Staff Research Engineer, Model Efficiency

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The role

The company, an enterprise AI company, is hiring a Staff Research Engineer for its Model Efficiency team to make LLM inference faster and cheaper across its foundation models. The team is concentrated in EST and PST time zones; remote work is allowed.

What you will do

  • Develop, prototype and deploy techniques that improve how fast and efficiently models run in production.
  • Work on model architecture and MoE routing optimization.
  • Improve decoding and inference-time algorithms.
  • Co-design software and hardware for GPU acceleration without hurting model quality.

What they ask for

  • PhD in Machine Learning or a related field.
  • Understanding of LLM architecture and how to optimize inference under resource constraints.
  • Significant experience with one or more model efficiency techniques.
  • Strong software engineering skills.
  • Comfort with a fast-paced, ambiguous start-up environment.
  • Publications at top venues such as ICLR, ACL or NeurIPS, and a passion for mentoring.
  • Preferably based in the EST or PST time zones.

What they offer

  • Weekly lunch stipend
  • Health and dental benefits with a mental health budget
  • RRSP matching, 401(k) or pension
  • Parental leave top-up for up to 6 months
  • 6 weeks paid vacation
  • $500 home office stipend and co-working benefit

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