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Machine Learning Engineer Graduate (E-Commerce Supply Chain & Logistics - LLM/Agent) - 2027 Start (PhD)
Seattle, Washington · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Completing or recently completed a PhD in artificial intelligence, computer science, machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, software engineering, or a related discipline.
About the job
Develop LLMs, agent systems, and related AI capabilities for global e-commerce supply chain and logistics operations.
What you'll do
- Build and optimize domain LLMs and applications for logistics, including address correction, trajectory prediction, and cost analysis.
- Develop multimodal and structured understanding systems for logistics data and integrate them with forecasting and decision systems.
- Design agent workflows and infrastructure, including retrieval, tool use, orchestration, evaluation, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
What they ask for
- Completing or recently completed a PhD in AI, computer science, machine learning, NLP, 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 of 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, agent orchestration, or automated evaluation frameworks.
- Experience with LLM post-training, production benchmarks, logistics, e-commerce, or related systems; publications or strong open-source work.
Tools
Python, Java, C++, Go, TypeScript, PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX
AI focus
Apply LLMs, agents, reinforcement learning, retrieval, multimodal understanding, and evaluation to global logistics and supply chain workflows.
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