Percepta · 3 months ago
Research Engineer / Scientist – Modeling
New York City
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior LevelPercepta is dedicated to transforming critical industries through applied AI, and they are seeking a Research Engineer/Scientist to advance large-scale language model building and deployment. The role involves collaborating with product managers and engineers to innovate decision systems and drive AI transformation in various sectors.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Identify impactful problems and design research strategies across pre-training, post-training, RL, and specialized model development
Prototype and scale training pipelines for large language models, experiment with model architectures, optimization techniques, and post-training strategies
Contribute to infrastructure for high-performance distributed training
Conduct in-the-wild evaluations at scale that drive millions of dollars in value
Partner with our applied AI engineers to transition successful research ideas into robust features of our Mosaic platform
Communicate research outcomes to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, making sure everyone understands the “so what” of research and how to apply it
Qualification
Required
Have an MS/PhD in Computer Science, ML, a related field, or equivalent experience
Have depth in LLM and ML fundamentals from optimization to large scale training to Reinforcement Learning
Are comfortable implementing and debugging large-scale ML systems
Are motivated by impact in critical industries including healthcare, supply chains, energy, and finance
Have a proven track record of execution
Are an excellent communicator with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Enjoy extreme ownership
Are passionate about AI's transformative potential
Company
Percepta
Percepta (a GC Transformation Company) combines applied AI engineering with frontier research to transform enterprises.
Founded in 2025
11-50 employees
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Funding
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