Research Scientist (Generative & Agentic AI)
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Appier is hiring a Research Scientist (Generative & Agentic AI). Appier seeks a Research Scientist to advance generative and agentic AI, focusing on large language and vision‑language models, post‑training techniques, and autonomous agents. The role involves publishing research, designing rigorous evaluations, and collaborating with engineers to translate frontier AI breakthroughs into product impact.
Key focus areas include Research and build agentic AI systems with reasoning, planning, tool use, memory, and multi‑agent collaboration, Advance post‑training techniques such as SFT, RLHF, RLVR, and preference optimization, and Improve performance, efficiency, and scalability of foundation models across training and inference.
Successful candidates bring Master's Degree Or Ph.D. In Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics Or Related Field and Research Experience In AI/ML. Important skills include Generative AI, LLM, Vision-Language Models, AI Agents, Post-training Techniques, and SFT. Preferred (not required): Agentic AI, Large-scale Distributed Training, LLM Post-Training Pipelines, and Open-Source Contributions.
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About Appier
Appier is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to power business decision-making. Founded in 2012 with a vision of democratizing AI, Appier's mission is turning AI into ROI by making software intelligent. Appier now has 17 offices across APAC, Europe and U.S., and is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Ticker number: 4180). Visit www.appier.com for more information.
About the Role
As a Research Scientist, you will work at the frontier of generative and agentic AI: advancing Large Language Models (LLMs), Vision-Language Models (VLMs), and AI agents that reason, plan, and use tools to solve real-world problems. Your research will span post-training (SFT, RLHF/RLVR), reasoning and test-time scaling, multimodal intelligence, and autonomous agentic systems. You will shape Appier's core AI capabilities, publish at top AI/ML conferences, and collaborate with scientists and engineers to turn frontier research into product impact.
Responsibilities
- Research and build agentic AI systems: reasoning, planning, tool use, memory, and multi-agent collaboration, powered by LLMs and VLMs.
- Advance post-training techniques (SFT, RLHF, RL with verifiable rewards, preference optimization) to improve model capability, alignment, and reliability.
- Improve the performance, efficiency, and scalability of foundation models across training, inference, and test-time compute.
- Design rigorous evaluations and benchmarks for models and agents in real-world scenarios.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ship research into production applications.
- Track frontier research, propose new directions, and publish key findings at leading AI/ML venues.
About You
Minimum Qualifications
- Master's degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, with research experience in AI/ML.
- Deep understanding of modern foundation models, with expertise in at least one of: LLMs, VLMs/multimodal models, RL, or agentic systems.
- Hands-on experience building with LLMs: fine-tuning, RAG, agent frameworks (e.g., tool use, function calling), or product prototyping. Fluency with AI-assisted coding workflows is a plus.
- Proficient in Python and PyTorch; able to build, train, and optimize models effectively.
- Strong ability to analyze model behavior, diagnose bottlenecks, and improve training and inference pipelines.
- Clear communication skills and a team-first attitude in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Publications in top AI/ML conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ACL, EMNLP).
- Experience with large-scale distributed training or LLM post-training pipelines.
- Contributions to open-source projects (e.g., agent frameworks, model or benchmark releases).
- Passion for pushing the frontier of generative and agentic AI and bridging research with impactful real-world applications.
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