ResearchScientist--MachineLearningBaiduResearch,headquarteredinSiliconValley, islookingtohireResearchScient istswithstrongmachinelearningordeeplearningbackgrounds.OurmissionistodevelophardAItechnologiesthatenableustoreachhundredsof millionsof users.Asaresearchscient ist at Baidu,youwillbeuniquelyposit ionedtocontributetothismission,whilealsolearningalot aboutdeeplearning/machinelearning,andextendingthestate-of-the-art inAI.Wehavealargesystemsteamwhichisdevelopingthenextgenerat ionof deeplearningplat form.Oursystemsteam'sgoalistomakeit easyforyouto(i)expressyourmachinelearningideasincode,and(ii)quicklyrunexperiments, sothatyoucanquicklygetresults, learn, anditerate.Byprovidinggreatt raining,sof twaretooling, andhardwareinfrastructure, weaimtohelpyoumakerapidprogressinAIresearch.OuremphasisisontacklinghardAItechnologiesthat, if successful, willimprovethelivesof at least 100millionpeople.Withanemphasisondeeplearning,ourworkspansvision,speechrecognit ion, NLP,andmanyotherareas.Here'swhatyouwilldo:

● Learnaboutdeeplearning.Learnaboutcomputersystemsforbuildingscalablelearningalgorithms.

● Workwiththeteamtocreatenewdeeplearningalgorithmsandapplicat ions.● Runexperiments, learn, iterate.● Createsoftwarethatreacheshundredsof millionsof users.

Youwillbeworkingwithasmallteamofhighlytalentedengineers, whoarefocusedonadvancingtheAImission.Here'swhatwe'dliketoseeinyou:Verystrongtechnicalskills:

● Familiaritywithmachinelearning.Youshouldbefamiliarwiththeprocess(datacollect ion, t raining,evaluat ion, makingiterat iveimprovements)of buildingef fect ivelearningsystems.

● Abletoworkwiththemathof machinelearning.If weneedtomakeachangetoalearningalgorithm,youshouldbecomfortablethinkingaboutopt imizat ionobject ives, linearalgebraformulat ionsof algorithms,etc.

● Abletowritecode.Whileweappreciatetheoret icalunderstandings,it isevenmoreimportantthat you'reabletowritegoodcodeinlanguagessuchasC++/Java/Python/CUDA(i.e., not just Mat lab).

Culturef it :

● Missionalignment:If youwanttoadvanceAI, wewillgiveyouthebestpossibleplat formtodothat.If youareonadif ferentmission,thenwearenotagoodf it .

● Self-directed:Weworkbestwithpeoplethataredriven,mot ivated,andaspiretogreatness.Areyouthesort of personthat, if youhadt imeonyourhands,willindependent lyf indinterest ingandusefulthingstodo?

● Hungrytolearn:Weareeagertoteachyounewskills.Butlearningishardworkandthisissomethingwehopeyouwanttodo.

● Teamorientat ion:Weworkinsmall, fast-movingteams.Wedon't believeinlonewolves.Wewatchoutforeachother, andgoaf terbiggoalstogether---asateam.

WearebasedinSiliconValley, inSunnyvale, California.