Machine Learning Scientist, LLM Training & Inference Research jobs in United States
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Lila Sciences · 5 hours ago

Machine Learning Scientist, LLM Training & Inference Research

Lila Sciences is pioneering a scientific superintelligence platform aimed at solving significant challenges in human health, climate, and sustainability through AI. As a Machine Learning Scientist in LLM Training & Inference Research, you will lead efforts to train and serve large language models for scientific applications, focusing on optimizing post-training strategies and evaluating LLM performance.

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Responsibilities

Develop and optimize LLM post-training strategies including SFT, RLHF, and RL with verifiers
Design test-time compute and efficient inference mechanisms for complex tool use environments
Build scalable evaluations for LLM performance on scientific reasoning
Explore the limits of frontier LLM based approaches for scientific tasks and quantifying their failure modes

Qualification

LLM trainingLLM deploymentScalable compute techniquesScientific reasoningCollaborative ML environments

Required

Strong background in LLM training and deployment
Research experience in scalable compute techniques
Publications or contributions to open-source frameworks welcome

Preferred

Experience applying LLMs to scientific or technical data
Work in collaborative cross-functional ML environments

Company

Lila Sciences

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Lila Sciences creates a scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous labs for life sciences, chemistry, and materials science. It is a sub-organization of Flagship Pioneering.

H1B Sponsorship

Lila Sciences has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (8)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$550M
Key Investors
NVenturesFlagship Pioneering
2025-10-14Series A· $115M
2025-09-14Series A· $235M
2025-03-10Seed· $200M
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