Fireworks AI
Member of Technical Staff, Applied Machine Learning Engineer
$170K–$240K
San Mateo +1 · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted May 9, 2025
- Location
- San Mateo
New York - Experience
- 5+ years in a software engineering role; customer-facing experience strongly preferred.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
About the job
Develop, fine-tune, and operationalize machine learning models and AI applications for customers, while improving Fireworks’ platform and enabling partner solutions.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with go-to-market teams and partners to support customer integrations and deployments; build and present proofs of concept.
- Design, develop, and deploy end-to-end AI applications tailored to customer needs; integrate new models into platforms or client environments.
- Add platform features, fix bugs, and optimize the performance, efficiency, and scalability of models and applications.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience in a software engineering role; customer-facing experience is strongly preferred.
- Robust coding skills; Python proficiency is preferred.
- Ability to lead and execute complex technical projects focused on customer success; strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field; startup or fast-paced environment experience.
- Hands-on model fine-tuning experience, including supervised fine-tuning (SFT) and reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF or RFT); understanding of generative AI, machine learning principles, and enterprise infrastructure.
Pay
$170K – $240K (base salary)
Tools
Python, SFT, RLHF, RFT
AI focus
Develop, fine-tune, integrate, and operationalize machine learning models and customer-specific AI applications; build AI proofs of concept and support scalable model serving.
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