Applied AI Researcher

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Clera Clera is hiring an Applied AI Researcher to develop AI methods for synthetic media detection and digital fraud prevention. The role combines research with hands-on implementation to address practical digital trust and security challenges.

Responsibilities

Join a small research and engineering team working on AI for synthetic media detection, media forensics, and digital fraud prevention. You will combine rigorous research with hands-on implementation to develop approaches that address practical digital trust and security challenges.
Investigate methods for deepfake detection, synthetic media analysis, and fraud prevention.
Read, assess, and reproduce research, then identify approaches for further development.
Design experiments, establish baselines, and evaluate models on realistic data.
Implement research ideas and collaborate with engineering to bring successful methods into production.
Analyze failure cases and improve model reliability, generalization, and computational efficiency.
Document findings and contribute to research papers and technical writing.
Work with team leaders to prioritize research around practical user needs.

Qualification

Strong foundations in machine learningExperience buildingExperience in computer vision

Required

Strong foundations in machine learning, experimental design, and model evaluation.
Experience building, training, and evaluating models with modern machine learning tools.
A track record of translating research into working software and shipped production code.
Ability to critically assess research papers, design experiments, and clearly communicate findings.
Evidence of research and engineering ability through publications, shipped systems, open-source work, or substantial applied projects.