Machine Learning Research Engineer

About Cogent

Cogent Labs, an AI startup based in Tokyo, has been at the forefront of AI innovation for a decade since 2014. Our journey has been marked by rapid growth and cutting-edge technological advancements, making us a prime destination for ambitious professionals seeking to make a real world impact in solving a wide range of business problems.

Our flagship product, SmartRead, has revolutionized document processing with its advanced AI based automated document processing capabilities. Building on this success, we're expanding our portfolio with SmartFind, which uses conversational interface like Chat GPT, and workflow automation tools in 2025. What sets us apart is our commitment in developing in-house, cutting-edge AI technology including proprietary large document models.

At Cogent Labs, we foster a culture of ownership and teamwork like a professional sports team. We are a meritocratic, results-driven team, looking for a self-starter and highly motivated individuals who thrive on challenges in a closely collaborating team environment.

Job Summary

Cogent Labs is seeking an experienced Machine Learning Engineer to design, develop, and enhance machine-learning solutions for our products, aimed at solving real-world business challenges. As a member of our highly skilled team, you will be responsible for creating machine learning models that address specific problem statements and are deployable by our engineering team. We emphasize experience building machine learning solutions as part of productionized systems, as they come with long-term planning and maintenance challenges.

Responsibilities

• Leading research initiatives to solve a novel problem, discussing possible directions in terms of the product, and investigating possible solutions using machine learning or internally developed algorithms
• Orchestrating and executing the operations around creating or improving features, from choices around data labeling, to training models and evaluating them, and helping with the end-to-end integration
• Continuously paying attention to non-functional aspects of feature development such as ease of maintenance, quality of testing, and computation performance in production
• Staying up-to-date on developments in relevant machine learning fields
• Guiding and mentoring more junior members of the team in terms of possible algorithmic approaches, model training practices or techniques, and software engineering in general

Qualifications and skills

Required qualifications

Nice to have qualifications

We are working in a dynamic environment, using modern technologies such as PyTorch, Docker, Knative, Kafka, Kubernetes, Nvidia Triton, Github Actions, and cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services.

Team Culture

The Cogent Labs engineering department is continuously working towards developing a culture improving and rewarding the following qualities :

What we offer

Benefits

Working Conditions

Annual salary (Total Target Cash Compensation)  : 8.0 million yen to 11.5 million yen

Details : Monthly salary  : 583,335 yen to 833,335 yen

Base salary 431,600 yen + fixed overtime pay [for 45 hours] 151,735 yen

Base salary 541,456 yen + fixed overtime allowance [for 45 hours] 190,356 yen + fixed late night work allowance [for 20 hours] 101,523 yen

Additional overtime pay will be provided for hours worked beyond 45 hours / 20 hours [late night].

Base salary will be determined based on experience and ability

Performance-based bonuses are provided twice a year

Commuting Allowance are paid separately