Senior Research Scientist, Vertical LLM - Rakuten Institute of Technology Worldwide (RIT) (Tokyo)

Job Description:

Business Overview

The Rakuten AI & Data Division (AIDD) creates powerful, customer-focused search, recommendation, data science, advertising, marketing, pricing, and inventory optimization solutions for various businesses in commerce, fintech, and mobile industries.     

Department Overview

Rakuten Institute of Technology Worldwide (RIT), the AI R&D engine of Rakuten Group, is a global network of research labs spanning Tokyo, Singapore, Boston, San Mateo, Bengaluru, and Paris. We are dedicated to pioneering advancements in core AI technologies, with a focus on machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI. Our researchers are actively exploring the use case of large language models, intelligent agent systems, and other cutting-edge applications, driving innovation across Rakuten's diverse ecosystem.

Position:

Why We Hire

We are seeking a talented Research Scientist to contribute to the development of our core large language models (LLMs) and multimodal LLMs. This role will build the foundational multimodal LLMs and explore their applications for Rakuten Group.

Position Details

- Continuously track the latest research progress of large language models, including pre-training, fine-tuning, instruction fine-tuning, prompt engineering, and multimodal large models.

- Actively explore the application of large language models to various application systems, such as AI agent, search, recommendation, and compliance use cases.

- Collaborate with the engineering and product development team to improve the efficiency and scalability of large model training and LLM powered services.

- Publish research results in top academic conferences to expand the team’s and Rakuten’s influence in the technical community.

Mandatory Qualifications:

- Ph.D. or Master’s degree with top-tier AI conference publications in ML/NLP/CV.

- Excellent coding skills, knowledge of data structures and fundamental algorithms, and proficiency in C/C++ or Python.
- Winners of competitions such as ACM/ICPC, NOI/IOI, Topcoder, Kaggle, etc., are preferred.

- 3+ years of research or development experience in Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Desired Qualifications:

- 3+ years of experience in developing LLMs or applying them in an industry setting.

- Passion for technology, strong communication skills, and team spirit.

- Strong publication record in relevant areas is a plus.

Other Information:

Additional information on English Qualification

English: Fluent

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