Senior AI Researcher

, Netherlands

Job Family Group:

Research and Development

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

May 28, 2025

Business unit:

Projects and Technology

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

As we transition to more and cleaner forms of energy, the challenges the energy industry is facing in the coming decades is considerable. (Generative) AI will be playing a crucial role in navigating through the uncertainties of the energy future. The Multi-Modal Generative AI team at Shell is on a mission to bring the best of Generative and Agentic AI technology to Shell businesses. In this role, you will contribute to the broader (Generative and Agentic) AI innovation landscape within the company.

As an innovation organization within the Digital Technology Office (DTO) in Shell, we maintain a portfolio of digital projects driven by applied research and new product innovation. As a Senior AI Researcher, you will setup large-scale experiments and deploy promising ideas quickly and broadly, managing deadlines and deliverables while applying the latest theories to develop new and improved products, processes, or technologies within the broader (Generative) AI space. From creating proof of concepts and prototyping implementations to designing new architectures, our Senior AI Researchers work on real-world problems that span the breadth of various lines of business. Once the ideas have been de-risked you will work with our partners in the business and the IDT organization to scale and replicate the solutions. As a Senior AI Researcher, you'll also actively contribute to the wider Shell.ai community by sharing and publishing your findings, with ideas inspired by internal projects as well as from collaborations with strategic partners, universities, and technical institutes all over the world.

You will be responsible for innovation, concept development and productization of (Generative) AI applications with direct business impact. More specifically, responsibilities in your role include:

• Expected to be a key technical researcher/developer on deep learning and (Generative) AI projects
• Develop technical proposals and research activities for applied (Generative and Agentic) AI research across Shell’s businesses
• Consult stakeholders in technical feasibility/data quality requirements/models for their problems.
• Use innovative research to develop novel (Generative and Agentic) AI technologies from ideation to deployment.
• Drive commercial value and collect feedback from end-users.
• Design novel (Generative and Agentic) AI algorithms and incorporate emerging AI technologies into our applications.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders (partners/universities) and communicate technical approaches/results to a general audience.
• Analyze real-world engineering & scientific datasets, and explore their use for (Generative) AI solutions

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Requirements:

• Master’s or Ph.D. degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, theoretical science, statistics, or related scientific field
• 3+ years of experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• 3+ years of theoretical and hands-on experience in deep learning and computer vision
• Theoretical and hands-on track record of experience working with the latest of Generative modeling for computer vision applications (VAEs, Diffusion Models, Flow Matching, etc.)
• Theoretical and hands-on track record of experience working with (Multi)Agentic AI tech stacks including LLMs, VLMs, etc.  
• Proven examples of implementing experimental pipelines and prototyping Generative AI applications using LLMs and VLMs
• A mathematical background covering some subset of linear algebra, probability, multivariate calculus, geometry, and/or numerical methods
• Affinity with lifecycle and data management, and experience using Git to manage models, and source code
• Excellent coding skills in Python, and software development.
• Experience with cloud stacks and architectures, such as Azure, AWS, etc. Comfort with some flavor of Unix shell environment (e.g., bash)
• Must have legal authorization to work in Netherlands on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer
• Publications in flagship venues of AI or related scientific journals or conferences is a plus
• Experience as a technical lead in Generative AI and computer vision projects is a plus

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