Machine Learning Engineer - Language Models

Location:

San Jose

Team:
Technology

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code: A12632

The Applied Machine Learning Enterprise team combines system engineering and machine learning to develop and operate Large Language Model (LLM) service platform that offers businesses Model-as-a-Service solutions (MaaS) to both the big model vendors and users. The Applied Machine Learning Enterprise US team drives the design, development, and operation of MaaS solutions in US and rest of world overseas of mainland China.

We are building full stack end-to-end solutions covering text and multi-modality LLM algorithms, LLM training/fine tuning/inference frameworks, heterogeneous hardware architectures, prompting engineering, LLM model alignment, and intelligent agents, etc. We are actively seeking talented Software Development Engineer specializing in Large Language Models (LLM) to join our dynamic team.

• Lead the creation of next-generation, high-capacity LLM platforms and innovative products.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to plan and implement projects harnessing LLMs for diverse purposes and vertical domains.

Maintain a deep passion for contributing to the success of large models is essential in this innovative and fast‑paced team environment.

Job Information

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $187,040 - $359,720 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

• Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
• Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
• Exercising sound judgment.

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