AI Engineer/Research (onsite)

Soraban; California (MO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic B2B startup as an AI Research Engineer, where your expertise in AI and machine learning will drive innovation. This role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies, including LLMs and modern ML stacks, in a rapidly growing environment. You will have the opportunity to shape AI products and contribute to the company's success while working autonomously and collaboratively. If you're a self-starter with a passion for AI and a desire to make an impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you to thrive in a fast-paced startup culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on AI products.
• Strong understanding of LLMs and Transformer architecture.

Responsibilities

• Scale AI products by leveraging LLMs and modern ML stacks.
• Work autonomously to drive objectives and complete projects.

Skills

Software Engineering

Curiosity and Willingness to Learn

Autonomous Work Ethic

Experience with LLMs

Understanding of Transformer Architecture

LLM Tuning

Data Scraping

Tools

Langchain

Pinecone

TensorFlow 2

JAX

TPUs

Ruby on Rails

Job description

We’re a post-PMF B2B startup with ARR growing exponentially every month. With an increasing number of customers and usage exploding, we’re looking for a AI Research Engineer to help us scale our AI products.

Skills & experience we're looking for:

• At least 5 years of full-time experience as a software engineer.
• Strong curiosity and willingness to learn new things.
• Willingness to work hard and drive objectives to completion autonomously.
• Experience working with LLM, such as Anthropic, LLAMA, Open AI, or similar.
• Understanding of Transformer Architecture.
• Experience with LLM tuning, including prompt engineering, instruction tuning, RLHF, and parameter-efficient tuning.
• Experience with embeddings, and tools like langchain, pinecone, etc.
• Experience with the modern ML stack (e.g., TF2, Jax, TPUs).
• Experience scraping and incorporating data at scale from public and private sources.

Bonus if:

• You have shipped a product end-to-end (from frontend to backend/API).
• Production experience with Ruby on Rails (web app).
• You are a self-starter who doesn't need to be micromanaged.
• You are persistent and determined, willing to go through walls to get the job done.
• You've directly worked with a founder before.

Important Note: Instead of a cover letter, please send over a link or anything that my team and I can review to quickly determine if we have a fit.