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Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (E-Commerce Supply Chain & Logistics - LLM/Agent) - 2027 Start (PhD)
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- PhD in a listed or related discipline; no equivalent-experience alternative stated.
About the job
Develops LLMs, agents, and intelligent systems for global e-commerce supply chain and logistics, from model training and multimodal understanding to workflow automation and evaluation.
What you'll do
- Develop and apply LLMs and agent systems to logistics and supply chain problems, including model training, optimization, and business applications.
- Build multimodal and structured understanding capabilities for logistics data and connect them to forecasting or decision systems.
- Design agent architecture and engineering systems for workflow execution, retrieval, evaluation, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
What they ask for
- Completing or recently completed a PhD in artificial intelligence, computer science, machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, software engineering, or a related discipline.
- Experience with LLMs, agents, RAG, tool use, post-training, evaluation, or applied NLP systems.
- Strong Python programming and proficiency in at least one production-oriented language such as Java, C++, Go, or TypeScript.
- Familiarity with machine learning and deep learning frameworks or ecosystems such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, vLLM, Hugging Face, LangChain, or LlamaIndex.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with coding agents, long-horizon agents, computer-use agents, agent harnesses, workflow orchestration, or automated evaluation.
- Experience in LLM post-training, production benchmarks, logistics, e-commerce, operations research, data platforms, knowledge graphs, or enterprise knowledge management.
Tools
Python, Java, C++, Go, TypeScript, PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX
AI focus
Builds and applies LLMs, agents, retrieval systems, reinforcement learning, multimodal understanding, and automated evaluation for supply chain and logistics workflows.
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