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NVIDIA's KGMON (Kaggle Grandmasters of NVIDIA) team is seeking a Senior Applied Research Scientist passionate about AI agents with proven skills in applying AI research to practical problems. The team comprises world-class competitive machine learning practitioners who tackle NVIDIA's most challenging applied AI problems, drive innovation in agentic AI, develop winning solutions for top-tier ML competitions, and apply leading-edge techniques to real-world applications.
Responsibilities
- Drive competitive ML excellence by competing in top-tier machine learning competitions (Kaggle, NeurIPS, CVPR challenges) and share winning techniques with NVIDIA solution and product teams.
- Engage with the ML community by sharing insights through Kaggle notebooks, technical blogs, social media, conference presentations, and open-source contributions; represent NVIDIA in competitive ML and agentic AI.
- Collaborate with product, research, and engineering teams to develop new solutions and internal guidelines.
- Work with external customers on real-world problems using state-of-the-art techniques and NVIDIA technology.
- Confront challenges in evaluation, solution architecture, data science, and agent modeling.
Requirements
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of applied ML/AI work experience.
- Demonstrated success in competitive ML (Kaggle competition master or higher, high rankings in significant ML contests, or comparable proven expertise in competitive data science).
- Excellent communication skills: ability to write clear technical documentation, papers, and blog posts; active engagement in ML communities; and comfort presenting to diverse audiences.
- Self-directed and collaborative: ability to work autonomously on ambiguous problems while effectively partnering with cross-functional teams.
Ways to Stand Out
- Kaggle Grandmaster status with gold medals in NLP/LLM contests or several top-10 placements in prominent ML competitions.
- Published research in top-tier venues (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP) on topics related to LLMs, agents, or ML algorithms.
- Experience with NVIDIA AI platforms such as NeMo, NIMs, TensorRT-LLM, and RAPIDS.
Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary range: 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD (base salary determined by location, experience, and pay of employees in similar positions).
- Eligible for equity and benefits. NVIDIA offers a generous benefits package.
Additional Information
- Applications for this job will be accepted at least until December 22, 2025.
- NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a diverse work environment.