Machine Learning Engineer (LLM)

Better Placed
united kingdom, gb
1 year ago
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Machine learning Researchers - multiple hires


Remote - UK / Europe / US


Salary to £390,000 + Stock options


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Heavily backed startup currently in stealth mode seeks a number of ML Researchers with a desire to push the boundaries of small language models with access to 1500 GPU's for research.


The current team boasts an impressive line up of researchers and advisors from Stanford, Berkley and other top schools globally meaning a proven research background (ideally to PhD level) is preferable.


The business is looking for expertise in language modelling as they pioneer the next level of small language models with a preference to candidates who've worked for well funded AI research. If you have a track record with any of the following areas they'd love to speak to you.


  • Masters, PhD or a proven track record in AI / ML / Deep learning preferred.

  • Knowledge Graphs / Graph based research / SLM

  • BERT

  • Computational linguistics

  • NLP


Process:


As we're expecting a high volume of applicants for this role we will not always be able to respond to every applicant.


  • We will contact suitable candidates within 7 working days with further details on the role and business.

  • Initial chat with co founders (light technical interview)

  • Technical Interview - question based

  • Final chat with advisors / co founders


Please apply with an up to date copy of your CV.


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