Research Engineer, Production Model Post-Training

About the role

Note: For this role, we conduct all interviews in Python. This role may require responding to incidents on short-notice, including on weekends.

Responsibilities

• Implement and optimize post-training techniques at scale on frontier models
• Conduct research to develop and optimize post-training recipes that directly improve production model quality
• Design, build, and run robust, efficient pipelines for model fine-tuning and evaluation
• Develop tools to measure and improve model performance across various dimensions
• Collaborate with research teams to translate emerging techniques into production-ready implementations
• Debug complex issues in training pipelines and model behavior
• Help establish best practices for reliable, reproducible model post-training

You may be a good fit if you:

• Thrive in controlled chaos and are energized, rather than overwhelmed, when juggling multiple urgent priorities
• Adapt quickly to changing priorities
• Maintain clarity when debugging complex, time-sensitive issues
• Have strong software engineering skills with experience building complex ML systems
• Are comfortable working with large-scale distributed systems and high-performance computing
• Have experience with training, fine-tuning, or evaluating large language models
• Can balance research exploration with engineering rigor and operational reliability
• Are adept at analyzing and debugging model training processes
• Enjoy collaborating across research and engineering disciplines
• Can navigate ambiguity and make progress in fast-moving research environments

Strong candidates may also:

• Have experience with LLMs
• Have a keen interest in AI safety and responsible deployment

Requirements

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Logistics

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.
Annual Salary: $350,000 - $500,000 USD