Machine Learning Engineer (LLM)
Bjak | RemoteOtter
San Francisco, CARemote OKFull-time$140k – $220k / year
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Machine Learning Engineer (LLM) - Bjak | RemoteOtter
Machine Learning Engineer (LLM) - Remote
Posted 48 weeks ago
Software Development
Full Time
Worldwide
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Overview
We’re building AI systems for a global audience. We are living in an era of AI transition - this new project team will be focusing on building applications to enable more real world impact and highest usage for the world.
In Short
- Fine-tune & adapt - Use LoRA/QLoRA to optimize open-source models (LLaMA, Mistral, Gemma)
- Engineer prompts & curates data - Craft prompts and datasets that reflect tone, brand voice, and safety.
- Evaluate models – Build metrics pipelines for perplexity, toxicity, and relevance to ensure safe and high-quality outputs.
- Deploy & monitor – Scale models into production with performance optimization and monitoring for drift.
- Collaborate & deliver – Partner with product, engineering, and design teams to launch user-facing AI features.
Requirements
- Strong experience in transformers, deep learning, and fine-tuning methods (LoRA/QLoRA, SFT, distillation).
- Proficiency with PyTorch (preferred) or TensorFlow.
- Skilled in prompt engineering and dataset curation for alignment with tone, safety, and trust.
- Familiar with evaluation metrics: perplexity, toxicity, relevance.
- Strong software engineering foundations in algorithms, data structures, and clean code practices.
Benefits
- Flat structure & real ownership
- Full involvement in direction and consensus decision making
- Flexibility in work arrangement
- High-impact role with visibility across product, data, and engineering
- Top-of-market compensation and performance-based bonuses
- Global exposure to product development
- Lots of perks - housing rental subsidies, a quality company cafeteria, and overtime meals
- Health, dental & vision insurance
- Global travel insurance (for you & your dependents)
- Unlimited, flexible time off
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