Prodapt · 16 hours ago
Distinguished Forward Deployed Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
8+ years expProdapt is seeking a Distinguished Forward Deployed Engineer who represents the pinnacle of Applied AI. This role involves defining technical culture, setting global standards for the AI organization, and solving complex industry challenges.
Information TechnologySoftware
Hiring Manager
Cody Petritz
Responsibilities
Deep Model Surgery: Beyond basic implementation, you will adapt open-source giants (Llama 3, Mistral) using PEFT, LoRA, and QLoRA for high-stakes domain-specific applications
Infrastructure Mastery: Squeeze maximum performance out of hardware. You will lead model quantization (GGUF, AWQ) and serve custom models via vLLM and TGI while managing complex dense vector/embedding optimizations
Strategic Advisory: Act as a trusted technical architect for C-level executives, translating cutting-edge research into long-term enterprise AI roadmaps
Next-Gen R&D: Continuously integrate advancements like State Space Models (SSMs) and long-context optimizations into production-grade deliverables
Qualification
Required
8+ Years of Expert-Level Experience: You are a recognized leader in the AI community with a track record of driving high-impact initiatives
Deep Learning Internals: Mastery of PyTorch/TensorFlow and deep intuition for Transformer architecture internals
Advanced Data Workflows: Expertise in synthetic data generation, advanced training curation, and RLHF concepts
Enterprise Architecture: Proven ability to prototype GenAI applications that bridge the gap between AI and core enterprise stacks like SAP ECC, Salesforce, Snowflake, and Kafka
Benefits
Full relocation assistance
Company
Prodapt
Prodapt is the largest specialized player in the Connectedness industry.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$75MKey Investors
ServiceNow Ecosystem VenturesAffirma Capital
2024-07-24Series Unknown
2019-09-09Private Equity· $75M
Leadership Team
Manish Vyas
Managing Director & CEO
Ramanathan J
CFO
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