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AI Data Foundation Research Engineer

Ft. Collins, Colorado, United States of AmericaFull-time$133k–$253k2026-10-05 → 2026-11-11
Based in United States

Core

Develop infrastructures and algorithms to manage metadata, lineage, and high-quality data for AI pipelines; develop and evaluate Foundation AI models (NLP, LLM, Time Series, Computer Vision) and Agentic OS infrastructures.

Role type

Senior IC AI Data Foundation Research Engineer

Builds

AI pipelines, Foundation AI models, Agentic OS infrastructures, and knowledge-infused learning systems.

Domain

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, Big Data

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Generative AI, Data Management, Statistics, Computer Systems, Python, Distributed Programming, MLOps, Knowledge Graphs

Preferred skills

LLMs, Diffusion Models, Agentic AI platforms, Knowledge-infused learning, Hybrid AI-HPC workflows, System software performance optimization

Technologies

PyTorch, TensorFlow, MLFlow, Kubeflow, Ray, LangGraph, CrewAI, LlamaIndex, Kubernetes, DVC, lakeFS, Pachyderm

Responsibilities

Develop algorithms to capture and manage metadata and lineage for AI pipelines; Develop and evaluate Foundation AI models across multiple modalities; Develop Agentic OS infrastructures for context and governance management; Partner with internal software development teams and external partners to bring research to practice.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC