AI / ML Engineer OR Data Scientist

Overview

Role: AI / ML Engineer OR Data Scientist

Location:

Canada / USA - Remote

Long Term Contract

Expi: 3+ years

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, related field, or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of professional experience (or equivalent) in software engineering, AI/ML development (ideally including a Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, ML, Data Science, or a related field)
• Practical experience and theoretical knowledge of language technologies such as: dialogue/conversational systems, NLP, and Information Retrieval
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software engineering principles.
• Proficiency in Python and relevant deep learning frameworks; training (e.g. PyTorch, Tensorflow, JAX, Hugging Face Transformers/Adapters), serving (e.g., Hugging Face TGI//outlines, vLLM)
• Experience with LLM model development and deployment ideally including experience with model distillation, supervised fine-tuning using RLHF/DPO, and automatic prompt tuning (e.g. DSPy, Text Grad)
• Experience with cloud deployment of ML systems (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) including and open systems (e.g. Docker and Kubernetes) and associated ML services.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience structuring and running data-backed experiments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills