AI / ML Engineer OR Data Scientist
Summary
Build and deploy AI/ML models, focusing on language technologies like NLP and dialogue systems using Python, PyTorch, and Hugging Face frameworks.
Overview
Role: AI / ML Engineer OR Data Scientist
Location: Canada / USA - Remote
Long Term Contract
Expi: 3+ years
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, related field, or equivalent experience
- 3+ years of professional experience (or equivalent) in software engineering, AI/ML development (ideally including a Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, ML, Data Science, or a related field)
- Practical experience and theoretical knowledge of language technologies such as: dialogue/conversational systems, NLP, and Information Retrieval
- Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software engineering principles.
- Proficiency in Python and relevant deep learning frameworks; training (e.g. PyTorch, Tensorflow, JAX, Hugging Face Transformers/Adapters), serving (e.g., Hugging Face TGI//outlines, vLLM)
- Experience with LLM model development and deployment ideally including experience with model distillation, supervised fine-tuning using RLHF/DPO, and automatic prompt tuning (e.g. DSPy, TextGrad)
- Experience with cloud deployment of ML systems (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) including and open systems (e.g. Docker and Kubernetes) and associated ML services.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience structuring and running data-backed experiments
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Seniority level
- Mid-Senior level
Employment type
- Full-time
Job function
- Other
Industries
- IT Services and IT Consulting