School of Accounting and Finance
Part-time Research Assistant / Project Assistant (two posts)
(Ref. 260330018)
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project – “Legal foundation model system”. He/she will act as AI Engineers and also be required to:
(a) collaborate on prompt engineering, post-training, API integration, and performance optimisation;
(b) utilise the in-house Agent platform to automate complex business processes and continuously optimise workflow systems to ensure system stability and efficiency;
(c) develop high-quality, high-performance AI service backends based on Python and FastAPI;
(d) assist in the design, optimisation, and maintenance of PostgreSQL databases to ensure efficient data storage and access, and integrate search engine technology to meet business requirements;
(e) collaborate closely with legal compliance researchers and data engineers to assist in the generation of training data and the design of test data and scenarios;
(f) support model output analysis and performance report preparation; and
(g) perform any other duties as assigned by the Senior AI Engineer or his/her delegates.
Qualifications
Applicants should:
(a) have an honours degree or equivalent qualifications in Computer Science, Data Science, or related fields;
(b) be proficient in Coze, Dify, LangGraph, and other Agent construction frameworks, and be able to implement complex task automation independently;
(c) be familiar with Python and have practical experience in NLP and machine learning basics;
(d) be familiar with prompt design and model output evaluation processes; and
(e) be highly proficient in written and spoken English and Chinese, and have strong learning ability and team spirit.
Applicants are invited to contact Dr Xiaolin Zhu at telephone number 3400 2750 or via email at xiao-lin.zhu@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
The remuneration rate is HK$125 per hour.
Consideration of applications will commence on 8 April 2026 until the positions are filled.
Posting date: 30 March 2026