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We are seeking a customer-facing Associate Data Scientist/AI Trainer to join a Professional Services team focused on Conversational AI implementations. The ideal candidate should have a good understanding of Natural Language Processing technologies. In this role, you will be responsible for working with Developers and Conversation Designers to ensure highest levels of accuracy and performance in Five9’ AI based solutions such as intelligent virtual agents, agent guided solutions, and others.
Responsibilities:
- Label language data following labeling guidelines.
- Ensure that labeling/data analysis tasks are completed on time and to a high standard.
- Review, maintain and improve labeling guidelines and procedures to ensure consistency and accuracy of labeling/analysis.
- Collaborate with Data Scientists and Engineers to identify requirements and prioritize tasks.
- Work with the project management team to ensure that labeling/analysis tasks are scheduled and completed according to project timelines.
- Identify opportunities for process improvements and automation to increase efficiency and reduce errors.
- Implement/improve methods to compare and evaluate LLM outputs.
- Create and curate multilingual speech and text datasets.
- Evaluate and recommend ML models for topic modeling, summarization, intent classification.
- Create data visualization tools and dashboards.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Familiarity with NLP labeling/analysis.
- Undergraduate degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Linguistics or similar.
- Understanding of Conversational AI concepts and technologies.
- Excellent project management and communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain high-quality standards.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
Preferred Qualifications
- Graduate degree or higher in in Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Linguistics or similar.
- Experience with programming and data analysis/statistics with languages and platforms such as Python, R, Jupyter, and SQL.
- Experience in a customer-facing role (requirement gathering, presentations, etc.).
- Familiarity with version control, unit tests, and other programming best practices.
- Proficiency in additional languages.
- Experience designing and conducting data experiments.
- Familiarity with bot frameworks such as IBM Watson, Amazon Lex, Rasa or Google Dialogflow.
- Experience with ML libraries, such as SciKit Learn, TensorFlow, etc.
- Hands on experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, fine-tuning and evaluation.
Work Location: This role is fully remote for candidates who reside outside the 50 mile radius of our San Ramon office. For candidates who reside within 50 miles of our San Ramon location, this role is Hybrid and would require 3 days a week (M, W, TH) in our San Ramon office.
As part of our continued commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, Five9 supports pay transparency during the entire recruitment process. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate including, but not limited to: skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the job across the United States. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation package during your hiring process.
Additionally, the total compensation package for this position may also include an annual performance bonus, stock, and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans.
Our total reward package also includes:
- Health, dental, and vision coverage, beginning on the first day of employment. Five9 covers 100% of the employee portion of the health, dental and vision coverage and shares a high portion of the dependent cost. We also offer Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance, and a 401k saving plan with employer matching.
- Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as: therapy, coaching and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.
- Generous employee stock purchase plan.
- Paid Time Off, Company paid holidays, paid volunteer hours and 12 weeks paid parental leave.
All compensation and benefits are subject to the requirements and restrictions set forth in the applicable plan documents and any written agreements between the parties.
The US base salary range for this role is below. $59,600—$134,400 USD
Five9 embraces diversity and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better we are. Five9 is an equal opportunity employer.
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