American Express - Research Engineer (3-8 Yrs) Bangalore (Systems/Product Software)

Job Description : - The Big Data Labs (BDL) of American Express Corporation based in Bangalore, India is looking for best in class Research Scientists (including Senior and Principal), Research Engineers (including Senior and Principal), Research Managers and Research Directors for - Unstructured Data Analytics- group to work in a dynamic and rewarding workplace.
-BDL was started in 2012 and involves dynamic and talented researchers with Ph.D. or Masters degree from top tier institutes in India and abroad having research and product development expertise in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Science, Data Mining, Information Retrieval, High Performance Computing and related technical areas.
-The team is working on challenging research problems with real life relevance pertaining to progress the state of the art in science and develop products to solve business problems for American Express. Roles and Responsibilities : - Develop new innovative technology solutions to business problems and demonstrate research solutions and prototypes - Transform research prototypes to products in collaboration with engineering teams and demonstrate quantifiable business benefits - Actively contribute to relevant scientific communities by publishing scholarly articles and invention disclosures, attending conferences and delivering presentations - Identify new research opportunities and spearhead innovation opportunities for the company - Develop strong collaborations with colleagues from global modelling and engineering teams as well as partners from business groups in areas of mutual interest - Pursue breakthrough research in a challenging and stimulating environment and demonstrate thought : Eligibility : - Penchant for creating new projects and executing them from conception to creating business impact through cutting edge research in relevant areas - Expertise in one or more of the following areas: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing (understanding and generation), Document Analysis and Text Mining, Automatic Question Answering, Dialog Systems and Speech Technologies, Neural and word embedding techniques, Web and Social Media Analytics.
-Experience of solving practical problems by developing novel techniques pertaining to above areas. Track record of deploying solution leading to business and societal benefits would be hugely favoured.
-Strong programming and coding experience in languages such as R, Python, C, C , Java; experience on deep learning platforms such as Theano, Torch etc. is desirable - Strong track record of creation of intellectual property i.e. patents and papers in reputed conferences and journals - especially for senior and experience : Ph.D., Masters and UGs in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering / Operations Research / Statistics/ Mathematics from institutes of global repute. We are currently looking for candidates at various experience level - from none to 10years of experience. Depending on relevant experience, credentials, as well as available positions band and level, will be decided. Schedule (Full-Time/Part-Time) :

Required Skills : English