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Sr. Model Engineer, Post-Training & RL

Palo Alto, CAFull-time$180k–$600k2026-11-02 → 2026-11-10

Core

Developing post-training and reinforcement learning techniques for large AI models to improve reasoning, truthfulness, and real-world capabilities.

Role type

Senior IC machine-learning engineer (post-training & RL)

Builds

Production-grade AI models (Grok stack) and alignment methods

Domain

Artificial Intelligence / Large Language Models

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, PyTorch, JAX, Rust, C++, large model training (1B+ parameters), reward modeling, preference optimization (RLHF/DPO), reinforcement learning

Preferred skills

truth-seeking AI focus, post-training/RLHF experience, power user of AI models

Technologies

Python, PyTorch, JAX, Rust, C++, Grok models, Colossus supercomputers

Responsibilities

Implement reward modeling and preference optimization algorithms, develop RL strategies for model improvement, train large-scale neural networks, push boundaries of alignment methods