Research Lead, Tinker, Fine-tuning Science

Highlights

• Lead the Fine-tuning Science team and set its frontier research agenda.
• Push Tinker quality, efficiency and reliability for large-scale finetuning and RL.
• Ship findings into Tinker and share work via papers and technical posts.

What they offer

• Health, dental, and vision benefits
• Unlimited PTO
• Paid parental leave
• Relocation support as needed

Ideal candidate

A hands-on research leader with strong experimental taste who loves fine-tuning science and mentoring teams. Motivated by enabling custom models and translating frontier research into reliable products.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Physics, Mathematics or related discipline
• Track record of leading research, setting direction for a team or major effort and delivering results
• Proficiency in Python and familiarity with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX
• Comfort debugging distributed training and writing scalable code
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts and build alignment across science, systems and product
• Strong interest in enabling custom models