[Remote] OCI GenAI PhD Applied Scientist - Full-time Intern Conversion

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Oracle is a world leader in cloud solutions, and they are seeking a PhD Applied Scientist for their OCI Generative AI Service team. The role involves collaborating with product managers and technical leaders to develop innovative AI solutions and services, while mentoring junior engineers and ensuring project success from research to production.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers to translate business and product requirements into AI projects
• Collaborate with fellow technical leaders to ensure the successful and timely delivery of models and integration of services
• Coordinate with global teams to drive projects from research to production
• Develop new OCI services and features leveraging recent advances in generative AI, machine learning and deep learning
• Design and review the architecture of generative AI, including data, model, training, and evaluation, employing best practices
• Lead and mentor both junior and senior machine learning engineers
• Develop production code and advocate for the best coding and engineering practices
• Participate in project planning, review, and retrospective sessions
• Identify and mitigate risks in our plans and executions, especially at the intersection of business and engineering

Skills

• Have a PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Linguistics or a related field with a dissertation, thesis or final project centered in Machine Learning and Deep Learning) by July 2026
• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing scalable AI models for production
• Deep technical understanding of Machine Learning, Deep Learning architectures like Transformers, training methods, and optimizers
• Practical experience with the latest technologies in LLM and generative AI, such as parameter-efficient fine-tuning, instruction fine-tuning, and advanced prompt engineering techniques like Tree-of-Thoughts
• Hands-on experience with emerging LLM frameworks and plugins, such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, VectorStores and Retrievers, LLM Cache, LLMOps (MLFlow), LMQL, Guidance, etc
• Proven experience in designing data collection/annotation solutions and systematic evaluation necessary for developing and maintaining production systems
• Commitment to staying up-to-date with the field and applying academic advances to solve complex business problems, and bringing them into production
• Strong publication record, including as a lead author or reviewer, in top-tier journals or conferences
• Reside in the United States and/or attend a university in the US
• Able to obtain work authorization in the US in 2026
• Knowledge of LLM and experience delivering Generative AI And Agent models are a significant plus
• Familiarity and experience with the latest advancements in computer vision and multimodal modeling is a plus
• Minimum 3.0 GPA

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

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