Senior NLP Engineer

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a global technology company that builds apps at the intersection of dating, social, and entertainment. The company's portfolio includes 70 social discovery platforms with a focus on AI, game mechanics, and video streaming. We actively support and invest in social discovery startups worldwide through our CVC fund.

More than 500 million people in 150 countries enjoy our products, and we strive to have ten times as many.

SDG invests in social discovery technology startups around the world. Our Investments include Open AI, Patreon, Flo, RAW, EVA AI, Clubhouse, Magnet, Woebot, Flure, Astry, Coursera, Academia, Harbour, Space, Auto1, DocSend, AppAnnie, Rapyd, Boom Supersonic, Trading, View, K-Health and many others.

We solve the problem of loneliness, isolation, and disconnection with the help of digital reality.

Our digital nomad team of more than 1200 professionals works all over the world. Together, we are solving the prevalent problem of loneliness and shaping Social Life 3.0 — a new digital reality where people will be able to fulfil their needs for communication and attention from other people and artificial life forms.

Our teams of digital nomads live and work remotely from Cyprus, Malta, the USA, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Poland, Israel, Turkey, Latvia and many others.

We are looking for a Senior NLP Engineer to join our internal product, Co-pilot.

Co-pilot is an innovative dialogue assistant integrated into our core global dating products. Designed to enhance user interactions, it offers real-time suggestions and personalized prompts, making conversations more engaging and meaningful. By seamlessly embedding Co-pilot in approximately 15 platforms, we ensure smoother, more enjoyable, and longer-lasting connections for our users. Join us in transforming the online dating experience with Co-pilot, where every chat counts.

Your main tasks will be:

• Conducting experiments with LLMs: Explore and analyze the effectiveness of different architectures and techniques (SFT, RLHF, Adapters, etc.) to enhance the capabilities of AI models;
• Developing and implementing evaluation methodologies: Implement and maintain robust frameworks to assess the performance, accuracy, and user satisfaction of AI bots, including offline and online metrics;
• Optimizing models for inference: Improve the efficiency and speed of AI models during inference to ensure they meet the performance and scalability requirements for production environments;
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams: Work closely with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to integrate AI solutions into the overall product pipeline.

We expect from you:

• Proficiency in Python, algorithms, and mathematics: Strong coding skills in Python and a solid foundation in algorithms, linear algebra, probability, and statistics;
• Deep understanding of ML and DL principles: Comprehensive knowledge of machine learning and deep learning concepts, including supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning;
• Comprehensive expertise in NLP and LLM: In-depth experience with natural language processing and large language models;
• Familiarity with ML frameworks and tools: numpy, pandas, scipy, scikit-learn, pytorch, transformers;
• English level: B2+.

It will be a plus:

• Experience in distributed training: Ability to implement and manage distributed learning workflows, ensuring efficient parallel training of models across multiple GPUs and nodes;
• Proficiency in C++ and CUDA: Strong skills in C++ programming and experience with CUDA for optimizing and accelerating deep learning algorithms on NVIDIA GPUs;
• Relevant publications: Demonstrated expertise through publications in reputable conferences or journals, showcasing contributions to the field of machine learning and AI;
• Knowledge of cloud platforms: Hands-on experience with cloud services like AWS, GCP, or Azure for training DL models.

What do we offer:

• REMOTE OPPORTUNITY to work full time;
• Vacation 28 calendar days per year;
• 7 wellness days per year (time off) that can be used to deal with household issues, to lie down and recover without taking sick leave;
• Bonuses up to $5000 for recommending successful applicants for positions in the company;
• Full payment for professional training, international conferences and meetings;
• Corporate discount for English lessons;
• ​Health benefits. If you are not eligible for corporate medical insurance, the company will compensate you with up to $ 1,000 gross per year per employee, according to the paychecks. This can be spent on self-purchase of health insurance or on doctor’s fees for yourself and close relatives (spouse, children);
• ​Workplace organization. The company provides all employees with an equipped workplace and all the necessary equipment (table, armchair, wifi, etc.) in our offices or co-working locations. In the other locations, the company provides reimbursement of workplace costs up to $ 1000 gross once every 3 years, according to the paychecks. This money can be spent on the rent of the co-working room, on equipping the working place at home (desk, chair, Internet, etc.) during those 3 years;
• Internal gamified gratitude system: receive bonuses from colleagues and exchange them for time off, merch, team building activities, massage certificates, etc.

Sounds good? Join us now!