Machine Learning Engineer, GenAI Platform

Lightfield

$130K — $180K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, AI, or related field
  • 6+ years of software engineering experience focused on ML infrastructure
  • Strong understanding of deep learning AI/ML frameworks or cloud services
  • Experience integrating software with large language models
  • Ability to tackle open-ended technological challenges in AI
  • Excellent collaboration skills with internal and external teams
  • Strong problem-solving skills for complex, cross-functional projects

Responsibilities

  • Lead development of ML product infrastructure, focusing on collaboration and versioning for LLM training
  • Create and maintain a user-friendly, scalable platform for ML product teams
  • Collaborate with internal teams to integrate ML solutions and set software engineering best practices
  • Recruit and mentor to build a world-class AI/ML engineering team
  • Address open-ended technological challenges in scalable software engineering
  • Develop innovative AI products for users engaged in serious work

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment
  • Opportunities for professional growth and mentoring
  • Work with a team of industry veterans from high-profile tech companies
  • Collaboration on innovative AI product development
  • Contribution to a next-gen CRM and go-to-market platform
Full Job Description
About the role

Lightfield's AI/ML team builds the experiences at the core of our product, developing new applications to wow our customers.

Today, the team is focused on building a powerful, domain-specific AI that outperforms generic LLMs

We're inspired by the challenge of creating innovative new AI products for people doing serious work, and we're looking to grow our AI/ML team to meet that challenge.

What you'll do
  • Lead the development of ML product development infrastructure, focusing on scaling and innovating in areas of collaboration and versioning, particularly in the context of LLM model training and prompting
  • Create and maintain a platform that will be used by multiple teams working on ML products, ensuring its scalability, efficiency, and user-friendliness.
  • Collaborate closely with internal teams to integrate ML solutions and define best practices for software engineering in an AI-driven development landscape.
  • Help build a world-class AI/ML engineering team by recruiting and mentoring teammates
  • Address and solve open-ended technological challenges in software engineering at scale, especially in the context of AI-driven systems.


Who You Are
  • You have a BS or MS degree in CS, Engineering, AI or a related field.
  • 6+ years experience in software engineering with a focus on ML infrastructure.
  • You have a strong understanding of deep learning AI/ML frameworks or cloud services
  • Experience with the integration of software engineering with large language models.
  • Ability to navigate and solve open-ended technological challenges in a fast-evolving AI landscape.
  • Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with both internal teams and external partners.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to handle complex, cross-functional projects.


Bonus Points
  • Publications in applied AI/ML scientific journals
  • Experience navigating open source/vendor solutions in LLM ops space (LangChain, Llama, Pinecone, etc)


Benefits & Perks
  • Competitive salary
  • Meaningful early equity
  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 3 weeks of PTO
  • 11 paid company holidays + we enjoy a winter holiday break
  • 3 months of paid family leave
  • Wednesdays work from home
  • Regular team dinners, events, offsites, and retreats
  • 401k plan
  • Other perks include: commuter and lunch stipend

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