Research Engineer, Machine Learning

This role targets experts in machine learning engineering. The core areas of ML research engineering include:

Probabilistic programming and statistical inference

Deep learning

Causal inference

Program synthesis and analysis

ML Ops and systems engineering

These areas are honed within the context of building reasoning systems. Consequently, research engineers will also engage with topics such as programming language design and implementation, automatic differentiation, and SAT/SMT solvers, among others.

Possess excellent programming and software engineering skills, especially in Julia, Python, C++, ML-family languages.

Have demonstrated the ability to drive software projects from start to finish. This could be evidenced by open-source projects, technical reports, and publications.

Be comfortable digesting research from PL and/or ML venues, such as PLDI, POPL, NeurIPS, or ICML.

Progress with a high degree of autonomy and under uncertainty.

Be enthusiastic about solving real-world problems and making a positive societal impact.

Have demonstrated significant technical achievements within ML engineering. Examples include: You've implemented variants of newly published techniques from scratch. You built systems and workflows for training large models distributed across many machines. You've built systems that span all levels of the programming stack from high-level API infrastructure to close-to-the-metal code.

You've implemented variants of newly published techniques from scratch.

You built systems and workflows for training large models distributed across many machines.

You've built systems that span all levels of the programming stack from high-level API infrastructure to close-to-the-metal code.

A PhD (or equivalent experience) in technical areas including: statistics, programming languages, machine learning, computational neuroscience, cognitive science, physics, mathematics.

Exceptional candidates who may not meet all of the following criteria are still encouraged to apply.

FT/PT: This is a full-time position

Hours: While we prioritize in-person collaboration for its benefits to creative work, there is a degree of flexibility in your working hours. Be prepared to attend multi-day Basis-wide in-person events.

Location: This role is in-person in either New York City or Boston.

Salary range: Competitive salary and bonuses

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