Machine Learning Resident

“If you are passionate about leveraging machine learning and harnessing the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) to create innovative solutions tailored for regulatory and compliance challenges within the legal landscape, then this is the right opportunity for you. Be a part of the team of research and machine learning scientists and get mentored by some of the best minds in AI.”_

**About the Role**

This is a paid residency that will be undertaken over a twelve-month period with the potential to be hired by our client Ultimarii afterwards (note: at the discretion of the client). The resident will be reporting to an Amii Scientist and regularly consult with the Client team to share insights and engage in knowledge transfer activities. At the end of the engagement, it is expected that the work could be publishable to a respected conference or journal.

**About our Client**

Ultimarii is a leading technology company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, dedicated to accelerating major projects. At Ultimarii, we harness the power of artificial intelligence to create innovative products and services that meet the evolving needs of Project Owners and the consultants that support them. Ultimarii is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

**About the Project**

Ultimarii empowers project owners and developers to fast-track major project development with our innovative AI-powered products. This project will lead the development of products trained on comprehensive datasets of publicly available regulatory filings and securely incorporating corporate private project documents for unmatched efficiency.

This project will initially focus on two major areas of functionality to demonstrate both the power of a single, smart searchable repository of all major project public regulatory filing documents and the power to summarize, analyze, explain, selected documents within the document repository.

**Required Skills / Expertise**

Are you passionate about building great solutions? Do you want to drive a high impact early-stage business? You’ll be presented with opportunities to both personally and professionally develop as you build your career. We’re looking for a talented and enthusiastic individual with a solid background in machine learning, specifically in LLMs and applied NLP.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Design, implement, and optimize ML algorithms for predictive modeling, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Computer Vision
- Identify, prepare, and optimize large datasets for ML training
- Leverage OpenAI tools and APIs for ML tasks
- Undertake applied research on ML techniques to address the limitations in existing models
- Collaborate with project team and stakeholders to develop MVP and client focused solutions
- Participate in regular meetings with the client, preparing presentations and reports
- Develop Data and ML workflows
- Optimize ML pipelines for efficiency, scalability, and real-time processing

**Required Qualifications**:

- Completion of a graduate level program or higher (M.Sc/Ph.D) in Computing Science, ML or Engineering
- Research or project experience in Natural Language Processing
- Previous experience with LLM use-cases
- Proficient in Python programming language and related ML frameworks, libraries and toolkits (e.g. Scikit learn, Keras, Tensorflow, PyTorch, Pandas, Jupyter notebooks, Transformers, DeepSpeed, HuggingFace Datasets)
- A positive attitude towards learning and understanding a new applied domain
- Must be legally eligible to work in Canada

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Hands-on experience in AI/ML development projects
- Familiarity with OpenAI technologies (e.g., GPT, DALL-E, Codex) to augment LLM capabilities
- Statistical analysis and hypothesis testing
- Publication record in peer-reviewed academic conferences or relevant journals in machine learning

**Non-Technical Requirements**:

- Desire to take ownership of a problem and demonstrated leadership skills
- Interdisciplinary team player enthusiastic about working together to achieve excellence
- Capable of critical and independent thought
- Intellectual curiosity and the desire to learn new things, techniques, and technologies
- Industry experience in energy, project engineering, environmental or legal studies will be considered an asset.

**Why You Should Apply**

Besides gaining industry experience, additional perks include:

- Work under the mentorship of an Amii Scientist for the duration of the project
- Participate in professional development activities
- Gain access to the Amii community and events
- Build your professional network
- The opportunity for a ongoing machine learning role at the client’s organization at the end of the term (at the client’s discretion)

**About Amii**

One of Canada’s three main institutes for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, our world-renowned researchers drive fundamental and applied resea