs, NLP, RAG, and Knowledge Graphs.
  • Mastery of SOTA techniques to boost LLM accuracy and reliability.
  • Experience in code generation, semantic extraction, or knowledge graphs.
  • Passion for rapid iteration and high-quality execution.
Good to have:
  • Up-to-date with AI trends.
  • Publications in NeurIPS, ACL.
Perks:
  • Prophecy covers 99% of employee health insurance and 75% for dependents
  • Very competitive compensation
  • Wellness benefit of $200 per month
  • Birthday and anniversary day off
  • Flexible PTO
  • Professional development reimbursement of $500 per year
  • Company sponsored Long Term Disability and Life Insurance
  • FSA/HSA
  • Fingerprint on an innovative platform
  • End-to-end ownership of your projects

Job Details

Compensation:  

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates. 

$200,000–$500,000 

About Prophecy 

Prophecy is the data copilot company. Fortune 500 enterprises - including the largest institutions in banking, insurance, healthcare & life sciences, and technology - rely on Prophecy Data Transformation Copilot to accelerate AI and analytics by delivering data that is clean, trusted, and timely. Prophecy enables all data users and makes them productive by helping develop, deploy, and observe data pipelines on cloud data platforms. Organizations trust Prophecy for the most demanding workloads, including tens of thousands of data pipelines that deliver massive volumes of data for AI and analytics.

Prophecy is backed by top VCs and investors including Insight Partners, SignalFire, Databricks, and JPMorgan Chase.

The AI Research (Sr/Staff) Engineer will:

  • Provide hands-on technical leadership to design, develop, optimize and deploy Generative AI features, leveraging expertise in LLMs, RAGs, NLP, and AI infrastructure to optimize model quality and performance.
  • Lead a strong technical team across the US and Bangalore, guiding them on state-of-the-art AI models and algorithms while establishing best data-driven development practices.
  • Build agents that streamline data extraction, transformations and analysis.
  • Define scalable evaluation strategies that balance AI with human reviewers.

What You'll Need

  • Track record of driving AI products from concept to customer adoption.
  • Hands-on expertise with GenAI, LLMs, NLP, RAG, and Knowledge Graphs across the full ML lifecycle.
  • Mastery of SOTA techniques to boost LLM accuracy and reliability, including fine-tuning foundation models and curating datasets.
  • Experience in one or more: code generation (e.g., Codex, text-to-SQL), semantic extraction systems, knowledge graphs (e.g., Neo4j), or real-time ML products.
  • Passion for rapid iteration and high-quality execution with an entrepreneurial edge.
  • Up-to-date with AI trends; bonus for publications (e.g., NeurIPS, ACL).
  • BS in CS or equivalent, 5-10 years of experience; MS/PhD preferred.

Total Compensation: $200,000–$500,000

Benefits and Perks 

  • Prophecy covers 99% of employee health insurance and 75% for dependents
  • Very competitive compensation
  • We offer $200 per month towards wellness, gyms, massages, facials, and more! 
  • Celebrate your birthday and anniversary with a day off!
  • Flexible PTO 
  • Prophecy provides employees with a $500 professional development reimbursement every year
  • Company sponsored Long Term Disability and Life Insurance
  • FSA/HSA
  • Ability to have your fingerprint on an innovative platform
  • End-to-end ownership of your projects
  • And more!

*Benefits and perks may vary per country

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Prophecy, we hire for merit and foster an inclusive culture where people from diverse backgrounds can excel and do their best work. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Prophecy are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and any other protected characteristics under applicable laws.

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