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Member of Technical Staff - AI Training Platform

Unconventional, Inc.
Location
Mountain View, CA or Greater Seattle Area
Posted
18 days ago
Department
Engineering
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • BS in Computer Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or Applied Math
  • 5+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering
  • Strong programming skills in Python or C++
  • Demonstrated ability to map state-of-the-art AI model architectures to system performance implications
  • Deep expertise in model partitioning across a cluster and mastery of communication primitives and parallelism strategies
  • Proven track record of implementing, debugging, and maintaining production-grade training frameworks
Nice to have
  • MS/PhD or equivalent research/project experience in AI/ML or high-performance computing, with publications
  • Experience in training, post-training large-scale LLMs and generative models
  • Experience in Kubernetes, GPU kernels and performance tuning, LLM inference, CUDA, Triton, NCCL, vLLM, SGLang, VeRL, TRL
What the job really is

As a Member of Technical Staff for the AI Training Platform, you will develop and maintain the infrastructure for model training, including building distributed training systems and optimizing performance. Your role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate model requirements into technical specifications and implementing robust evaluation tools for novel hardware. You will also work on enhancing the proprietary training framework and optimizing machine learning models for efficiency and performance.

Benefits
  • Competitive salary
  • Significant equity
  • Best-in-class health benefits
  • 401k matching
  • Truly unlimited PTO
  • Complimentary meals when working from the Palo Alto office
Things to weigh
  • No salary listed
  • Focus on cutting-edge AI compute may involve complex and challenging problems
  • Emphasis on collaboration with cross-functional teams may require strong communication skills
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