Principal Applied AI Researcher - Domain- Specific Models (India)

The role

You will lead research across the full model development lifecycle to build, evaluate, and scale domain-specific models. This includes defining technical direction, architecting agentic research infrastructure, and mentoring senior researchers.

What you will do

• Set company-level technical direction for domain-specific model strategy
• Architect the agentic model development paradigm for the organization
• Lead research on model adaptation methodology, data curation, and post-training methods
• Shape model strategy across all domains and verticals
• Define evaluation strategy as an agentic discipline
• Lead cross-cutting research initiatives to multiply organizational capability
• Influence platform-level decisions regarding model lifecycle and integration
• Mentor senior researchers and raise technical standards
• Maintain hands-on research impact through technical work, publications, and patents

Required qualifications

• PhD or MSc in Computer Science, Machine Learning, NLP, or a related field
• 10+ years in AI/ML research with an exceptional track record of impact
• 4+ years developing LLM-based systems
• Deep hands-on experience across the full model development lifecycle
• Experience designing evaluation methodology beyond leaderboard metrics
• Direct experience training or adapting models on large GPU clusters using distributed frameworks
• Proficient in Python and PyTorch
• Experience shaping research direction at the organizational level

Nice to have

• Experience building domain-specialized models that outperform general-purpose alternatives
• Hands-on experience with post-training methods like RLHF, DPO, reward modeling, or constitutional approaches
• Deep experience in data curation for model development
• Track record of designing evaluation frameworks for enterprise or regulated-industry use cases
• Publication record at top-tier venues
• Experience taking model research from prototype to production in a commercial setting
• Domain expertise in energy, semiconductor, finance, aerospace, or supply chain

About the company

Articul8 provides a platform combining domain-specific models, autonomous agentic reasoning, reliable model evaluation, and multimodal understanding for regulated industries. The company serves Fortune 500 enterprises by delivering AI that meets accuracy, explainability, and auditability standards.