Fireworks AI

Fireworks AI

Member of Technical Staff, Research

San Mateo, CA · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$175k-$240kDetected 47 days ago
PythonC++Distributed SystemsMachine LearningDeep LearningTensorFlowPyTorchLLMsResearch

About the role

  • Conduct foundational research to advance the capabilities, efficiency, and reliability of LLMs and multimodal systems
  • Analyze empirical results, identify performance bottlenecks, and iterate quickly to improve model quality
  • Contribute to internal research strategy by identifying high-impact opportunities and emerging trends in AI

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and evaluate novel model architectures, training methods, and optimization techniques
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to transition research prototypes into production-grade systems
  • Build What's Next: Work with bleeding-edge technology that impacts how businesses and developers harness AI globally.
  • Learn from the Best: Collaborate with world-class engineers and AI researchers who thrive on curiosity and innovation.

Requirements

  • Experience solving analytical problems using analytic and quantitative approaches
  • Experience communicating research to audiences with different backgrounds
  • Experience coding in C/C++, Python, or other similar languages

Nice to have

  • PhD degree in Computer Science, Computational Physics, Mathematics, or a similar field
  • Research and engineering experience demonstrated via grants, fellowships, patents, internships, work experience, and/or coding competitions
  • Experience having first-authored publications at peer-reviewed conferences or journals
  • Experience working with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Jax
  • Why Fireworks AI?
  • Solve Hard Problems: Tackle challenges at the forefront of AI infrastructure, from low-latency inference to scalable model serving.
  • Ownership & Impact: Join a fast-growing, passionate team where your work directly shapes the future of AI-no bureaucracy, just results.
  • Fireworks AI is an equal-opportunity employer.

Compensation

  • $175,000 - $240,000 USD

Benefits

  • Research background in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Physics, or similar field
  • Range (Plus Equity)

Company info

  • At Fireworks, we're building the future of generative AI infrastructure. Our platform delivers the highest-quality models with the fastest and most scalable inference in the industry. We've been independently benchmarked as the leader in LLM inference speed and are driving cutting-edge innovation through projects like our own function calling and multimodal models. Fireworks is a Series C company valued at $4 billion and backed by top investors including Benchmark, Sequoia, Lightspeed, Index, and Evantic. We're an ambitious, collaborative team of builders, founded by veterans of Meta PyTorch and Google Vertex AI.
  • The Role:
  • As a Member of Technical Staff on the Research team, you'll push the boundaries of generative AI, advancing LLMs and multimodal systems through foundational research. Your work will enhance model efficiency, accuracy, and scalability, directly shaping our high-performance AI infrastructure. You'll collaborate with top experts in deep learning, distributed systems, and optimization to bring cutting-edge research into real-world applications. You'll also have the opportunity to shape how some of the world's leading companies build and deploy AI through the models and tools you help create.
  • At Fireworks, we're building the future of generative AI infrastructure.
  • Our platform delivers the highest-quality models with the fastest and most scalable inference in the industry.
  • We've been independently benchmarked as the leader in LLM inference speed and are driving cutting-edge innovation through projects like our own function calling and multimodal models.
  • Fireworks is a Series C company valued at $4 billion and backed by top investors including Benchmark, Sequoia, Lightspeed, Index, and Evantic.
  • We're an ambitious, collaborative team of builders, founded by veterans of Meta PyTorch and Google Vertex AI.
  • As a Member of Technical Staff on the Research team, you'll push the boundaries of generative AI, advancing LLMs and multimodal systems through foundational research.
  • Your work will enhance model efficiency, accuracy, and scalability, directly shaping our high-performance AI infrastructure.
  • You'll collaborate with top experts in deep learning, distributed systems, and optimization to bring cutting-edge research into real-world applications.
  • You'll also have the opportunity to shape how some of the world's leading companies build and deploy AI through the models and tools you help create.
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