Level Research-focused Individual Contributor Target / alternate titles Applied Scientist; Research Scientist - NLP; AI Research Scientist; ML Researcher; NLP Scientist; GenAI Researcher; Applied ML Scientist Core keywords applied research, LLM, NLP, transformers, RAG, retrieval, model evaluation, experiments, robustness, embeddings, synthetic data, multimodal, PyTorch, Hugging Face, banking AI, AWS AI, AIRP Recruiter red flags Academic-only profile with no applied delivery; weak experimental design; cannot translate research into AIRP-ready business or engineering requirements; no awareness of regulated data constraints. Prototype AI solutions for KYC, credit underwriting, governance tracking, pitch book generation, Banker 360, Customer 360, deal library intelligence, financial crime quality, and sanctions screening.