BoostDraft is hiring a
Research Engineer, Remote - Japan

Summary

The job is for a Research Engineer at BoostDraft, an engineering-first company developing an assisted document editor for legal documents. The company offers opportunities to work remotely and focuses on R&D for new technology in NLP/GenAI/DL/ML. The position involves designing and implementing new features for the product, interviewing customers, analyzing data, and evaluating cutting-edge techs.

Requirements

• Experience in natural language processing using deep learning frameworks such as Huggingface/PyTorch/TensorFlow
• Fundamental knowledge of basic data retrieval using RDBMS, KVS, full-text search engines, etc
• Experience with programming languages other than Python, such as Java, C#, C++, Rust, Go, JavaScript, TypeScript
• Experience in commercial or open-source software development
• Business-level proficiency in English conversation

Responsibilities

• Design and implement new features for our products
• Apply LLM/DeepLearining/ML/NLP techs for our editor product
• Interview our customers and design new features/apps for solving their problems
• Analyze public/private data for understanding legal documents
• Evaluating cutting-edge DL/ML/NLP techs

Preferred Qualifications

• Academic Background: Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (preferred)
• Experience in software development for Windows
• Knowledge of binary-related concepts such as CPU architecture, compilers, linkers, build systems, etc

Benefits

• A wealth of real-world applications in NLP/GenAI/DL/ML with access to practical and sensitive data
• Focus on R&D for new technology: We heavily focus on research for knowledge extraction leveraging user data
• An Engineering-first approach: The CEO is also a software engineer and over 70% of members are software engineers. We believe in empowering our engineers and providing them with the resources they need to succeed
• Rapid organic growth : We have experienced 300% revenue growth, are profitable, and have achieved this without outside investment. All of our revenue is coming from referrals by users, no marketing efforts
• Fully remote
• Flexible working time: 6:00 am - 11:30 am / 3:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Flexible time: Core time: 11:30 am - 3:00 pm
• Virtual Office: You'll have the ability to craft a character within a virtual office environment and engage with fellow colleagues through interactive experiences
• 5-day workweek（Saturday, Sunday, Public Holidays / End of Year and New Year holidays (set by company) / others set by company）
• Full-time（Fixed overtime pay included）
• 6 months probation period