Austin Hybrid AI Model Developer (Transformers)

Ericsson GmbH; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ericsson Inc. in Austin is seeking an experienced AI Model Developer to design, evaluate, optimize and deploy advanced ML models in a hands-on role.

You will work with researchers, software engineers, data scientists, and product teams to build transformer-based models and deploy them in production settings. The role requires 6+ years in industry, strong Python and ML workflows, and experience with PyTorch/JAX/TF.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, AI, Machine Learning, or a related field
• 6+ years of industry experience developing machine learning or AI solutions
• Solid experience with PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow
• Strong understanding of Transformer architectures, attention mechanisms, embeddings, and LLM fundamentals
• Proficiency in Python and modern ML development workflows
• Familiarity with model evaluation, experimentation, and performance analysis
• Experience with Git and collaborative software development practices
• Clear communication skills and ability to work effectively across teams

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize Transformer-based and other deep learning models
• Evaluate emerging AI architectures and recommend evidence-based improvements
• Build and maintain reference implementations using PyTorch or JAX
• Develop reproducible experiments and benchmark model accuracy, latency, and resource utilization
• Fine-tune foundation models for telecommunications and enterprise use cases
• Work with data scientists to prepare datasets and evaluation pipelines
• Partner with software engineering teams to integrate models into production environments
• Identify performance bottlenecks and recommend optimization strategies
• Document model designs, assumptions, and validation results clearly
• Support the growth of junior team members and contribute to shared engineering best practices

Skills

6+ years experience

PyTorch

JAX

TensorFlow

Python

Git

Communication

Transformer architectures

LLM fundamentals

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/EE/AI

Tools

Hugging Face

ONNX

MLFlow

Ray

Job description

Ericsson Inc. in Austin is seeking an experienced AI Model Developer to design, evaluate, optimize and deploy advanced ML models in a hands-on role.

You will work with researchers, software engineers, data scientists, and product teams to build transformer-based models and deploy them in production settings. The role requires 6+ years in industry, strong Python and ML workflows, and experience with PyTorch/JAX/TF.