Crusoe

Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI Model LifeCycle

Crusoe
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5 months ago
San Francisco, CA, USA or Sunnyvale, CA, USAStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$238k - $318k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Manage fine-tuning systems for large foundation models, including SFT, PEFT, LoRA, adapters, multi-node orchestration, checkpointing, failure recovery, and cost-efficient scaling.
  • Implement and maintain end-to-end training pipelines for large language models.
  • Develop reinforcement fine-tuning and reinforcement learning capabilities for training and fine-tuning workflows.
  • Build distillation and reinforcement learning pipelines, including preference optimization, policy optimization, and reward modeling.
  • Manage dataset, model, and experiment versioning, lineage, evaluation, and reproducible fine-tuning at scale.

Requirements

  • Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • At least 8 years of industry experience leading and driving impactful AI projects.
  • Experience with generative AI, including large language models and multimodal models.
  • Hands-on experience training, fine-tuning, and aligning LLMs using reinforcement learning and reinforcement fine-tuning techniques.
  • Ability to work proactively, collaboratively, and autonomously.
  • Passion for building cutting-edge AI products and solving challenging technical problems.
  • Preferred: proficiency in Golang or Python for large-scale production services and PyTorch.
  • Preferred: contributions to open-source AI projects such as vLLM or similar frameworks.
  • Preferred: experience optimizing performance on GPU systems and inference frameworks.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and restricted stock units.
  • Paid time off, paid holidays, and volunteer time off.
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, plus HSA contributions.
  • Paid parental leave, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
  • Professional development, tuition reimbursement, and mental health and wellness support.
  • Commuter benefits, cell phone stipend, and a 401(k) plan with company match up to 4% of salary.

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About Crusoe

1,001-5,000 employees

As the AI factory company, Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. The company provides a reliable, scalable, cost-effective, and energy-first solution for AI infrastructure. By harnessing large-scale energy resources, building AI-optimized data centers, and delivering an AI cloud platform, Crusoe empowers its customers to build the future faster.