AI Research Lead - Pre-training (100% Remote)

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Our team is a global talent powerhouse, working remotely from every corner of the world. If you're passionate about making a mark in the fintech space, this is your opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest minds, pushing boundaries and setting new standards. We've grown fast, stayed lean, and secured our place as a leader in the industry.

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About the job

We're looking for a Pre-Training Lead to own and scale our pre-training efforts. This is a senior role at the heart of our model development pipeline, working on the systems and methods that transform public data into SOTA and powerful products. You will play a critical role in driving the technical directions on our pre-training strategies and products. As a member of the team, you will have the opportunity to drive fundamental capabilities, lead teams to work on ambitious projects and collaborate broadly across Tether with world-class engineers and researchers to advance open source development and the global AI community.

We are a fast-paced group focusing on model, data and applied research.

Responsibilities

Lead strategy and execution of all pre-training activities including dataset building and pre-training experiments

Building LLM and multimodal foundation models from scratch.

Design robust evaluation pipelines to measure model quality, performance and user experience.

Work closely with researchers and engineers to translate cutting-edge pre-training ideas into production-ready methods.

Build and manage a team of engineers / researchers to scale pre-training infrastructure.

Collaborate across infra, data, and product teams to ensure fast iteration cycles and smooth deployment.

Monitor advancements in pre-training research and pre-training strategies, and incorporate novel techniques to improve model capabilities and performance.

Contribute to the AI research community, including publications, open-source contributions, and participation in conferences.

Establish best practices and standards for coding, model evaluation, and experimentation within the team.

Lead and manage complex projects, ensuring timely delivery, quality outcomes, and alignment with strategic objectives.

Communicate technical insights and updates effectively to executive leadership, stakeholders, and external collaborators.

Promote a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence, maintaining high team morale and accountability.

In this role, you'll have the opportunity to drive roadmaps, propose your own research plan to advance open-source pre-training methods and products. You'll provide technical mentorship and guidance to the team and drive execution. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with broader teams across Tether.

Minimum Qualifications

PhD, MS or equivalent experience

Hands-on experience in SOTA end-to-end pre-training projects and solutions.

5+ years of experience in managing or leading 10+ research & engineer teams

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Excellent understanding of an AI-based product lifecycle.

Hands-on experience in building end-to-end LLM and multimodal foundation models on thousands of multi-node GPUs.

Proficiency in modern deep learning and pre-training frameworks & libraries.

Comfort working in a fast-moving, early-stage environment.

Preferred Qualifications

Demonstrated expertise in the SOTA development in large-scale pre-training.

Strong history of delivering innovation in the space of pre-training.

Ability to develop a long-term vision and execute strategies at scale while maintaining a grasp of technical details for better decision-making.

Experience with VP-level presentations and reporting.

Published papers in the top AI conferences (e.g., ACL, NIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, TPAMI, IJCV, etc.)

Important information for candidates

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