Data Science Digest - 6th February 2025

The new Redis guide to the practicalities of RAG and vector search, advances in distillation and quantization, Julia community roundup and Data Science jobs at Synechron, aPriori Technologies, Finster AI and more.

February 06, 2025

Synechron - Senior Generative AI Developer with RAG experience
Dallas, TX, United States
< Python, Crypto, Cloud, Azure, AWS, AI >

CyberCoders - Senior Machine Learning Engineer - 130K-180K - Hybrid
Irvine, CA, United States
< Cpp, Python, Robotics, ML, AI >

Data Science news around the web

You need more than a vector database - Redis

“In practice, the hardest parts of bringing a RAG system to production aren’t related to vector math at all. Complexity arises from managing real-time updates, dynamic re-indexing, large data volumes, fluctuating query loads, disaster prevention and recovery. These are the operational challenges that determine whether your platform can deliver consistent performance at scale.”

redis.io/blog/you-need-more-than-a-vector-database

S1: The $6 R1 Competitor?

“A new paper released on Friday is making waves in the AI community, not because of the model it describes, but because it shows how close we are to some very large breakthroughs in AI. The model is just below state of the art, but it can run on my laptop… how do they control the length of an LLM response? Everyone skipped over that part, but s1 shows us details, and it is fun.”

timkellogg.me/blog/2025/02/03/s1

Advances to low-bit quantization enable LLMs on edge devices

“Advances in low-bit quantization techniques enable efficient operation of LLMs on resource-constrained edge devices. Discover how innovations like T-MAC, Ladder, and LUT Tensor Core improve computational efficiency and enhance hardware compatibility…”

www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/advances-to-low-bit-quantization-enable-llms-on-edge-devices

This Month in Julia World

“Community Newsletter for January 2025 - A monthly newsletter, mostly on julia internals, digestible for casual observers.”

julialang.org/blog/2025/02/this-month-in-julia-world/index.html

Data science jobs

Southwest Research Institute - RESEARCH ANALYST - RESEARCH ENGINEER - SR. RESEARCH ENGINEER - Neuromorphic, Cognitive and AI R&D
San Antonio, TX, United States
< Cpp, Python, ML, AI >

Tencent - Senior Staff Researcher, Speech
San Francisco Bay Area, None, United States
< E-sports >

Sage Recruiting - Applied AI Research Scientist
New York, NY, United States
< Cpp, Python, Cloud, GCP, AWS, AI >

Synechron - Senior Generative AI Developer with RAG experience
Dallas, TX, United States
< Python, Crypto, Cloud, Azure, AWS, AI >

MediaTek - Senior Research Scientist - AI-Driven Design for 6G
West Lafayette, IN, United States
< Cpp, Simulation, Python, Film & TV, ML, AI >

CyberCoders - Senior Machine Learning Engineer - 130K-180K - Hybrid
Irvine, CA, United States
< Cpp, Python, Robotics, ML, AI >

Confidential - Vice President, Enterprise Risk Analytics
Multiple locations, Multiple states, United States
< Python >

Confidential - Vice President, Enterprise Risk Analytics
Multiple locations, Multiple states, United States
< Python >

Quant Capital - Graduate Trading Desk Operations Engineer- (2025 Start)
London Area, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
< Cpp, Python >

Quant Capital - Junior Trading Operations Engineer
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
< Cpp, Python >

Harnham - Senior Data Engineer
Blackburn, England, United Kingdom
< Python, Azure >

Mastek - Lead Architect
None, None, United Kingdom
< Python, Cloud, Azure >

aPriori Technologies - Data Architect
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
< Python, Cloud, GCP, AWS >

Xcede - Lead Data Architect
London Area, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
< Cloud, Azure, AWS >

Oeson™ - Data Engineering Training & Internship
None, None, United Kingdom
< Python, UX, UI >

Harnham - Lead Data Scientist
London Area, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
< Python, ML, AI >

Finster AI - AI Engineer
London Area, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
< Python, ML, AI, UX, UI >

First Derivative - Lead Data Engineer
Ontario, Canada, Canada
< Python, Cloud, AWS >

Axiom Global Technologies - Data Engineer (Bilingual)
Montreal, QC, Canada
< Python, Cloud, Azure, GCP, AWS >

avua - Data Scientist
Canada, None, Canada
< Python, AI >

ALTEN Canada - Ingénieur Full Stack/Ingénieure Full Stack React .NET
Montreal, QC, Canada
< Azure, UI >

CGI - Ingénieur(e) de données Databricks / Azure
Montreal, QC, Canada
< Unity, Python, Cloud, Azure >

DeepRec.ai - Machine Learning Engineer
Toronto, ON, Canada
< Python, Cloud, AI >

Picovoice - Deep Learning Researcher
Vancouver, BC, Canada
< Python, AI >

Hans McCarthy - Artificial Intellegence Tutor
Canada, None, Canada
< Python, AI >

Tamanna Technology - Python/SAS developer
Toronto, ON, Canada
< Python, Cloud >

Orange Business - Architecte big data H/F
Rennes, Brittany, France
< Cloud, Azure, AWS >

SOFTEAM Expertise Data & IA - DATA Engineer Java Big Data
Greater Paris Metropolitan Region, None, France
< Cloud, Azure >

Mantle8 - Big Data Developer
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, France
< Python, Geospatial, Simulation, ML, AI >

eXalt Value - Data Engineer
Paris, Île-de-France, France
< Python, Cloud, Azure, GCP, AWS >

Robert Half - Sr. Data Solutions Architect
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
< Python, Cloud, Azure, AWS >