AI Engineer

F&R Emerging Technologies is a team that uses AI to develop innovative solutions for various teams in the ING group. Our team is located in Amsterdam. We have both continuous learning and continuous improvement embedded in our sprint rhythm. Helping each other and honing hands-on skills are core values of the team. We believe that Artificial Intelligence is a key differentiator for improving products and services for our customers, but also we see opportunity to significantly optimize ING employee experiences using AI.

Roles & Responsibilities

Responsible for the research and implementation of core algorithms for various AI projects including NLP, GenAI, timeseries forecasting, and anomaly detection.

Keep up with the latest technology research and breakthroughs in the field of natural language processing, Deep Learning, and knowledge graphs.

Participate in the training and performance optimization of large language models (such as RLHF), analyze and evaluate existing algorithms and data, optimize model generation effects, and reduce harmful, sensitive, or biased responses.

Research and explore cutting-edge algorithms and frameworks in the direction of RLHF, and continuously improve the efficiency and effect of existing algorithms. Responsible for selecting the best fitting technologies, frameworks, and models, designing, implementing, and testing the overall solutions.

• Have a Master's degree or above in Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science, or related fields.
• Have solid knowledge and theoretical background in deep learning, natural language processing, semantic understanding, etc., with research and productization experience in areas such as random processes, probability and statistics, neural networks, and deep/machine learning.
• Familiar with machine learning and basic algorithms of computer data structures, proficient in Python and experienced with mainstream frameworks such as Polars, SKLearn, CUDA, Altair, etc.
• Experience in fine-tuning large pre-trained language models, familiarity with models like BERT, GPT, etc., participation in performance optimization tasks in NLP such as classification, NER, text generation, text matching, and the ability to modify and optimize algorithms based on actual problems.
• Understand data mining and feature engineering technologies, proficient in SQL and other data processing languages.
• Good communication skills, cross-team collaboration ability, outstanding planning and execution ability, strong sense of responsibility, and excellent learning ability and self-driving ability.

Optional skills:

• Preference for candidates with large model development and big data processing experience.
• Priority for those with case studies in deep learning platforms or products, or those with similar positions with 3 years or more of relevant experience.

Rewards and benefits

We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. You can find out more about our employment conditions at here.

The benefits of working with us at ING include:

• A salary tailored to your qualities and experience
• 24-27 vacation days depending on contract
• Pension scheme
• 13th-month salary
• Individual Savings Contribution (BIS), 3.5% of your gross annual salary
• 8% Holiday payment
• Hybrid working to blend home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation
• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities
• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

About us

With 60,000 employees and operations in approximately 40 countries, there is no shortage of opportunities for people with initiative who want to help people take a step ahead in life and in business. Do you want to work at the cutting edge of what’s possible and at the same time ensure you work with integrity and hold the customer’s interests at heart? Do you want to be surrounded by progressive, inspiring, diverse, and supportive colleagues? Then there is no better place to invest your talents than at ING. Join us. Apply today.