RL Researcher: LLMs & Agentic AI (12-Month)

Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Canada seeks a Reinforcement Learning Researcher to advance research in artificial intelligence. The ideal candidate will hold a PhD in Computer Science or a related field and have a strong foundation in deep learning and reinforcement learning. Responsibilities include implementing training pipelines for large language models and publishing findings in top-tier venues. This is a 12-month contract with a focus on innovative AI solutions.

Qualifications

• PhD degree in Computer Science or related fields or master’s degree with comparable experience.
• Strong foundation in deep learning, including architectures such as Transformers.
• Practical or research experience in reinforcement learning or language model fine‑tuning.

Responsibilities

• Enable LLMs to learn from experience and feedback.
• Implement and evaluate training and evaluation pipelines for LLMs.
• Contribute to scientific insights and publications.

Skills

Deep learning fundamentals

Reinforcement learning

Python programming

Communication skills

Education

PhD in Computer Science or related fields

Tools

PyTorch

DeepSpeed

Megatron

Job description

A leading technology firm in Canada seeks a Reinforcement Learning Researcher to advance research in artificial intelligence. The ideal candidate will hold a PhD in Computer Science or a related field and have a strong foundation in deep learning and reinforcement learning. Responsibilities include implementing training pipelines for large language models and publishing findings in top-tier venues. This is a 12-month contract with a focus on innovative AI solutions.