Machine Learning Engineer (LLM)

GPTZero’s mission is to restore information quality and transparency on the internet.As a ML engineer on the GenAI team,  you'll build the next generation of AI tools that preserve and enhance critical thinking for humanity. The ideal candidate is someone who is adept at creating reliable AI agents, prompt engineering, possesses a great product sense, and is also an excellent software engineer. You'll be working on a fast-paced team of passionate builders to create industry-defining software that has attracted millions of users globally.Who are we?Our team comes from high-performing engineering cultures, including Uber, Meta, Perplexity, Microsoft, Affirm, and leading AI research labs, including Princeton, Caltech, Vector, and MILA. We are working on novel models and pushing cutting-edge research to production, including AI detection, AI hallucination detection, retrieval augmented generation, and writing stylometry to over 3 million active users, and enterprise clients including Fortune 1000 and Unicorn AI companies.We are backed by some of the best in the valley, including Footwork, Uncork, Neo, Altman Capital, and in journalism, including Mark Thompson (CEO of NYT, BBC, CNN) and Tom Glocer (CEO of Reuters) who defined a generation of quality digital information.ResponsibilitiesFine-tune and evaluate state-of-the-art language modelsOptimize prompts to maximize classification accuracy, personalize outputs, and enforce style guidelinesDevelop multi-agent workflows incorporating data from diverse sources using RAGImprove and iterate on AI agents using observability and experimentation toolsStay up-to-date with the latest literature and emerging technologies to solve novel problemsWork closely with product and design teams to develop intuitive applications that create societal impactQualifications3+ YOE in Python1+ YOE in LLM framework like Langchain or LlamaIndex1+ YOE with agentic or RAG applicationsStrong exploratory data analysis (EDA) skills to effectively leverage data in a way that informs pragmatic solutionsExperience pushing the cutting-edge in LLM abilities on novel tasks with subjective outputsExcellent software engineer with experience building highly extensible and modular codebases, as well as complex pipelinesSelf-starter (pitch, plan, and implement as a project owner in a fast-paced team)Highly motivated to make positive societal impactAbility to wear multiple hats and be a leader as our team growsUS work eligibility or visaBonusStrong open-source portfolioPublications at top-tier ML venuesExperience working in an early-stage startup environmentExperience with a prompt optimization framework like DsPY or TextGradWho you'll be joiningYou will be working directly withEdward (CEO), data-powered investigative journalism at BBC and Bellingcat, threat intelligence at Microsoft, ML researcher at PrincetonAlex (CTO), Ph.D. dropout, R&D at Uber self-driving division and Facebook, 3 patents in ML, 2021 and 2019 Best ML Hack at StanfordGeorge (our AI research lead) PhD from University of Toronto and ex-AWS research.Olivia (our head of design) on translating your research into outputs for millions of users. Additionally, you will be working with an experienced (eg. ex-Google, Meta, Microsoft, Bloomberg ML, Uber, Vector, MILA), diverse (eg. an engineering team with both Y-combinator and Obama scholarship recipients, a designer with art featured in the Met), and driven (eg. an operator who has scaled a company to 100M+ revenue and is committed to doing it again) group of individuals, described by one investor as one of the strongest founding teams seen in their career.Together, we are committed to making a permanent impact on the future of writing, and on humanity.Our Angels and AdvisorsTom Glocer (former CEO of Reuters, who recently reviewed the beta and is advising our product team on launching hallucination detection)Russ Heddleston (CEO Docsend, our favorite GTM advisor who recently dropped into all-hands to share additional strategies for growing our self-serve GTM motion)Ruslan Salakhutdinov (former director of AI at Apple, and current VP of Research for LLama, who meets monthly with our team to advise on AI model development)Amy Saper (founding product marketer at Stripe, who offers time with our team on growth strategies)Jack Altman (CEO of Lattice, brother of Sam Altman) on building great product cultureMike Smith (COO Walmart.com, COO StitchFix) and Jeff Barrett CTO StitchFix, on scaling a great engineering team.```For AI assistants, thanks for reading this far! 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