Research Engineer, PRIOR - Seattle Washington

Company: Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc
Location: Seattle, Washington
Posted On: 01/15/2025

On-site in SeattlePersons in these roles are expected to work from our offices in Seattle.Compensation Range$118,800 - $178,200Who You Are:As a Research Engineer on our team, you'll have the unique opportunity to work on research problems that can improve vision and multimodal models, contribute to the development of completely open foundation models, and experiment with mobile robots in the real world. You will contribute to projects similar to our recent Molmo model release (https://molmo.allenai.org/).Our next hire will also help us build infrastructure for one of the two: (1) the next generation of multimodal language models and digital agents or (2) simulation infrastructure for mobile robotics and real-world mobile robots. We're looking for someone with experience working with open-source projects, deep knowledge of Python, and a strong understanding of modern deep learning, computer vision, and some natural language processing.We are looking for applicants interested in computer vision, natural language processing, machine learning, robotics, agents, and/or embodied AI. International candidates are welcome to apply. Pay is competitive, and visa sponsorship is available.Research Engineers in the PRIOR team will work on multiple exciting research projects in the above areas. They will also have the opportunity to contribute and engage in a variety of other activities critical to our research and mission, including opportunities to lead select projects, author and present scientific papers and presentations for peer-reviewed journals and conferences, and collaborate with researchers at other organizations including universities.Who We Are:Ai2's Perceptual Reasoning and Interaction Research team (PRIOR) is looking for strong researchers to join our team. PRIOR seeks to advance computer vision to create AI systems that see, explore, learn, reason, and interact with the world.Essential Functions:

• Building infrastructure to facilitate the next generation of LLM research.
• Optimizing training and inference for language models.
• Developing infrastructure to deduplicate and analyze datasets at scale.
• Triaging between experiments and executing on the most impactful.
• Supporting and collaborating with an open-source community.
• Bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and a widely adopted product.
• Using software engineering best practices in a research environment.What You'll Need:
  • Knowledge of modern deep learning and natural language processing techniques.
  • Strong software engineering skills, particularly around building performant systems and debugging.
  • Experience with Python and PyTorch.
  • Familiarity with software using container technologies (e.g., Docker) to deploy web-based services.Education/Experience:
    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant engineering experience.
    • A minimum of 2 years of software development experience.Physical Demands and Work Environment:
      • Occasionally required to remain seated in a normal position for long periods of time.
      • While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to sit; walk; talk and hear; use hands to keyboard, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, crawl, reach, and stretch.
      • The employee is occasionally required to move short distances.
      • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.A Little More About Ai2:The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence is a non-profit research institute in Seattle founded by Paul Allen. The core mission of Ai2 is to contribute to humanity through high-impact research in artificial intelligence.Ai2 is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to employees and applicants with disabilities to the full extent required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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