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FAR.AI · 1 month ago

Research Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Entry, Mid Level

$100K/yr - $190K/yr

FAR.AI is a non-profit AI research institute focused on AI safety research. They are seeking a Research Engineer to develop scalable implementations of machine learning algorithms and contribute to various research projects, collaborating with academic labs and research institutions.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)EventsNon Profit

H1B Sponsored

Responsibilities

Develop scalable implementations of machine learning algorithms and use them to run scientific experiments

Contribute to all aspects of the research project, including shaping the research direction, analyzing experimental results, and participating in the write-up of results

Work on projects that use a range of technical approaches to solve problems

Collaborate with researchers from different academic labs and institutions

Participate in regular project meetings and code reviews to develop research taste and programming style

Spend part of your time studying machine learning and developing high-level views on AI safety research

Qualification

Machine LearningSoftware EngineeringPythonPyTorchTensorFlowNatural Language ProcessingReinforcement LearningCollaborationMentorshipResults-oriented

Required

Have significant software engineering experience or experience applying machine learning methods. Evidence of this may include prior work experience, open-source contributions, or academic publications

Have experience with at least one object-oriented programming language (preferably Python)

Are results-oriented and motivated by impactful research

Preferred

Common ML frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow

Natural language processing or reinforcement learning

Operating system internals and distributed systems

Publications or open-source software contributions

Basic linear algebra, calculus, vector probability, and statistics

Benefits

We will also pay for work-related travel and equipment expenses.

We offer catered lunch and dinner at our offices in Berkeley.

Company

FAR.AI

FAR.AI is a technical AI research and education non-profit, dedicated to ensuring the safe development and deployment of frontier AI systems.

Founded in 2022

San Diego, California, USA

11-50 employees

https://far.ai

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