AI Research Engineer

Merdot; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Merdot is seeking an ML researcher to apply machine learning to production systems for classification, detection, and evaluation. You will work across experimentation and implementation to translate advances in language and generative models into practical features for real users.

You will move between research ideas and shipped software, improving systems, evaluating performance, and ensuring reliability in production.

Qualifications

• Strong applied ML experience with production systems.
• Deep experience with language models, evaluation, and fine-tuning.
• Ability to ship software from research ideas.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve applied ML systems for classification and detection.
• Evaluate model performance and help ensure deployed systems work reliably.
• Move between research exploration and production implementation.
• Apply language model techniques, including evaluation and fine-tuning.

Skills

Applied ML

Language models

Production deployment

Research to production

Tools

Python

ML frameworks

Job description

Role overview

Apply machine learning research to production systems for classification, detection, and evaluation. This role spans experimentation and implementation, with a focus on turning advances in language and generative models into useful capabilities for real users.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve applied ML systems for classification and detection.
• Evaluate model performance and help ensure deployed systems work reliably.
• Move between research exploration and production implementation.
• Apply language model techniques, including evaluation and fine-tuning.

Requirements

• Strong applied machine learning experience, including production work.
• Deep experience with language models, evaluation, and fine-tuning.
• Comfort moving from research ideas to shipped software.
• Interest in building practical AI products rather than focusing only on academic research.

Nice to have

• Experience with generative image or video models.