Sesame

Research Engineer

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3 months ago
Bellevue, WA, USA +2 moreSenior
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$190k - $320k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and automate offline and live evaluation pipelines for speech and multimodal models.
  • Create safe, versioned, privacy-aware tooling for dataset curation and discovery.
  • Prototype, train, fine-tune, and deploy state-of-the-art voice models in partnership with research and infrastructure teams.
  • Scale training and inference for LLM-class workloads while optimizing latency, throughput, and cost.
  • Build monitoring and live evaluations to detect quality regressions before they affect users.
  • Move research ideas from prototype to production rapidly with appropriate tests and dashboards.
  • Set technical direction, drive consensus, and collaborate with product, infrastructure, and research teams.

Requirements

  • Expert-level PyTorch experience.
  • Production software engineering experience with the ability to write code across the stack.
  • Hands-on experience training or fine-tuning large language models or other large-scale models using varied techniques.
  • Expertise designing evaluation metrics and harnesses that predict user experience.
  • Deep knowledge of the ML lifecycle, including dataset operations, training pipelines, evaluation frameworks, deployment, and monitoring.
  • History of shipping complex, user-facing online ML systems to production despite changing requirements and obstacles.
  • High agency and sound judgment when working independently or collaboratively.
  • Track record of setting technical direction, driving consensus, and partnering effectively across product, infrastructure, and research.

Benefits

  • Full-time employee position.
  • 401(k) with a maximum employer match of 3.5% of compensation.
  • 100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental benefits for employees and dependents.
  • Unlimited paid time off and sick time.
  • Flexible spending account with employer matching up to $1,650 per year for a medical FSA.
  • Guardian Employee Assistance Program.
  • Competitive stock options and an opportunity to share in the company's success.

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About Sesame

51-200 employees

Curiosity, met.

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