Senior AI Forward Deployed Engineer
Core
Partner with frontier AI labs to translate research goals into executable evaluation frameworks, pipelines, and benchmarks for post-training workflows.
Role type
Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Applied Research & Delivery)
Builds
Evaluation frameworks, annotation pipelines, benchmark infrastructure, and lightweight experiment prototypes for AI model training.
Domain
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Frontier Model Training
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Applied ML and AI research engineering, Python, Reinforcement Learning (RL), Post-training techniques (RLHF, DPO, PPO), Model fine-tuning (LoRA, PEFT), ML data pipelines, Experiment tracking, Pipeline tooling
Preferred skills
Evaluation design for LLMs, RLHF pipelines in production, Published research or open-source contributions, Annotation platform tooling, Human feedback collection at scale
Technologies
Python, RLHF, DPO, PPO, LoRA, PEFT, Tinker
Responsibilities
Partner with AI lab researchers to understand post-training goals and data requirements; Design and deliver evaluation frameworks and benchmark infrastructure; Prototype and iterate fast on experiments and evals; Make key design decisions on data quality and evaluation design; Mentor engineers and researchers on forward-deployed AI work; Identify and document repeatable patterns across lab engagements.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities