Principal Data Scientist at Liveperson

Principal Data Scientist - Remote
United States | Data Science & ML
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LivePerson is a transformational force in how brands and consumers communicate. With over 18,000 brands, including HSBC, Verizon, and Home Depot, we are on a mission to make life easier for people and brands everywhere through trusted Conversational AI. We believe in a future where conversations are the norm for getting your intentions fulfilled - whatever they are.
We are an innovative, intent-driven company that believes in building the future and we are looking for growth minded, unconventional thinkers, developers and builders to join the team.
You will thrive here if: 
You can operate in a fast paced, dynamic environmentYou can build partnerships that move our business forwardYou build code that is simple, understandable, and clean You see feedback or failure as motivation to learn and to growYou believe data-driven decision making is the normYou relate to our core principles (link) and want to work with Conversational AI experts
In this role you will:
Create, develop, and apply machine learning approaches to conversational decision making and dialogue management in both a commercial and research settingUse your expert knowledge of state-of-the-art methods and tools to consistently find the most effective, efficient, stable, explainable, and elegant approachesDesign and build modern, flexible machine learning training pipelinesAnalyze large scale conversational datasetsBringing research-driven models to life within production systemsCreating durable, flexible scientific deployment and experimentation capabilitiesWork on challenging unsupervised and semi-supervised problems related to dialog management, and create pipelines to accelerate and scale this effortUse and present research findings in ways that inform and sometimes guide business and product strategyLead publication efforts in top dialogue conferences such as ACL, SIGdial, Neurips, Interspeech…etc
Your qualifications are:
Masters/PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computational Linguistics, or a related fieldPublication history in AI/ML/NLP conference with a focus on dialogue management research OR extensive experience within the commercial space working on production dialogue management systems.Hands on experience with Deep Learning for dialogue management Analysis, problem-solving, communication, and critical-thinking skillsStrong understanding of Machine Learning fundamentalsStrong programming experience in PythonStrong communication skills and a team player
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Why you’ll love working here:
LivePerson was named to FastCompany’s World’s most innovative companies of 2020 list for the Artificial Intelligence category. We offer top tier tech & data science colleagues, along with opportunities to push your own limits. We embrace invention and experimentation. You’ll have great benefits, flexible time off, plus snacks and drinks to keep your mind fresh and stomach full. Most importantly, you’ll have an ability to make an impact at work and at brands across the globe as we build the future with trusted Conversational AI together.
At LivePerson, people from diverse backgrounds come together to do their best work and be their authentic selves. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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