Develops and trains advanced AI models to tackle critical challenges in truth-seeking AI systems. Requires deep passion for building useful models and power user experience with AI; prior large-scale training experience preferred.
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On-siteML Engineering
About the role
Responsibilities
Work on the most critical modeling challenges at any given time.
Basic Qualifications
Believe truth-seeking AI is the most important and challenging problem.
Obsessed about building incredibly useful models.
Power user of AI models.
Previously trained models used by millions of people (big plus).
Take pride in work and thrive in meritocratic environments.
Compensation and Benefits
$180,000 - $600,000 USD
Equity
Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
401(k) retirement plan
Short & long-term disability insurance
Life insurance
Various other discounts and perks
Skills
Ai ModelsModel TrainingMachine LearningLLMsDeep LearningPyTorchTensorFlowTransformersGpu ProgrammingDistributed Training
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