Fireworks AI
Member of Technical Staff, Research
$210K–$320K
San Mateo +1 · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 4, 2026
- Location
- San Mateo
Greater Seattle Area - Education
- PhD degree in Computer Science, Computational Physics, Mathematics, or a similar field (preferred).
About the job
Conduct foundational research on LLMs and multimodal systems, develop and evaluate models and training methods, and work with engineering teams to bring research into production.
What you'll do
- Research improvements to the capabilities, efficiency, and reliability of LLMs and multimodal systems.
- Design, implement, and evaluate model architectures, training methods, and optimization techniques; analyze results and performance bottlenecks.
- Collaborate with engineering teams on production systems and contribute to research strategy.
What they ask for
- Research background in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Physics, or a similar field.
- Experience solving analytical problems using analytic and quantitative approaches.
- Experience communicating research to audiences with different backgrounds.
- Experience coding in C/C++, Python, or similar languages.
Nice to have
- PhD in Computer Science, Computational Physics, Mathematics, or a similar field.
- Research and engineering experience, first-authored peer-reviewed publications, or experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Jax.
Pay
$210K – $320K (USD, base salary)
Tools
C/C++, Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Jax
AI focus
Foundational research advancing LLMs and multimodal systems, including model efficiency, accuracy, scalability, and production deployment.
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