Senior Machine Learning Engineer

ZipRecruiter; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing company is seeking a Senior/Staff Machine Learning Engineer to enhance their AI agent's capabilities in group conversations. The role involves fine-tuning models, developing features, and leading technical decisions. Candidates should have a strong background in ML, particularly with LLMs, and thrive in startup environments.

Benefits

Competitive salary and equity

Health benefits

401k

Qualifications

• Experience fine-tuning LLMs for generative and discriminative use cases.
• Created datasets for fine-tuning (human-labeled or synthetic).
• 3+ years of experience in fast-moving startups.

Responsibilities

• Fine-tune models to enhance conversational quality and scalability.
• Own and develop new engaging features from concept to production.
• Lead technical decision-making for innovative solutions.

Skills

Fine-tuning LLMs

Python

ML frameworks (PyTorch, Jax, TensorFlow)

Education

PhD in Machine Learning

Master’s or Bachelor’s with exceptional industry experience

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

At Continua, we've built an AI agent that users can invite into group conversations to make planning, coordination, and information retrieval effortless. It's early days for this specific Continua product, but we think we're on to something.

Try adding 332-286-3377 to group texts to kick its tires! We've seen extremely rapid growth over the last few months, and are looking for someone who can help us improve the quality of our agent experience and scale to the next level.

What you'll do:

You'll work on building and improving the best LLM group chat experience there is. This includes:

• Fine-tuning models to boost conversational quality and improve scalability.

• Owning new ideas for engaging features and working across the stack (i.e. not just in Jupyter notebooks) to take them from concept to production.

• Identifying novel ways to build a "memory" which leads to a personalized and unique experience for our users.

• Leading technical decision making to find solutions which are both innovative and practical.

Who you are:

You're an experienced (Senior/Staff) machine learning engineer with broad knowledge and skills. You're detail-oriented when it matters to make sure things get done right, but also know how to strike the balance between speed and perfection in a fast-moving startup environment.

You:

• Have experience fine-tuning LLMs for both generative and discriminative use cases.

• Have created datasets for such fine-tuning (human-labeled or synthetic).

• Know the pitfalls and tricks for building with LLMs

• Are experienced writing Python, and using an ML framework such as PyTorch, Jax, or TensorFlow.

• You know how to work independently to handle ambiguity.

• Have a PhD in Machine Learning (or a Master’s or Bachelor’s with exceptional industry experience).

• Have at least a few years of experience working in fast-moving startups.

• Are based in Seattle, San Francisco, or New York.

A little about us:

Our team is a fantastic bunch of accomplished engineers and researchers from Google, Slack, Disney, and AI startups. We're pretty clued in on the technology side and have a strong vision of how the transformative technology of the last few years along with our own secret sauce (not just a ChatGPT wrapper) can help a huge number of people.

Compensation & Benefits:

We compensate with a competitive salary and equity, health benefits, 401k, and the opportunity to help shape the future of AI agents during this transformative moment in computing history!

To apply:

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