Lead Applied Scientist

About the role

Inception42, a G42 company, is looking for a visionary Lead Applied Scientist to drive advanced AI research and deliver transformative deep‑learning and generative AI solutions across multimodal domains.

Key responsibilities

• Define and execute the applied AI research roadmap, identifying emerging technologies and methodologies.
• Architect and oversee development of next‑generation generative and deep‑learning models that integrate vision, language, audio and sensor data.
• Lead, mentor and inspire a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers to achieve R&D milestones.
• Collaborate with product, engineering and business teams to translate research into deployable, enterprise‑grade AI systems.
• Ensure model scalability, reliability and efficiency through rigorous experimentation and optimization.

Required profile

• Ph.D. or M.Sc. in Computer Science, Engineering or AI‑related discipline with a focus on Machine Learning, Computer Vision, NLP or Multimodal AI.
• 10–12 years of AI research and product development experience, including at least 3 years leading R&D teams or major AI projects.
• Proven record of research contributions such as publications, patents or industry innovations.
• Strong strategic thinking, project management and stakeholder communication skills.

Required skills

• Design and deployment of large‑scale AI models and systems.
• Expertise in generative architectures, foundation models and multimodal AI.
• Experience with model optimization, scalability and operational excellence.

What we offer

• An open, diverse and inclusive culture that encourages personal growth and groundbreaking innovation.
• Outstanding learning, development and career advancement opportunities through structured training and high‑tech projects.
• Competitive remuneration package with healthcare, education support, leave benefits and other perks.