The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence
AI
SeniorResearchEngineer
“Senior Research Engineer at The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Skills: Deep learning, Foundation models, ML infrastructure, Model development. Build infrastructure for LLM research. Optimize infrastructure for LLM research”
Industry & Context.
Debugging
Work from Seattle offices, Remain stationary long periods, Observe details close range, Work under deadlines
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4+ years ML infrastructure experience, 2 years software development experience, BS or MSc in CS, Stats, Eng, Math, or related, Python proficiency, Major ML framework proficiency
Nice to Have
PhD in ML or equivalent industry work, Experience with foundation models, Experience with LLMs, Experience with vision-language models, Experience training agentic systems
What You'll Do.
Build infrastructure for LLM research
Optimize infrastructure for LLM research
Build infrastructure for multimodal research
Optimize infrastructure for multimodal research
Build infrastructure for agentic research
Optimize infrastructure for agentic research
Manage training pipelines
Manage inference pipelines
Perform large-scale preprocessing
Design multimodal models
Train multimodal models
Evaluate multimodal models
Design agentic workflows
Train agentic workflows
Evaluate agentic workflows
Scope research projects
Lead research projects
Prioritize experiments
Apply software engineering practices
Bridge research to products
Contribute to open-source community
Write technical reports
Train flagship open models
Own end-to-end delivery
Collaborate with colleagues
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborating colleagues; Research colleagues; Engineering colleagues
Communication Scope
Communicate research insights
Process & Methodology
Scoping projects, Prioritizing experiments
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