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Role
As Atla’s research engineer, you'll develop language models as evaluators as well as use your insights to construct safety guardrails for LLMs, pushing the state of the art further. As part of your role, you will:
* Steer LLMs to become strong evaluators aligned with human preferences using advanced post-training techniques.
* Curate and synthetically generate large-scale, high-quality datasets to refine our evaluator for assessing frontier and next-generation models.
* Develop comprehensive evaluation frameworks, including tooling, datasets and metrics for rigorous assessment of alignment and safety risks.
* Shape Atla’s evolving AI safety research and contribute significant findings to top-tier conferences in the field.
* Build and grow our applied research organisation, setting a high bar of excellence that propels Atla forward.
Please note that this role is in-person (we can sponsor visas and offer international relocation support).
Qualifications
Evidence of exceptional research engineering ability:
* Proficiency in training and evaluating language models across GPUs, preferably in PyTorch.
* Proven track record in empirical research, including designing and executing experiments, and effectively writing up and communicating findings.
* Strong software, ML, or research engineering experience with a focus on building robust, scalable system.
* Aptitude for distilling and applying ideas from complex research papers in our products.
* Experience at elite AI research labs (OpenAI, DeepMind, Meta, Anthropic, etc.).
Nice to have
* Publications in top AI conferences.
* Experience as an early engineer at a fast growing startup.
* Interested in and thoughtful about the impacts of AI technology.
About You
You are going to thrive at Atla with the following mindset:
* Collaborative and team-oriented, with strong communication skills.
* Comfortable with the uncertainty and fast pace of a hyper-growth startup.
* Willingness to continuously learn and adapt in a dynamic environment.
* Unpretentious and hardworking; find the best ideas wherever they come from.
Compensation
* Exceptionally competitive salary
* Significant stake in equity as one of the first joiners
* Pension plan
* Medical, dental, and vision benefits
Join our driven founding team to make a dent in the universe by engineering safe, beneficial AI systems!
* This role is supported by AI Futures Grants, a UK Government_ scheme designed to help the next generation of AI leaders meet the costs of relocating to the UK. AI Futures Grants provide financial support to reimburse relocation costs such as visa fees, the immigration health surcharge and travel/subsistence expenses. Successful candidates for this role may be able to get up to £10,000 to meet relocations costs, subject to terms and conditions._
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