AkiraKan Limited is seeking an exceptional Research Scientist with expertise in Generative AI to join our research team. You'll conduct research in the field of Generative AI and apply it to various visual computing applications such as image, video, 3D, and point cloud generation. You'll work with a team of top-tier researchers and develop research prototypes, scaling them with large datasets and compute. We're working on some of the most interesting scientific challenges in designing an efficient and reliable transportation system.

As a Research Scientist, you'll be able to tackle open problems, publish your research, and test your ideas in the real world. You'll also work closely with other teams at AkiraKan Limited to productionize and ship our most successful algorithms and models towards city-scale mobility.

What you will be doing:
Conduct original research in Generative AI and apply it to various visual computing applications.
Build research prototypes and scale them with large datasets and compute.
Collaborating with other researchers and engineers across the ML team and our university partners.
Presenting results in verbal and written communications, internally and at top international venues, and via open-source contributions to the community.
Leading collaborations with our external research partners and mentoring research interns.
Publishing your original research and speaking at conferences and events.
Work with machine learning teams to harden models for deployment.

What is AkiraKan?
AkiraKan Limited is a multinational Artificial Intelligence technology and consulting company with its major headquarters located in the Asia Pacific region. We serve major industry clients across the globe, including the United States, Europe, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. At AkiraKan, we specialize in various AI-related areas, such as 3D Perception AI, autonomous driving infrastructure, AI Server Infrastructure, enterprise AI-assisted workflow, geospatial infrastructure intelligence, offshore AI-based weather forecasting, and scientific instrumentation systems. Our innovative technologies have transformed traditional industries, enabling them to operate and leverage insights in real-time.

AkiraKan is considered by many in the Computer Science department at the University of Malaya to be one of the best places to work for AI graduates. By joining the AkiraKan team, you will have the chance to interact with highly innovative and dedicated individuals, leading to fulfilling experiences. You will play a vital role in driving large-scale technological changes across different business units and geographies. We believe in continuously nurturing our employees' skills, and you will have access to training opportunities to become a polymath, capable of lateral and multi-dimensional thinking. As your skills develop, we will provide you with a personally-tailored career path towards taking on responsibilities for key accounts and/or technology stack design roles.

Join us at AkiraKan, and we will take responsibility for your knowledge and transformation.

Our Values
We uphold equal opportunities for all employees following our diversity statement and policy: AkiraKan does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, religion, age, national origin, sex (e.g., pregnancy, childbirth or other medical conditions), gender (e.g., gender identity, gender-related appearance and behavior not having to align stereotypically with the person’s assigned sex at birth), sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, family care status, and/or other legally protected characteristics. Discrimination and harassment of any individual on any of the aforementioned basis are prohibited in AkiraKan.

Our Benefits
- Hybrid Workplace and Flexible Working Hours: We believe the people inside the company are the very best ones to decide when and where they work best.
- Life-Long Learning: We offer internal and external resources such as online learning resources, books, and more so employees can keep advancing their careers.
- Unlimited Vacation Policy: Our generous unlimited paid leave package includes vacation and paid sick leave, which gives employees the opportunity to enhance their quality of life.
- Weekly Social Event: Weekly social event to meet with workmates for fun and relaxation.
- High-end Work Laptop: Say goodbye to slow laptop, choose your laptop and have a productive work-style!
- Job Rotations: We have programs that allow employees to explore other areas or careers that may be of interest to them.
- Positive and supportive workplace culture: A workplace with a high concentration of talented individuals can foster a positive and dynamic working environment that encourages innovation, productivity, and excellence.

- Graduates in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Computer Vision, or related fields or equivalent experience.
- Excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills.
- Strong coding skills in Python or C++.
- Strong knowledge of common deep-learning frameworks(Tensorflow/PyTorch).
- Experience in processing or curating large-scale datasets.
- Excellent knowledge of theory and practice of deep learning, computer vision, natural language processing, or computer graphics.
- Ability to identify, propose, and lead new research projects, working in collaboration with other researchers and engineers from initial idea to working solution.
- Passionate about large-scale challenges in AI, especially in the space of Computer Vision, Robotics, and for societal good in general.
- (bonus) Comfortable working in a HPC cluster environment (e.g. Slurm, Docker, Object Store).