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Member of Engineering (Post-training)

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5 months ago
Remote, EMEASenior

Responsibilities

  • Research and experiment on methods for specializing foundational models for agentic use cases.
  • Build and maintain data and training pipelines.
  • Design, analyze, and iterate on training, fine-tuning, and data-generation experiments.
  • Keep current with research and the state of the art in LLMs, alignment, synthetic data generation, and code generation.
  • Write high-quality pragmatic code and contribute to team planning and technical communication.

Requirements

  • Experience with large language models and LLM post-training.
  • Deep knowledge of Transformers and strong deep-learning fundamentals.
  • Knowledge of distributed training and a strong machine-learning and engineering background.
  • Research experience, including proposing and evaluating novel research ideas.
  • Familiarity with multiple areas including LLM fine-tuning and alignment, synthetic data generation, continual learning, RLVR, and code generation.
  • Programming experience, strong algorithmic skills, Linux familiarity, and Python with PyTorch or Jax.
  • Familiarity with LLM capabilities and limitations, modern code agents, and rapidly iterating environments.
  • Prior non-ML programming experience, especially outside Python, is a nice-to-have.

Benefits

  • Fully remote work with flexible hours.
  • 37 days per year of vacation and holidays.
  • Health insurance allowance for the employee and dependents.
  • 16 weeks of flexible, full-pay parental leave.
  • Well-being, always-be-learning, and home-office allowances.
  • Company-provided equipment.
  • Frequent team get-togethers and a diverse, inclusive, people-first culture.
  • Monthly three-day in-person collaboration in Paris and annual longer off-sites.

Categories

AI ResearchML Engineering
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