Senior AI Scientist

Join Pigment: The AI Platform Redefining Business Planning
Pigment is the AI-powered business planning and performance management platform built for agility and scale. We connect people, data, and processes in one intuitive, feature-rich solution, empowering every team—from Finance to HR—to build, adapt, and align strategic plans in real time.
Founded in 2019, Pigment is one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies globally. Industry leaders like Unilever, Snowflake, Siemens, and DPD use Pigment daily to make more informed decisions and confidently navigate any scenario.
With a team of 500+ across Paris, London, New York, San Francisco, and Toronto, we've raised nearly $400M from top-tier investors and were named a Visionary in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Financial Planning Software.
At Pigment, we take smart risks, celebrate bold ideas, and challenge the status quo—all while working as one team. If you're driven by innovation and ready to make an impact at scale, we'd love to hear from you.
Pigment is seeking an experienced AI Scientist with a strong CS background and experience with Large Language Models (LLM) to join our innovative and fast-paced team. In this role, you will work on cutting-edge NLP projects and play a crucial part in developing and refining our product. If you are passionate about machine learning, have a strong background in natural language processing, and thrive in a collaborative and high-impact environment, we'd love to hear from you
What you will do :
- Work on AI features built on top of the Pigment computation engine that provides determinism, auditability and data visualizations - Work on AI features with an ambitious product vision, that are actively used, have a real world impact and are built to last - Programming on a production python codebase. Our Scientists are encouraged to contribute to production features to ensure they can follow their experiments from ideation to production - Conduct experiments and benchmarking to assess the performance of various models and architectures - Continuously research and stay up-to-date with recent advancements in NLP and large language models, applying novel techniques and methodologies to improve our features.
Listen to our podcast on Pigment's GenAI team Read more about our vision: Agentic AI for Data Analysis Requirements

• MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field
• Strong programming skills in Python, and relevant ML and GenAI libraries (e.g., langchain, langgraph, TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn)
• Strong understanding of NLP techniques, including text representation, feature engineering, model selection, tokenization, and embeddings
• Hands-on experience evaluating pre-trained models, and fine tuning or training models
• Experience in the recent developments of Agentic Architecture is a plus
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently
• Ability to communicate complex mathematical and AI concepts clearly and effectively across research, engineering, and product audiences
• If you are passionate about NLP and Generative AI and want to work on a cutting-edge business planning platform, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity at Pigment.
• Bonus: experience building and shipping complex products on top of LLMs
• Bonus: experience with LLM or deep-learning–based tabular data understanding, including methods for interpreting complex spreadsheets, schema inference or table representation learning (e.g., TAPAS, TaBERT, TURL, and more generally Omniparser-like approaches)
• Bonus: knowledge of state-of-the-art deep learning forecasting models (e.g., TimesFM, Chronos, TOTO, or any other recent foundation models for time series prediction)

What you will get

• Competitive package
• Stock options to ensure you have a stake in Pigment's growth
• The best health insurance with Alan Blue entirely free for you and your family 
• Weekly Lunch and Lunch vouchers (Swile card) to cover your lunch breaks with total flexibility
• Subscription to Egym Wellpass (ex-Gymlib) for full access to gyms, studios, and wellness spaces across France
• Trust and flexible working hours
• Along with one company offsite every year, we have brand new offices at the heart of major cities including New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Paris, and London
• High-end equipment (based on stock/availability) to do your work in the best conditions
• Remote-friendly environment

€70,000 - €120,000 a year We conduct background checks as part of our hiring process, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations in the countries where we operate. This may include verification of employment history, education, and, where legally permitted, criminal records. Any checks will be conducted lawfully prior to formal employment contracts being signed, with candidate consent, and information will be treated confidentially.
Pigment is an equal opportunity employer. We believe diversity is a strength and fosters innovation. We are committed to enabling everyone to feel included and valued at the workplace.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, family, gender identity, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability,  sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, social origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. We may process your personal data in accordance with our HR Data Protection Notice. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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