CareerPlan

Product ML Engineer

USAFull-time$160k–$180k2026-10-24 → 2026-11-10
On-site · United States

Core

Building efficient local AI systems by fine-tuning, optimizing, and deploying large language models (LLMs) and agent architectures for tool use and complex tasks.

Role type

Senior IC Product ML Engineer (LLMs & Agents)

Builds

Local AI systems, agent harnesses, tool-use architectures, and retrieval/memory systems for extended tasks.

Domain

Artificial Intelligence / Large Language Models / Edge Computing

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

LLM fine-tuning, model distillation, agent architecture design, retrieval systems, context management, quantization, speculative decoding, PyTorch, model training, inference optimization

Preferred skills

Experience with transformers, long-context processing, reinforcement learning, distillation, research implementation

Technologies

PyTorch, LLMs, Transformers, GitHub

Responsibilities

Fine-tune and optimize language models for tool use and agentic tasks; Build agent harnesses and planning/execution loops; Develop retrieval and memory systems for extended conversations; Experiment with quantization and speculative decoding for efficiency; Create benchmarks for agent capabilities and reliability; Prototype research ideas and integrate into production.