Senior NLP Algorithm Developer

WSC Sports, the pioneer in AI-powered sports content technology, empowers their clients world-wide to connect with their fans through AI-tailored sports content experiences. WSC Sports’ platform automates the creation, management and distribution of content, enabling sports rights holders to expand reach, grow fan bases, and unlock revenue opportunities across digital platforms.

Why WSC Sports:

You’ll work in an awesome environment alongside some of the most innovative people in the industry, using cutting-edge technologies and tools (video editing, Gen AI, data, etc.). At WSC Sports, you have the opportunity to directly influence the products and tools used by our clients, including sports giants such as the NBA, Bundesliga, LaLiga, ESPN - and that’s just the beginning of what WSC Sports has to offer! Join us and be a part of the best team in tech as we Fuel the Fandom worldwide.

WSC Sports is looking for a Senior NLP Algorithm Developer to join us in research and development of our next-generation automatic sports video content engine. If you are passionate about state-of-the-art NLP and Generative AI research - we are looking for you!

What you’ll do:

• The team’s main focus: NLP & Generative AI.
• Research and develop end-to-end real-time solutions for sports content automation using state of the art deep learning algorithms for text, speech, audio and data analysis.
• Full R&D cycle, from problem definition and research to implementation and productization with a high level of autonomy.

In addition, part of the role & responsibilities will be:

• Design, develop and implement state-of-the-art Generative models, prompt engineering and classical ML/NLP techniques to create high-quality solutions for demanding product-oriented NLP tasks.
• Engage in collaboration with product, account, and customer success teams to establish success criteria and convert them into measurable objectives and quantitative measures.
• Conduct training and evaluation of models within practical production scenarios.

Requirements

What you’ll need:

• Degree in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/related field with a focus on AI/NLP/Computer Vision/ML from a well-known university.
• 5+ years of industry experience required in NLP and Deep learning algorithms.
• Proficiency in Python programming language. 
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Independence and ownership, ability to come up with innovative solutions and evaluate them quickly.

Preferred Qualifications:

• M.Sc or PHD. 
• Experience with Generative AI (mainly LLMs).
• Full cycle development: research to production.