Job#: 3058098 Job Description: Software Engineering - Software Engineer II
Location: Menlo Park, California (Hybrid)
COMPENSATION: $66 - $76 HOURLY
Role Overview
An opportunity exists for a Research Engineer to contribute to fundamental advances in artificial intelligence. This role focuses on solving complex systems challenges to sustainably accelerate the path toward advanced machine intelligence. The selected candidate will design methods, tools, and infrastructure to push the state of the art in large language models and apply innovative ideas at an unprecedented scale.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out research to advance the science and technology of machine learning systems.
- Design methods, tools, and infrastructure to push forward the state of the art in large language models.
- Collaborate with researchers and cross-functional partners to communicate research plans, progress, and results.
- Suggest, collect, and synthesize requirements to create an effective feature roadmap.
- Code deliverables in tandem with the engineering team.
- Publish research results and contribute to research that impacts product development.
Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience: Two or more years of hands-on experience in machine learning, recommendation systems, pattern recognition, data mining, or artificial intelligence. Proven experience translating technical insights into business recommendations is required.
Technical Skills: Experience developing machine learning models at scale, programmatically querying large language models, and performing post-training. Proficiency in Python and hands-on experience with frameworks such as PyTorch are required, alongside experience writing software and executing complex experiments involving large models and datasets.
Preferred Qualifications
- Direct experience in generative artificial intelligence and large language model research.
- PhD or research-focused Master's degree in machine learning areas.
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