Head of AI Research — Efficiency & LLM Innovation

Datawizz; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary, based on experience

Meaningful equity

Opportunity to be a founding member

Job summary

A cutting-edge AI company in San Francisco is seeking a Head of Research to drive their research agenda in LLM efficiency. The ideal candidate will lead an applied research team, define the strategy for model routing and training, and work closely with engineering to translate breakthroughs into production. Competitive salary and equity options available. Join us in making AI more efficient and accurate!

Qualifications

• Experience leading research teams in ML/NLP and productionizing results.
• Familiarity with LLM training techniques and evaluation frameworks.
• Proficient in Python with a hands-on experimental approach.

Responsibilities

• Set the research strategy and roadmap for model development.
• Build and mentor an applied research team.
• Design and run experiments with clear metrics.
• Own the evaluation stack and develop novel methods.
• Collaborate with engineering to turn research into production.

Skills

Leading applied ML/NLP research teams

LLM internals and training techniques

Building evaluation frameworks

Large-scale training and inference systems

Strong coding skills in Python

Data curation and labeling workflows

Communicating research clearly

Job description

A cutting-edge AI company in San Francisco is seeking a Head of Research to drive their research agenda in LLM efficiency. The ideal candidate will lead an applied research team, define the strategy for model routing and training, and work closely with engineering to translate breakthroughs into production. Competitive salary and equity options available. Join us in making AI more efficient and accurate!