Research Data Scientist | Neufast

Neufast is a fast-growing HR tech startup company backed by the Hong Kong Science & Technology Park, SOSV Chinaccelerator and AsiaPay Capital with public funding from the Innovation and Technology Commission of the Hong Kong SAR Government. We offer world-leading video-based recruitment platform using Natural Language Processing and Speech & Facial Recognition technologies. To help reach realize our mission goals, we are currently looking for a Research Data Scientist with hands-on experience in NLP (Chinese/ Malay/ other Asian languages) and Computer Vision and integrate other packages to turbo-charge our core product offerings. You will work on cutting-edge technologies to achieve our mission to change how companies evaluate job-seekers based on science and I/O psychology.

BENEFITS:

• Competitive salary and generous share options pool commensurate with experience level
• Strong team members and tremendous growth opportunity
• A promising and fast-growing market
• Flexible working time and environment
• Training is provided for the candidates to further develop your knowledge in NLP & Facial Recognition technologies

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform Research to turn known data analytic theories and principles into part of our applications
• Research and Develop further NLP and video recognition technologies to process our data
• Analyze the existing technologies in NLP and video recognition systems to integrate those technologies into our platform
• Access our database and process textual, audio and video data to train and evaluate our data model
• Assist in management of our intellectual properties and filing of patents
• Prepare technical reports for evaluation by our development and management team
• Liaise with other development teams to integrate various systems
• As a startup company, you can take part in other activities. You may need to perform other duties as required

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Masters or bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Doctoral degree in the relevant areas is highly rated
• Strong programming experience in python and JavaScript
• Experience in using various database systems such as MongoDB
• Knowledge and experience in NLP, speech and/or facial recognition is required
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills who can work independently
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English is required
• Good verbal and written communication skills in Mandarin is a bonus

Interest parties, please email your resume with expected and current salary to agnes@neufast.com