CareerPlan

Relational Foundation Model Engineer, Modern Data Stack

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$184k2026-08-17 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design, build, and evaluate novel Transformer and graph neural network architectures for a unified foundation model that understands relational databases and heterogeneous graphs.

Role type

Senior IC machine-learning engineer (relational foundation models)

Builds

Production systems for recommendation, forecasting, fraud detection, and predictive maintenance

Domain

AI/ML, Graph Learning, Relational Databases

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Transformer architecture design, Graph Neural Networks (GNN), Python, PyTorch, Large-scale model training, Post-training optimization, High-performance inference

Preferred skills

Graph-based machine learning, Publications at NeurIPS/ICLR/ICML

Technologies

PyTorch, Transformers, Graph Neural Networks

Responsibilities

Collaborate with researchers to enhance models for relational schemas and heterogeneous graphs; Tackle real-world challenges in forecasting and fraud detection; Contribute to scalable and adaptable ML solutions; Work across the full lifecycle from architecture design to inference acceleration.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC