Sr. AI Research Engineer at Weekday AI

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Sr. AI Research Engineer at Weekday AI. This role is for one of the Weekday's clients. Min Experience: 6 years. Location: USA. JobType: full-time. If you want to own the innovation pipeline, transform research into real-world impact, and build systems unmatched in the market, this is the role for you.. What You’ll Do. . . Invent, Implement, Impact. – Take cutting-edge advances in LLMs, NLP, OCR, and computer vision, and apply them to messy, multilingual, high-stakes financial documents. . . . Own the Model Lifecycle. – Lead end-to-end development: data collection and curation, architecture design, training, evaluation, and deployment. . . . Benchmark the Best. – Design and refine internal evaluation frameworks that set new standards for model quality in financial data extraction. . . . Prototype at Speed. – Rapidly build and ship experimental features in weeks while maintaining scientific rigor. . . . Collaborate with Firepower. – Work closely with product, infrastructure, and leadership teams to scale innovations into production systems for global financial use cases. . . What We’re Looking For. Must-Have Firepower. . . Paper-to-Prototype Speed. – Ability to translate new research into working prototypes within days, not months. . . . Code Fluency. – Strong Python skills with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch preferred); comfortable debugging and productionizing your own work. . . . Model Mastery. – Proven experience training and optimizing large models for NLP, computer vision, or multimodal tasks. . . . Data Grit. – Skilled at handling messy, real-world datasets, not just curated academic benchmarks. . . . Problem Ownership. – End-to-end problem solver who thrives on responsibility, not just isolated pipeline tasks. . . Nice-to-Haves (Differentiators). . Experience with LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, or domain adaptation. . . Background in Document AI, OCR, or table understanding. . . Research publications or open-source contributions in AI/ML. . . Experience with distributed training, large-scale inference optimization, or MLOps. . . Why This Role is a Career Accelerator. . . Immediate Impact. – See your research deployed to production within weeks. . . . Ownership. – Drive projects from inception to deployment with no silos. . . . Velocity. – Move faster than big-tech labs while maintaining research excellence. . . . Visibility. – Work directly with senior leadership and decision-makers. . . . Legacy. – Help shape the technical foundation of a next-generation AI platform. . . Skills. . AI Engineering . . Applied Research . . Deep Learning (NLP, CV, Multimodal) . . Python & PyTorch. . Company Location: United States.