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ABOUT THE ROLE:

The RL infrastructure team is looking for an engineer to help develop our RL training framework. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and implement the systems backing all RL workloads at SpaceXAI, from small scale ablations to production training runs.

• Profile, debug, and optimize end-to-end training performance

• Improve scalability and observability of the RL stack

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience building, debugging, and optimizing efficiency of large-scale distributed systems

• Comfortable diving into unfamiliar areas and solving problems at all levels of the stack

• Proficiency in Python, Jax, Rust, and/or C++

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with large scale LLM training infrastructure

• Strong knowledge of reinforcement learning techniques

• Experience with RL numerics

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

$180,000 - $440,000 USD

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXAI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

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