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Research Scientist – E-commerce Recommendation(LLM Applications) - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PhD)
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- Completing or recently completed a PhD; no number of years specified.
- Education
- PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Develop algorithms and systems using LLMs and generative models for e-commerce matching, summarization, and recommendation, contributing research and balancing scientific rigor with real-world constraints.
What you'll do
- Design LLM- and generative-model-based systems for content-to-commerce matching and product summarization.
- Explore architectures and strategies for generative recommendation systems.
- Contribute through internal papers, patents, or external publications, while balancing scientific rigor with real-world constraints.
What they ask for
- Completing or recently completed a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Strong foundation in machine learning and knowledge of cutting-edge AI technologies.
- Familiarity with big data frameworks such as Hadoop, MapReduce, and Spark.
- Experience with TensorFlow or PyTorch for model training and deployment, and understanding of mixed precision and distributed training.
Nice to have
- Publications in accredited academic conferences or competition experience.
- Knowledge of model compression and inference acceleration, or expertise in computer vision/multimodality or NLP.
Tools
Hadoop, MapReduce, Spark, TensorFlow, PyTorch, SGLang, TensorRT
AI focus
Build a foundational multimodal e-commerce model and agent framework, applying LLMs and generative recommendation to product matching, summarization, demand forecasting, traffic allocation, and personalized recommendations.
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