Senior ML Engineer (LLM/VLM)

TL;DR

Senior ML Engineer (LLM/VLM): Developing and optimizing machine learning solutions for autonomous driving with an accent on distillation from large foundation models to smaller real-time models. Focus on maximizing quality transfer from teacher models and customizing distillation recipes for business-critical semantics tasks.

Location: Hybrid / Onsite in Mountain View, California, USA

Salary: $213,000 — $263,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is an autonomous driving technology company building the world's most experienced driver to improve mobility and safety.

What you will do

• Work on distillation from large foundation models to smaller real-time models.
• Explore LLM/VLM distillation recipes to maximally transfer the quality gains from teachers.
• Customize distillation data and recipes for business-critical Semantics tasks.

Requirements

• Experience in building large-scale deep learning systems.
• Experience with VLM/LLM models.
• Must be based in or able to work in Mountain View, California.

Nice to have

• Experience in training or deploying multi-modal LLMs.
• Specific experience related to model distillation.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work schedule.
• Discretionary annual bonus program.
• Equity incentive plan.
• Generous company benefits program.