Remote Head of AI Research and Development

Summary

Join Tether and Shape the Future of Digital Finance. At Tether, we're pioneering a global financial revolution by harnessing blockchain technology to enable seamless integration of reserve-backed tokens across blockchains. Our innovative product suite features the world's most trusted stablecoin, USDT, alongside pioneering digital asset tokenization services.

Requirements

• A PhD or Master's degree in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or a related field
• Experience building a LLM or other large models from scratch including writing model code, gathering training data, optimizing training and inference
• Strong experience in NLP, computer vision, and multimodal learning
• Proficient in TensorFlow, PyTorch, JAX and CUDA toolkit
• Demonstrated leadership in managing diverse, high-performing teams
• Advanced knowledge of distributed and high-performance computing systems
• Excellent programming skills in Python, C++, JavaScript or similar

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of our strategy for creating multimodal AI models that set new industry standards
• Build and nurture a team of AI experts, fostering an environment of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning
• Spearhead collaborations with other departments to ensure our AI models are effectively integrated into market-driven solutions
• Represent Tether in the AI community, sharing our work and learning through open contributions, speaking engagements, and publications