Engineering

Vectorization Expert

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Virtusa 421 8th Ave, New York, NY 10001
Job typeOther PostedOct 17, 2026 Apply byNov 16, 2026

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Responsibilities
Lead the design and development of scalable vectorization pipelines to convert text, PDFs, and multimodal data into high‑quality embeddings using models like BGE, Ada, or Cohere.
Manage and optimize vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, pgvector), including building efficient indexing strategies (HNSW, DiskANN).
Develop advanced chunking and parsing techniques to maintain context and improve retrieval accuracy.
Build and fine‑tune hybrid search workflows combining dense vector search with sparse keyword methods (e.g., BM25).
Create evaluation frameworks and gold-standard datasets to measure retrieval performance (Hit Rate, MRR, Faithfulness).
Implement re-ranking pipelines using cross‑encoders to refine results before sending them to LLMs.
Work closely with engineering and product teams to ensure scalable, high‑performance retrieval syste

Job SummaryJob number: CREQ266243Profession: OtherExperience: 2

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421 8th Ave, New York, NY 10001.

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Review the vacancy and complete the application on the employer or recruitment partner’s website. Requisition ID: WJ-3173952582.