Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Scribe; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in AI productivity software seeks a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join a team of elite professionals. This role involves building state-of-the-art models, driving innovation in AI, and collaborating across teams to enhance user experiences. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in machine learning technologies and a passion for cutting-edge AI applications.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Comprehensive healthcare benefits

Flexible PTO

401k

Parental Leave

Equity in a hypergrowth startup

Commuter Benefits

WFH Stipend

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience training large language models.
• Strong software engineering skills and experience in Python and Jupyter.
• Solid understanding of ML concepts, including overfitting and generalization.

Responsibilities

• Drive AI vision, refining based on user needs and research.
• Develop proprietary models and ensure user experience.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver scalable solutions.

Skills

Software engineering

Machine Learning fundamentals

Collaboration

AI techniques application

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or a related field

Tools

Python

Jupyter

PyTorch

JAX

Distributed training frameworks

Job description

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tl;dr - We're looking for a highly motivated and skilled Senior Machine Learning Engineer to build the future of AI productivity software. You will work on cutting-edge research, deploy state-of-the-art proprietary models — see our work on ScribeAgenthere —to millions of users, and be at the forefront of the AI field.

About This Role

In this role, you will be part of our growing team of 5 elite engineers trained at the world's best ML/AI programs. The hiring manager is Mouad Hadji, and you will be responsible for:

• Driving the AI vision for the company, continuously refining it based on user needs, market dynamics, and cutting-edge research.
• Exploring and applying cutting-edge AI techniques to translate innovations into valuable features for our millions of users
• Spearheading the end-to-end development of our state-of-the-art proprietary models, ensuring they deliver exceptional user experiences
• Designing experiments and rapidly iterating to increase the performance of our models with regard to evaluation metrics
• Collaborating cross-functionally with our very talented engineering and product management teams to deliver scalable solutions
  
  

About You

You’d be a great fit for this role if you:

• Have 2+ years of hands-on experience training large language models leveraging multiple modalities, including text and images
• Prioritize user impact over technical complexity for its own sake, thoughtfully choosing the right tools and approaches
• Demonstrate strong intuitions of fundamental ML concepts (e.g., fluency in overfitting, generalization, back-propagation, etc.)
• Have strong software engineering skills (Python, Jupyter, etc.) and experience with distributed training frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, JAX, Accelerate, FSDP)
• Have experience with alignment techniques (instruction-based finetuning, RLHF, etc.)
• Excel at ideation, love to rapidly test emerging techniques, and turn your innovative ideas into practical applications
• Exhibit an owner mentality and enjoy independently identifying challenges, proposing thoughtful solutions, and fully owning outcomes
• Have a track record of successfully owning projects from start to finish
• Collaborate exceptionally well, recognizing that teamwork amplifies impact, and you enjoy inspiring and elevating your team
• Are passionate about the future of AI agents, and eager to shape it
  
  

About Scribe

Scribe is where exceptional people come to do the best work of their careers. More than 94% of the Fortune 500 use Scribe to document and scale how work gets done. We’re growing fast — since our founding in 2019, we’ve grown to over 4 million users across 600,000 businesses. Based in San Francisco, we've raised $55M in funding from top-tier investors and are honored to have been named as a Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startup and LinkedIn Top Startup. Join us in our mission to uplevel how people do work.

How We Work

We are builders aspiring to master our crafts. We care deeply about our teammates and want to win, together. We embrace the following values:

• Accelerate impact
• Raise the bar
• Make our users heroes
• Clear is kind
• Rapid learning machine
• One team, one dream
  
  

Full-Time US Employee Benefits Include

• Some of the nicest and smartest teammates you’ll ever work with
• Competitive salaries
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits
• Equity in a hypergrowth startup
• Flexible PTO
• 401k
• Parental Leave
• Commuter Benefits (SF office employees)
• WFH Stipend
  
  

Compensation

$170,000 - $220,000 base + Equity + Benefits. We consider several factors when determining compensation, including location, experience, and other job-related factors.

Location

Hybrid position (need to commute to downtown San Francisco 3+ days a week) unless this is someone with more experience (5+ years) or immensely talented.

At Scribe, we celebrate our differences and are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel supported and empowered to do their best work. We believe this benefits not only our employees but our product, customers, and community as well. Scribe is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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