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Staff Research Engineer, AI Engineering, Science

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is dedicated to solving society’s toughest challenges through science and technology, aiming to accelerate the understanding and treatment of diseases. They seek a Staff Research Engineer in AI Engineering to develop and optimize machine learning models for biomedical research, collaborating across scientific and engineering teams.

Skills

  • Expertise in deep learning on large-scale GPU clusters with distributed training techniques.
  • Experience with experiment tracking and reproducibility in deep learning workflows.
  • Proficient in Python ML libraries such as PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn.
  • Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks like PyTorch Lightning, Deepspeed, RayScale.
  • Strong software engineering practices in production environments.
  • Ability to balance research exploration with robust engineering.

Responsibilities

  • Iterate on, optimize, deploy, and maintain innovative machine learning models and software tools for biological analysis.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve system performance based on user feedback.
  • Build robust data loader pipelines for scalable distributed training and evaluation.
  • Interface with product and engineering teams to adapt models for multiple use cases.
  • Develop model evaluation and interpretability frameworks to aid biological insights.
  • Create reusable engineering utilities to accelerate research experimentation.
  • Optimize model architectures for performance, accuracy, and resource efficiency.

Education

  • Master’s degree in computer science focusing on machine learning or data analytics, or equivalent industry experience.

Benefits

  • Generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions.
  • Annual benefit for housing, student loan repayment, childcare, commuter costs, or other life needs.
  • Life of Service Gifts to support causes important to employees.
  • Paid time off for volunteering.
  • Funding for select family-forming benefits.
  • Relocation support to the Bay Area.
  • Additional comprehensive benefits.
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