Staff Software Engineer, AI/ML

What this role involves

This Staff AI/ML Engineer role on the Applied Research team focuses on feedback-driven learning for agentic systems, including reward modeling, preference optimization, and reinforcement learning. The position involves building production learning systems, evaluation frameworks, and providing technical leadership without direct management authority.

Skills this posting asks for

• reinforcement learning
• reward modeling
• preference optimization
• rlhf
• rlaif
• dpo
• ppo
• grpo
• python
• production systems language
• llms
• genai
• agentic systems
• reasoning
• planning
• tool use
• action execution
• instruction following
• self-correction
• feedback loops
• evaluation frameworks
• experimentation

Requirements

• 8 years of experience
• Level: staff

From the employer’s posting

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