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MBZUAI (Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence) · 15 hours ago

Research Scientist Agents

Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$150K/yr - $450K/yr

2+ years exp

The Institute of Foundation Models is a dedicated research lab focused on advancing research in foundation models. The role involves tackling research and engineering challenges to train advanced agentic language models, contributing to the development of innovative AI solutions and collaborating with various teams to produce state-of-the-art models.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Higher EducationUniversities

H1B Sponsored

Responsibilities

Propose, prototype, and scale algorithms/systems to support agentic learning

Develop new paradigms for agentic behavior that go beyond current practices

Contribute to technical reports, research publications, and open-source software

Collaborate with other teams to produce state-of-the-art foundation models

Qualification

LLM training/fine-tuningPythonPyTorchReinforcement learningDistributed machine learningDataset curationAlgorithm designRayTritonCUDA C++LLM reasoningOpen-source contributions

Required

BS, MS, or PhD degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related fields

2 years of experience working in one of the following or related areas: LLM training/fine-tuning, evaluations, reinforcement learning, LLM inference, distributed machine learning systems

Python and PyTorch development experience

Experience in using LLM agents for your personal or professional use

Experience in designing and implementing algorithms from scratch (for algorithms focus)

Experience in dataset curation and generation (for data focus)

Experience in building or contributing to training/serving infrastructure (for systems focus)

Experience in designing and deep diving into evaluations (for evals focus)