AI and LLM Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

You will work on pioneering projects that advance the application of AI and ML within software engineering. This AI Research Engineer role offers the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research, develop novel algorithms, and contribute to developing software tools that enhance system performance, reliability, and flexibility. Your work as an AI Engineer will directly impact the efficiency and effectiveness of our AI products, enabling developers to spend less time fixing issues and more time innovating. You will contribute to creating accessible, user-friendly, and performant solutions that integrate seamlessly with our existing infrastructure.

On a daily basis, you will

• · Conduct applied research in integrating AI/LLM techniques with software engineering practices to improve code quality, testing, and software maintenance.
• · Design and implement experimental prototypes to demonstrate feasibility of new methodologies.
• · Training and fine-tuning LLMs (both commercial and open-source) to improve performance
• · Implement and maintain pipelines to collect high quality large datasets to train/finetune LLMs.
• · Prepare, analyze and preprocess large datasets of code used to train LLMs
• · Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software engineers, and product managers, to translate research findings into practical applications.
• · Stay informed about the latest advancements in AI/ML and software engineering to identify emerging trends and opportunities for innovation.
• · Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to other developers/researchers.
• · Implement best practices from DevOps to maintain a readable codebase, testable infrastructure and documented research artifacts.

Skills/Requirement:

· Masters degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

· Experience with AI Agents highly preferred.

· At least 1- 3 years of experience as a ML/AI/LLM Engineer or AI Scientist, ideally in Software Engineering.

· Strong research background in AI, ML, and SE

· Experience working with generative AI technologies (e.g. GPT-4, BedRock)

· Experience in developing tools or frameworks that utilize AI/ML to enhance software development processes.

· Familiarity with techniques for automated code generation, program synthesis, and software testing using AI/ML

· Experience in developing and prototyping in Python and R

· Understanding of software development processes and terminology.

· Excellent debugging, optimization skills, and teamwork skills

· Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team.

Nice to have

· Knowledge of reinforcement learning algorithms and experience with model training

· Experience in publishing research papers in top-tier conferences and journals

· Familiarity with AWS services such as Lambda, EC2, ECS, SNS, SQS, and RDS is an advantage

· Experience using and configuring static analyzers as part of a research project

Interested candidates, who wish to apply for the above position, please send in your resume ajay.sharma@persolapac.com

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Tell employers what skills you have

RDS
Applied Research
Ability To Work Independently
Pipelines
Software Engineering
EC2
Reliability
Publishing
Python
Software Testing
Debugging
Teamwork Skills
Terminology
Software Development

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