About the role

  • AI Research Scientist developing advanced technologies related to multimodal models at Mercari's R4D team. Collaborating on machine learning and computer vision projects that impact e-commerce platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Research and develop new technologies related to multimodal foundation models and generative AI, including computer vision and natural language processing (NLP).
  • Design and execute large-scale model training and conduct performance evaluations across multiple benchmarks.
  • Develop prototypes for new algorithms and present research results both internally and externally.
  • Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and business teams to research and implement advanced technologies for next-generation AI services.

Requirements

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
  • Practical experience in computer vision or multimodal learning within the field of machine learning or generative models.
  • Record of publications in top-tier conferences or journals such as CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, or NeurIPS.
  • Development experience using general-purpose programming languages such as Python or C++.
  • Experience using machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
  • Familiarity with modern development tools and cloud environments, including Git, Docker, AWS, or GCP.
  • 3+ years of professional experience in software or research and development fields.
  • Experience training Large Language Models (LLMs) or Large Vision-Language Models.
  • Implementation experience in supervised learning, self-supervised learning, reinforcement learning, or graph learning, including pre-training and fine-tuning techniques.
  • Experience in building large-scale datasets.
  • Experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and large-scale model deployment.
  • Experience in designing and operating distributed learning environments or training pipelines.
  • Business-level Japanese proficiency, with smooth reading, writing, and listening skills.

Job title

AI Research Scientist

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

Location requirements

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