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AI LLM Tech Lead

🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $200,000–$200,000🗓 2026-04-30 → 2026-09-26

Core

Leading the core model behavior and system design for a global conversational AI platform serving 50M+ users.

Role type

Senior IC LLM Tech Lead (hands-on)

Builds

Production conversational AI systems and model behaviors

Domain

Generative AI / Large Language Models / Conversational Systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

LLM fine-tuning, post-training methods (LoRA, QLoRA, SFT, RLHF, DPO), RAG architecture, inference optimization, evaluation pipeline design, model selection, scaling strategies

Preferred skills

Experience with open-source models (Llama, Mistral, Qwen), PyTorch, Hugging Face, agent-based systems

Technologies

PyTorch, Hugging Face, Llama, Mistral, Qwen

Responsibilities

Own LLM behavior across high-scale conversational systems, design evaluation pipelines reflecting real user interactions, optimize inference for latency and cost, lead a small team while staying hands-on, define trade-offs between RAG and fine-tuning approaches

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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