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Lead Applied Scientist, Search

Location: Remote
Compensation: To Be Discussed
Reviewed: Tue, Oct 13, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

Leading the design and development of large-scale search and information retrieval systems, the full-time remote Lead Applied Scientist, Search will manage indexing, ranking, and retrieval processes to enhance legal, tax, and accounting content delivery.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Design and deploy search architectures for large-scale content collections
  • Build and optimize ingestion pipelines for document retrieval
  • Develop ranking systems using both traditional and modern techniques to improve retrieval quality
Required Qualifications:
  • PhD in Computer Science, Information Retrieval, AI, Machine Learning, NLP, or a related field preferred
  • 8+ years of experience in building production search and retrieval systems
  • Publications in recognized venues such as SIGIR, ACL, or NeurIPS
  • Strong Python skills with experience in PyTorch and distributed model development
  • Expertise in search engine architecture and ranking systems

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