Staff, Model Evaluations & Behavioral Metrics (Equity)

Simile

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 200,000 - 400,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness benefits
Flexible time off
Equity grants

Job summary

Simile is seeking a Member of Technical Staff, Model Evaluations, to develop measurement systems that gauge the accuracy of simulations of human behavior. You will design evaluation metrics and collaborate with modeling teams to ensure models are effective.

Ideal candidates possess strong statistical judgement, familiarity with LLMs, and the ability to automate evaluation workflows. The role offers a salary range of $200,000 – $400,000 USD along with equity and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

  • Strong statistical and evaluation intuition.
  • Ability to build internal tools and automate workflows.
  • Comfortable with noisy data and making grounded decisions.

Responsibilities

  • Design evaluations and metrics for behavior simulation.
  • Evaluate model performance and suggest improvements.
  • Automate workflows and create internal tools.

Skills

Evaluation Taste
LLM and Model Fluency
Statistical Judgment
Technical and Agentic Execution
Hands-On Ownership

Education

Experience in LLM evals, applied ML research, data science or related fields

Tools

Python
SQL
R

Job description

Simile is seeking a Member of Technical Staff, Model Evaluations, to develop measurement systems that gauge the accuracy of simulations of human behavior. You will design evaluation metrics and collaborate with modeling teams to ensure models are effective.

Ideal candidates possess strong statistical judgement, familiarity with LLMs, and the ability to automate evaluation workflows. The role offers a salary range of $200,000 – $400,000 USD along with equity and comprehensive benefits.

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