Sr. Applied AI/ML Scientist

Sprout Social·Ireland·8 авг.

Sr. Applied AI/ML Scientist

от 12 375 $

≈ от 1,1 млн ₽

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Наша компания

Description NewsWhip by Sprout Social is looking for a Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist to join its AI, Data and Intelligence Business Unit.

О роли

Why join NewsWhip by Sprout Social’s Data Science and AI team? Most LLM applications are wrappers around a chat box. Ours aren't.

Чем предстоит заниматься

Architect and deliver production agentic workflows — both ambient (background agents that enrich, monitor, summarise, and surface insights across NewsWhip's data continuously) and interactive (user-facing tool-using agents that respond to journalist and PR analyst queries in real time)

Own the design of LLM-powered content enrichments that feed directly into customer reporting, alerts, and intelligence briefings — turning raw news signals into structured, decision-ready outputs

Lead the technical direction for tool-augmented LLM systems, including MCP-compatible services, function-calling patterns, and multi-step reasoning workflows

Make architecture-level decisions about when to use retrieval, when to use agents, when to fine-tune, and when a smaller model or classical NLP approach is the right answer

Define structured prompting standards, output schemas, and reusable patterns that the wider engineering team can build on

Set the bar for how NewsWhip evaluates LLM systems — offline benchmarks, online experimentation, regression detection, and human-in-the-loop review

Own guardrails for safety, hallucination reduction, factual grounding, and output consistency in a domain (news and media intelligence) where accuracy is non-negotiable

Build observability into every LLM feature: tracing, cost tracking, latency budgets, quality metrics, and drift monitoring

Make pragmatic trade-offs between model quality, latency, and cost — and be accountable for them

Take ownership of a core LLM-powered feature or subsystem

Implement measurable improvements to prompt quality, retrieval relevance, or model performance

Contribute to improving our AI evaluation and testing strategy

Lead at least one technical design discussion related to AI architecture

Наши требования

We’re looking for an experienced and highly technical Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist who embraces challenges, practices a growth mindset, and is eager to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders to provide data-driven solutions to business leaders and to NewsWhip’s by Sprout Social customers

Bachelor’s in Data Science, Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, or a related discipline

Experience with AI orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, LangGraph, etc.)

Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) or tool-calling architectures

Experience building agentic workflows or tool-using systems

Knowledge of semantic search and content retrieval systems

Experience with cloud platforms

Background in media analytics, content intelligence, or large-scale text processing

Experience in startup or high-growth environments

How you’ll grow

6+ years of experience building and operating production software systems

2+ years hands-on experience shipping LLM-powered features in real-world applications

Strong backend engineering skills (Python preferred)

Experience with several of the following

Large Language Model APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, open-weight models, etc.) and transformer-based techniques

Embedding models and similarity search

Vector databases (ChromaDB, Pinecone, Weaviate, etc.)

Prompt engineering and structured output techniques

LLM evaluation frameworks and automated testing

LLMOps practices (monitoring, versioning, observability using Langfuse, Datadog, etc.)

Track record of owning a system end-to-end in production, not just contributing to one

Experience making and defending architectural trade-offs (model choice, build vs. buy, latency vs. quality)

Experience mentoring engineers or leading technical design reviews

Experience working closely with Product and UX on feature delivery

Complete onboarding and gain a deep understanding of NewsWhip’s product, data model, and AI roadmap

Meet and learn from assigned onboarding resources

Set clear expectations and goals with your manager

Familiarize yourself with our existing LLM infrastructure, evaluation practices, and vector systems

Ship your first meaningful improvement or feature iteration to production

Become familiar with our existing features, available data, and best practices

Мы предлагаем

We’re proud to regularly be recognized for our team, product and culture. Our benefits program includes

Comprehensive Private Health & Dental: 100% premium coverage for you and your eligible dependents through VHI (Health) and DeCare (Dental)

Pension Scheme: We match your pension contributions 1-to-1 up to 6% of your salary

Life & Disability Insurance: 100% paid-for life cover and disability insurance for your peace of mind

Generous Paid Time Off: 25 days of leave, plus all public holidays and additional company-wide Rest & Recharge days

Paid Parental Leave: We support all growing families with 26 weeks of full pay for birthing parents and 16 weeks of full pay for non-birthing parents

Family & Care Support: Access to subsidized child/eldercare through Care.com

Premium Mental Health Support: Full access to Modern Health for you and your dependents, including free coaching, therapy sessions, and digital wellness resources

Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA): An annual $700 USD fund to spend on your physical, mental, and financial well-being

Work From Home Support: A one-time $550 USD stipend to set up your home office, plus a monthly $50 USD stipend for internet

Dublin Office Perks: A €18 daily lunch stipend (via Deliveroo) when you work from our Dublin office

Commuter Savings: Access to the Tax Saver Commuter/Cycle to Work scheme for tax savings

Charitable Giving: A company match for your donations to eligible organizations

This list is for informational purposes only. Benefit offerings are discretionary and subject to change and do not constitute a contract or guarantee of benefits

Our salary ranges reflect the expected earning potential for this role. Individual pay is based on geographic zone, relevant experience, and skills

Our current hiring range for this role: €90,000 – €135,000 annually. Offers are made within this range, with opportunities to grow within the broader band based on performance and impact

We share both our current hiring range and our broader geographic salary bands to provide transparency into our compensation philosophy. This ensures you understand not only your starting potential but also the long-term growth opportunities available as you progress in your role

These ranges were determined by a market-based compensation approach; we used data from trusted third-party compensation sources to set equitable, consistent, and competitive ranges. We also evaluate compensation bi-annually, identify any changes in the market and make adjustments to our ranges and existing employee compensation as needed

Whenever possible, we want to provide team members the flexibility to work in the location that makes the most sense for them. If you prefer an office setting, this role may be based in our Dublin location. If you prefer to work remotely from another location within Ireland, we will accommodate you as best as possible

If you are based in another location within EMEA, we aren’t able to hire in your location at this time

Дополнительно

Evolve the embedding and semantic search infrastructure that underpins NewsWhip's intelligence layer, including chunking strategies, hybrid search, and re-ranking

Improve retrieval relevance as one component of a broader agentic architecture — not as an end in itself

Partner with Product, and UX to translate ambiguous AI ideas into shipped features customers actually rely on

Lead technical design discussions and represent the AI team in architecture decisions

Raise the bar through code review, mentorship, and writing — help less experienced engineers grow into strong AI practitioners

Stay close to the frontier: evaluate emerging models, frameworks, and techniques and bring the right ones into the stack

Drive the end-to-end delivery of a significant AI feature from concept to production launch

Establish reusable patterns or tooling that improve LLM development velocity and reliability

Demonstrate measurable impact on quality metrics (e.g., reduced hallucination rates, improved relevance, latency, or cost efficiency)

Be recognized as a go-to expert for LLM systems and applied AI best practices within the team

Help shape the longer-term AI architecture and technical roadmap

Mentor other engineers on prompt design, evaluation, and AI system reliability

Surprise us - propose and deliver AI innovations that meaningfully change how customers use NewsWhip

Of course what is outlined above is the ideal timeline, but things may shift based on business needs and other projects and tasks could be added at the discretion of your manager

The full base pay range for this role is € 90,000 – €135,000