AI Research Engineer
$150k - $255k • Remote • United States • FullTime
Posted 1mo ago
Job Location
United States
Tech Stack
Remote Work Policy
Fully remote
Employment Type
FullTime
Categories
AI Research Engineer
About the job
LanceDB is seeking an AI Research Engineer to collaborate with their research team on open-ended research projects. The role focuses on end-to-end training flows across various AI domains, demonstrating how LanceDB can accelerate research. This is a unique opportunity to pursue research interests as an engineer, significantly impacting product development and raising awareness of LanceDB's capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate LanceDB's utility for end-to-end model training, from data curation to modeling, across different industry verticals.
- Design and conduct experiments, including benchmarking, to compare LanceDB's stacked workflow against standard training flows.
- Create core content and collaborate cross-functionally to promote workflow-specific features like blobv2 and distributed indexing.
- Publish research findings and models on the LanceDB blog, social media, and at AI conferences.
- Act as a liaison between the research community and engineering/product teams, providing valuable feedback from a researcher's perspective.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience training deep learning models, with a preference for experience beyond LLMs, particularly with video, action, or world models.
- Proven success in training state-of-the-art (SOTA) models within an industry vertical.
- Extensive experience in building and maintaining popular open-source software (OSS) repositories.
- Demonstrated ability to translate user feedback into actionable product deliverables.
- Excellent prioritization skills and a track record of efficient execution.
- Strong understanding of Go-to-Market (GTM) strategies, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on implementation.
- A passion for staying current with SOTA AI research and emerging trends.