Machine Learning Systems Engineer, RL Engineering
$500,000–$850,000 year
Hybrid · San Francisco, California, United States
Job Summary
Build, maintain, and improve the algorithms and systems used to train AI models (e.g., Claude) on reinforcement learning data (RLHF and related methods). Focus on speed, reliability, and usability of reinforcement learning training pipelines and tooling to accelerate research progress. Collaborate with finetuning researchers, contribute to scalable infrastructure, profiling and optimizing training workflows, and implementing new training algorithms for production and research models. Strong emphasis on solving practical system-level problems, improving developer productivity, and supporting a research team working on large-scale ML systems.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent education/experience
- 4+ years of software engineering experience
- Python proficiency
- Experience with large-scale distributed systems or high-performance computing (preferred)
- Ability to work in a hybrid office environment (San Francisco, CA)
- Visa sponsorship available
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