Multimodal AI Engineer — Real-Time Reasoning & Tooling

Pantera Capital; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 440,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Comprehensive medical coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Short & long-term disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

A technology-focused firm based in Palo Alto is seeking to hire an experienced engineer to work on multimodal AI systems. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with multimodal pre-training and expertise in Python, JAX, or PyTorch. Responsibilities include designing and optimizing systems for multimodal learning, developing data pipelines, and advancing capabilities in real-time interactions. The role offers competitive compensation ranging from $180,000 to $440,000 USD, along with benefits like equity and comprehensive health coverage.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with multimodal pre-training, post-training, or fine-tuning.
• Proficient in Python and experienced with JAX/PyTorch/XLA.
• Track record of building large-scale distributed ML systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize large-scale distributed systems.
• Develop high-throughput pipelines for data processing.
• Advance multimodal capabilities including real-time video processing.

Skills

Experience with multimodal pre-training

Expert-level proficiency in Python

Building large-scale distributed ML systems

Data pipeline design at scale

Proactive self-starter

Tools

JAX

PyTorch

Rust

C++

Spark

Ray

Kubernetes

Job description

A technology-focused firm based in Palo Alto is seeking to hire an experienced engineer to work on multimodal AI systems. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with multimodal pre-training and expertise in Python, JAX, or PyTorch. Responsibilities include designing and optimizing systems for multimodal learning, developing data pipelines, and advancing capabilities in real-time interactions. The role offers competitive compensation ranging from $180,000 to $440,000 USD, along with benefits like equity and comprehensive health coverage.