4+ years of industry experience in search, information retrieval, recommendation systems, applied machine learning, and NLP Excellent skills in delivering and communicating business value Proficient in Python, SQL, and the big data stack for end-to-end ML product development Strong grasp of Information Retrieval (IR) techniques Direct experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Experience building autonomous agents is a strong plus Solid understanding of ML evaluation methodologies and key IR metrics