Staff Engineer, Pretraining Evaluations & Metrics

Cohere; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI research organization is looking for a Member of Technical Staff for their pretraining evals team. You will play a key role in evaluating large language models, focusing on developing better evaluation benchmarks. Ideal candidates should possess strong statistical and software engineering skills, as well as the ability to effectively communicate technical information. This role embraces remote flexibility, allowing you to work from various locations while contributing to cutting-edge AI advancements.

Benefits

Inclusive culture and work environment

Weekly lunch stipend

Full health and dental benefits

100% Parental Leave top-up

Personal enrichment benefits

Remote-flexible work

6 weeks of vacation

Qualifications

• Experience with base model evaluations and model performance measurement.
• Ability to convey statistical information using visualizations.
• One or more papers at top-tier venues.

Responsibilities

• Understand evaluation tasks in the model evaluation suite.
• Suggest and implement improvements to the evaluation suite.
• Improve statistical understanding and signal-to-noise ratio.

Skills

Statistical skills

Software engineering skills

Communication skills

Proficiency in Python

Experience with ML frameworks

Job description

A leading AI research organization is looking for a Member of Technical Staff for their pretraining evals team. You will play a key role in evaluating large language models, focusing on developing better evaluation benchmarks. Ideal candidates should possess strong statistical and software engineering skills, as well as the ability to effectively communicate technical information. This role embraces remote flexibility, allowing you to work from various locations while contributing to cutting-edge AI advancements.