Research Engineer
Builds advanced AI systems using massive-scale distributed machine learning to achieve breakthrough performance. Requires strong programming skills and experience with large distributed systems.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Build AI systems that perform previously impossible tasks or achieve unprecedented performance levels.
- Design, implement, and improve massive-scale distributed machine learning systems.
- Write bug-free machine learning code.
- Build the science behind algorithms employed.
- Work in large distributed systems.
Requirements
- Strong programming skills.
- Experience working in large distributed systems.
- Excited about OpenAI’s approach to research.
Nice to Have
- Interested in and thoughtful about the impacts of AI technology.
- Past experience in creating high-performance implementations of deep learning algorithms.
Skills
Python, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, PyTorch, TensorFlow, CUDA, JAX, Scaling Ml Systems, High-Performance Computing
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