Research Engineer AI

Job Title: Research Engineer AI

Location: India (Remote)

Perm/Contract/ Full-time/Part-time: Permanent

On-site/Hybrid/Remote: On-site

Who We Are

Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.

Our Outsourcing service delivers recruitment for some of the world’s top employers, and we are currently recruiting on behalf of one our client which is a global financial technology organization specializing in trade finance risk mitigation and fraud prevention. Its secure financing solutions empower banks and financial institutions to make financing more accessible while strengthening trust and transparency across financial ecosystems. With an international footprint and a culture of innovation, the company is committed to delivering value for clients and employees alike.

The Role

Our client is seeking a Research Engineer AI in the Information Technology division.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to join a global team, providing top-tier service to existing and prospective clients while expanding the business on a product and global level.

Job Description:

Main purpose of the role:

As a Research Engineer, you must own the technical roadmap for document digitisation across collateral, customs, exchange control and global trade, defining how heterogeneous paper and image-based documents are converted into structured, machine-readable and verifiable data. Build classification and extraction systems capable of operating reliably across a wide range of document types, formats, languages and jurisdictions, including degraded scans, stamps, seals, endorsements and handwritten annotations.

Technical requirements:

• Minimum 3+ years of experience is required.
• Strong understanding of core Machine Learning principles and algorithms.
• Experience evaluating, tuning, and improving ML models.
• Understanding of modern NLP techniques and Deep Learning approaches.
• Working knowledge of the mathematical foundations that support ML models, including Linear Algebra, matrices, and related concepts.
• Strong Python development, PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Transformer-based document models such as LayoutLM, Donut or equivalent vision language models.

Preferred skills:

Looking for a person who can develop and enhance the organization's Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) capabilities, including:

• OCR-driven document processing.
• Document classification.
• Document splitting and segmentation.
• Information extraction.
• Data normalization and mapping into canonical models.
• Integration of processed information into business applications.

This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organisations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.

Client promotes collaboration and aims to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential.

As we are continuously hiring for all our clients in the region, we will retain your CV in our database for any other positions that may fit your profile. Therefore, please let us know if you are not agreeable to that.