Oumi
Research Scientist
Seattle, WA
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 443 days ago
PythonMachine LearningDeep LearningPyTorchLLMsA/B TestingAccessibilityResearchCollaborationProblem Solving
About the role
- The Research Scientist will be an integral part of Oumi's research team, focusing on advancing the state-of-the-art in large language models (LLMs), vision language models (VLMs), and related technologies.
- This role involves conducting cutting-edge research, contributing to open-source projects, and collaborating with other researchers and engineers.
- Researchers at Oumi will work on various aspects of LLM/VLM development including training, evaluation, data curation, and benchmark development.
Responsibilities
- Data Curation: Develop methodologies for curating high-quality datasets for training and evaluating LLMs. This may involve data synthesis and other novel techniques.
- Benchmark Development: Develop evaluation benchmarks to measure the performance of LLMs across various tasks and domains.
- Research and Experimentation: Design and conduct experiments to validate research hypotheses and improve model performance.
- Collaboration: Collaborate with other researchers, engineers, and the broader community to advance the field of open-source AI.
- Problem Solving: Focus on the research that matters by skipping the plumbing and moving straight to research, building on the work of others and contributing back.
- Develop methodologies for curating high-quality datasets for training and evaluating LLMs.
- Develop evaluation benchmarks to measure the performance of LLMs across various tasks and domains.
- Design and conduct experiments to validate research hypotheses and improve model performance.
- Collaborate with other researchers, engineers, and the broader community to advance the field of open-source AI.
Requirements
- Familiarity with open-source projects and a passion for contributing to the open-source community.
Nice to have
- Candidates with a strong publication record, or equivalent industry experience will be considered.
Skills
- Strong programming skills in Python and experience using deep learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch).
- Open Source: Familiarity with open-source projects and a passion for contributing to the open-source community.
- Initiative: A self-starter who can work independently and take ownership of initiatives.
- Values: Share Oumi's values https://oumi.ai/
- Contribute to the Oumi open-source platform, models and projects, and other relevant tools and libraries.
Benefits
- Equity in a high-growth startup
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
- Conduct research on training and evaluating new Large language models (LLMs), Vision Language Models (VLMs), and other AI models.
- Deep understanding of machine learning and deep learning concepts, with specific knowledge of large language models (LLMs) and/or vision language models (VLMs).
- Education: A Ph.D. or MSc. in computer science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or a related field is preferred.
- Research Experience: Demonstrated experience in conducting original research in machine learning, with a strong publication record in top-tier conferences or journals.
- Programming Skills: Strong programming skills in Python and experience using deep learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch).
- We design Oumi to help any organization-regardless of size or resources-effectively build, deploy, and benefit from AI by lowering barriers to access, experimentation, and adoption.
Company info
- Beneficial for all, Customer-obsessed, Radical Ownership, Exceptional Teammates, Science-grounded.
- 21 days PTO
- Regular team offsites and events
- Hybrid work environment, with offices in:
- San Mateo, CA
- Seattle, WA
- New York, NY
- Oumi provides an end-to-end, AI-native platform to build custom AI models in hours, not months -automating the loop of evaluation, data synthesis, training, and repeat.
- Oumi also develops an open research stack and models in collaboration with academic collaborators and the open community.
- Our Approach: Oumi is built on a foundation of open source, with open collaboration at the heart of everything we do.
- Our work is:
- Research-driven: We conduct and publish original AI research, working closely with academic research labs and collaborators across the globe.
- Community-powered: We believe in the strength of open collaboration and actively welcome contributions from researchers and developers worldwide.
- Accessibility-focused: We design Oumi to help any organization-regardless of size or resources-effectively build, deploy, and benefit from AI by lowering barriers to access, experimentation, and adoption.
- Oumi is on a mission to make frontier AI truly open for all.
- We are founded on the belief that AI will have a transformative impact on humanity, and that developing it collectively, in the open, is the best path forward to ensure that it is done efficiently and safely.
- By providing the safest, highest quality, and most flexible AI, we aspire to unlock positive impact for every individual, enterprise, and humanity overall.
- Share Oumi's values https://oumi.ai/company: Beneficial for all, Customer-obsessed, Radical Ownership, Exceptional Teammates, Science-grounded.
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