LLM Research Engineer
Job in
Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California, 94039, USA
Listed on 2026-08-08
Listing for:
Wal-Mart
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-08-08
Job specializations:
-
IT/Tech
Machine Learning/ ML Engineer, AI Engineer (Applied/Software), Data Scientist
Job Description & How to Apply Below
FocusKPI is seeking an
LLM Research Engineer
to join one of our clients, a high-tech SaaS company. Looking for qualified candidates from high-tech companies.
Duration: 12-month contract Pay Range: $115 - 131/hr
No C2C resumes are considered
Responsibilities- Design, train, and fine-tune large language models (e.g., GPT, LLaMA, PaLM) for various applications.
- Conduct research on cutting-edge techniques in natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning to improve model performance.
- Explore advancements in transformer architectures, multi-modal models, and emergent AI behaviors.
- Collect, clean, and preprocess large-scale text datasets from diverse sources.
- Develop and implement data augmentation techniques to improve training data quality.
- Ensure data is free from bias and aligned with ethical AI standards.
- Optimize model architecture to improve accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
- Implement techniques to reduce latency, memory footprint, and inference time for real-time applications.
- Collaborate with MLOps teams to deploy LLMs into production environments using Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud
- Develop robust evaluation pipelines to measure model performance using key metrics like accuracy, perplexity, BLEU, and F1 score.
- Continuously test for bias, fairness, and robustness of language models across diverse datasets.
- Conduct A/B testing to evaluate model improvements in real-world applications.
- Stay updated with the latest advancements in generative AI, transformers, and NLP research.
- Contribute to research papers, patents, and open-source projects.
- Present findings and insights at conferences and internal knowledge-sharing sessions.
- Education:
Master's degree with a minimum of 3+ years of experience post-graduation or a Bachelor'sdegree with a minimum of 5+ years of experience post-graduation - Advanced degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a related field.
- Strong programming skills.
- Proficiency with Machine Learning.
- Proficiency with deep learning frameworks such as Tensor Flow, PyTorch, or JAX.
- Hands-on experience with transformer-based models (e.g., GPT, BERT, RoBERTa, LLaMA).
- Expertise in natural language processing (NLP
) and sequence-to-sequence models
. - Familiarity with Hugging Face libraries and OpenAI APIs
. - Experience with MLOps tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong understanding of distributed computing and GPU acceleration using CUDA.
- Experience with Evaluation Pipeline Development and Large Language Model Fine-Tuning
. - Knowledge of reinforcement learning and RLHF (Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback).
Thank you!
FocusKPI Hiring Team
Founded in 2010, FocusKPI, Inc. (FocusKPI) is a data science and technology firm specializing in predictive analytics practice and methodologies. FocusKPI is a US company headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, with an East Coast office in Boston, Massachusetts.
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