Flower Labs

Train AI on distributed data

Founding Research Engineer – Flower Frontier Model Team

Research EngineerResearch EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 11-50Since 2023H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

California + 1 moreAll locations: California, New York

Posted

87 days ago

Salary

Not specified

Postgraduate DegreeExperience acceptedEnglishDockerLinuxPy Torch

Job Description

• Push the boundaries of what frontier AI models can be • Help invent and build the training paradigms that will define the next decade of AI • Shape every part of the scientific foundation of frontier models • Turn best ideas into working systems and collaborate with the team to scale approaches • Design and implement techniques and run experiments across various stages relevant to frontier model building

Job Requirements

  • Deep understanding of recent architectures and training methodology used for LLMs and foundation models
  • Experience with pre-training or post-training (SFT, RLHF, DPO, reward modeling, or equivalent)
  • Strong grounding in optimization techniques: AdamW variants, LR scheduling, mixed precision, stabilization methods, and scaling behaviors
  • Strong experimental design skills: ablations, controlled comparisons, scaling experiments
  • Fluency in PyTorch or JAX for implementing research ideas efficiently
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with both research-oriented and engineering-oriented colleagues
  • Ability to turn conceptual research directions into runnable prototypes that integrate into the training system
  • Familiarity with common tools (Linux command line, git, Docker, …)
  • Openness to adopting new tooling
  • Strong written English
  • Open, honest and transparent communication skills

Benefits

  • Push the boundaries of open-source AI
  • Contribute to building category-defining models
  • Collaborate with experts in a fast-paced, demanding environment

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