Research Scientist II

Research Scientist II role at Dataminr. This role can be remote or based out of our New York City, Dublin, or London offices. As an AI Research Scientist you'll be working on some of the most challenging AI problems in real-time event detection and directly contributing to products while advancing the state of the art. You'll have the opportunity to tackle the most exciting trends in AI to power a revolutionary product that uncovers critical events around the world as they unfold. Dataminr's AI innovations include Regenerative AI (ReGenAI), Agentic AI (Intel Agents) and Multimodal AI that processes data from images, video, sensor data, audio, and text in over 150 languages.

• Perform research to advance the state of the art and solve specific problems at scale in one or more of the following areas: Natural Language Processing, Machine and Deep Learning.
  
• Work closely with a diverse, interdisciplinary team to deliver value to customers (existing and new products).
  
• Contribute to the research community via publications in top-tier venues, participation in program committees, etc.
  
• Excel in placing a human-centered focus on the work (context, end-user impact, etc), finding solutions that work in practice and have significant impact.
  
• Productionize and ship research into Dataminr's products, and thus to its users worldwide.
  
• Senior candidates are expected to lead technical areas and/or people.
  

• Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field
  
• Experience in one or more of the following topics: AI for cyber security, LLMs, agentic AI, generation, machine translation, summarization, topic detection & tracking, text classification, knowledge extraction/representation/management, trending topic detection, search, machine learning and deep learning, etc.
  
• Outstanding publication record (IEEE, AAAI, NeurIPS, ACL, TACL, EMNLP, WWW, etc.).
  
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, set up experiments and demonstrate progress through principled use of metrics.
  
• Proficiency in Python and experience with relevant AI/ML libraries and frameworks such as PyTorch and Hugging Face Transformers. Experience with LLM serving technologies such as vLLM is a plus.
  
• Professional experience in industry (requirement varies depending on level; recent graduates must have had relevant internships).
  

Dataminr's groundbreaking, AI-powered, intelligence platform provides organizations with the earliest signals of emerging risks, events, and threats before they unfold. Trusted by two-thirds of the Fortune 50 and half of the Fortune 100, Dataminr's platform analyzes billions of public data inputs spanning text, image, video, audio and sensor data across 150+ languages, empowering our clients to stay one step ahead in an increasingly complex world where every second counts.

Founded in 2009, Dataminr has pioneered the world's first real-time event detection platform. Dataminr operates around the world, united by our passion to use AI for the greater good and to put our technology into the hands of clients charged with responsibility to keep organizations running and people safe.

Dataminr is committed to offering flexible work arrangements, offices around the world, generous PTO and sick leave, and a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping all our employees happy and healthy. Explore all our benefits here.

We believe our differences give us strength. Our employees are empowered to be their best, authentic selves through opportunities such as our robust employee resource group (ERG) network, manager development programming, and professional development funds.

We serve a global community and strive to reflect the world and clients we serve. We uphold merit and equity, condemn racism and discrimination, and are committed to social good and positive change.

The annual base salary range for this position is $148,240 - $218,000. You will also be eligible to receive a discretionary bonus and company equity. Actual salary will be based on factors including geographic location, applicant skills, and prior relevant experience.

Dataminr is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Individuals seeking employment at Dataminr are considered without regard to race, sex, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetics, marital status, pregnancy, unemployment status, sexual orientation, citizenship status or veteran status.

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• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
  
• Employment type: Full-time
  
• Job function: Other
  
• Industries: Technology, Information and Internet