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Applied Researcher

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San Francisco, CAFull-timeSeen 1mo agoStill listed 3 days ago

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Location
San Francisco, CA
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Full-time
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Job overview

Variant seeks an applied researcher to design, train, and evaluate deep neural networks and large language models, own end‑to‑end experiments, prototype rapidly, collaborate with engineering and design, and communicate findings through papers and reports.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

MLPythonTorch/PyTorchMachine LearningDeep LearningReinforcement Learning (RL)Natural Language ProcessingComputer VisionDeep Neural NetworksLarge Language ModelsPyTorchSoftware Engineering PracticesVisual DesignUI DesignExperiment DesignMetrics Analysis

Qualifications

2+ Years in PhD Program or IndustryExperience Training Deep Neural NetworksPublished 1 or More Papers in Deep LearningExperience Training LLMsExperience in Code Generation DomainAt Least 1 Paper Accepted Into Top ConferenceProficiency in Best Software Engineering PracticesRepeated Experience Formulating Open Ended QuestionsPassion for Visual Design or UI Design

Full job description

Software should be beautiful.

Variant is code generation with creativity and taste. Instead of a confined conversation, you can generate endless designs from a single idea. Freely explore, discover directions you wouldn’t have thought of, and build better software as a result. We're well-capitalized and looking for an applied researcher to join us at Variant.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Design, train, and evaluate deep neural networks and LLMs
  • Own experiments end-to-end: hypotheses, datasets, metrics, results
  • Prototype fast; turn promising ideas into reliable systems
  • Collaborate with engineering and design to make ideas real
  • Write clearly: papers, docs, and crisp experiment reports
  • Don't compromise between rigor and shipping fast
  • See what needs to be done and do it

Minimal qualifications:

  • 2+ years in PhD program or in industry
  • Experience training deep neural networks
  • Proficiency in frameworks like Pytorch
  • Published 1 or more papers in the subject of deep learning

Ideal qualifications:

  • Experience training LLMs, including SFT, RL-based techniques, etc.
  • Experience in the domain of code generation
  • At least 1 paper accepted into a top conference
  • Proficiency in best software engineering practices
  • Repeated experience formulating, structuring, and answering open ended questions
  • Passionate about visual design or UI design; prior work in the space

We've kept our team small by design. Your code will matter from day one, and its impact will compound over time. This will be the most meaningful work of your career.

We work from a beautiful space in San Francisco where we dream up the future and make it real together. We’re well-capitalized and backed by notable investors.

If you've built things you're proud of, we'd love to see them.

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