Remote Lead AI Engineer

Summary

Join a high-caliber team shaping web3 infrastructure and innovation by leading the development of generative AI models that bridge the gap between AI and confidential computing.

Requirements

• Experience in a technical role which involved developing, fine-tuning and/or deploying AI systems at scale
• Experience leading highly technical teams and/or projects (strong plus if AI-related)
• In-depth understanding of recent transformer architectures / LLMs and their technical implementations
• Familiarity with and/or experience using more traditional ML models such as BERT, CNNs, random forests, etc
• Strong ability to think both technically about specific challenges, research questions, etc. and strategically about high-level direction, roadmap, etc
• Ability to effectively communicate complex concepts to internal/external stakeholders with various backgrounds
• Ability to effectively balance long-term research and short-term pragmatism
• Proficiency in Python and related AI/ML frameworks & technologies (i.e., PyTorch, HuggingFace, Docker, etc.)
• MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Design & execute a technical AI roadmap towards bridging the gap between AI and confidential computing, in close collaboration with our AI and cryptography team
• Work closely with our cryptography team, getting up to speed with the technical nuances & implementing AI models accordingly
• Adapt AI model architectures to work in a performant way under a confidential computing paradigm and technically implement these architectures in our AI toolkit
• Have regular touchpoints with AI developers on the Nillion network and integrate their feedback in our AI roadmap
• Work closely with our DevRel team and actively contribute to creating easy-to-use AI tools and suitable AI development workflows

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience at a high-growth startup
• Previous deeptech experience
• Strong entrepreneurial drive
• Experience in or passion for cryptography, multi-party computation (MPC), confidential computing and/or other privacy-preserving technologies
• Excitement about the concept of fully privacy-preserving AI
• Contributions to open-source projects in the AI or privacy tech space

Benefits

• Flexible working hours to accommodate lifestyles and a globally distributed team
• Competitive compensation package
• Make a big impact as a early contributor to an incredible founding team
• Work on new problems in an incredible emerging and dynamic field
• Learn from systems engineering, cryptography and product domain experts in a mentorship-oriented work culture