Research Systems Engineer
San Francisco$190k - $310kFull-timePosted 7mo ago
About the role
Role at the intersection of research and systems to train frontier-scale models, design experiments at scale, and build tools for understanding training dynamics within enterprise environments.
Responsibilities
- Post-train frontier-scale language models on enterprise tasks and environments
- Explore and develop RL techniques, co-designing algorithms and systems
- Contribute to Alchemy, our data research program for generating signal-rich training environments from production data
- Build high-performance internal tools for probing, debugging, and analyzing training runs
- Partner with infrastructure engineers to scale training and inference efficiently
Qualifications
- Experience training or serving large language models
- Experience building RL environments and evaluations for language models
- Proficiency in PyTorch, JAX, or similar ML frameworks, with experience in distributed training
- Strong experimental design skills — you know how to set up experiments that actually answer questions
Skills
Required:Experience training or serving large language modelsExperience building RL environments and evaluations for language modelsProficiency in PyTorch, JAX, or similar ML frameworks, with experience in distributed trainingStrong experimental design skills
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and equity
- 100% employer-paid health insurance coverage for you and your family
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid parental leave
- Daily lunches and dinners
- Transportation and relocation support
- 5% 401k match
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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