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Applied ML Researcher

Applied ML Researcher

zaimlerSan Mateo, CA, United States
1 day ago
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  • Full-time
Job description

Applied ML Researcher

You'll join our applied ML research team focused on turning raw enterprise data into structured, contextualized knowledge graphs and embeddings. You'll experiment with new approaches for distilling large models into smaller, more efficient ones; improve retrieval, ranking, and reasoning performance through feedback loops; and prototype methods that help LLMs extract and act on real-world knowledge. We're looking for someone who thrives on iteration, cares about building with rigor, and is hungry to learn from some of the best engineers and researchers in the field.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Prototype and refine models for extracting structured knowledge from text
  • Apply knowledge distillation techniques to compress and optimize LLMs for downstream tasks
  • Explore the use of reinforcement learning and feedback loops for improving model behavior
  • Build evaluation pipelines for entity linking, retrieval, and semantic consistency
  • Read, implement, and build upon recent research in LLM alignment, distillation, and symbolic grounding
  • Collaborate closely with infra and data engineers to scale your research into production-ready components

Prior Experience

  • 24 years experience (research lab, internship, academic project, or early industry role) working in ML or NLP
  • Exposure to knowledge distillation, RLHF, or curriculum learning techniques
  • Strong Python skills and familiarity with ML frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow
  • Experience with language models and transformers (e.g., BERT, LLaMA, or similar)
  • Solid understanding of ML fundamentals : training pipelines, loss functions, evaluation metrics
  • A collaborative mindset and willingness to work across research and engineering teams
  • Nice to Have

  • Familiarity with reinforcement learning, including policy optimization or reward modeling
  • Experience with semantic representations such as knowledge graphs or entity embeddings
  • Comfort working with tools like HuggingFace Transformers, Ray, or vLLM
  • Understanding of small-model techniques (pruning, quantization, adapter layers)
  • Interest in the LLM ecosystem and techniques for model alignment or prompt tuning
  • Prior contributions to open-source projects or academic publications in ML / NLP
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