Promise

Senior ML/AI Researcher

Promise

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Washington

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Salary

💰 $150,000 - $215,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

PyTorch

About the role

  • Drive the exploration and development of AI and machine learning models to streamline how individuals facing financial difficulty receive and interact with public services.
  • Experiment with, train, fine-tune, and prompt AI systems ranging from traditional ML models to LLMs to power internal and external applications.
  • Work across areas including OCR, document understanding, document classification, and building generalist models.
  • Source models and solutions from leading AI vendors, open-source models, and fine-tuned solutions and apply them to real-world use cases impacting millions.
  • Improve performance, efficiency, and automation across the platform, shaping the future of government services and delivering social impact.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of relevant statistical analysis experience.
  • 5+ years of professional machine learning experience (e.g., modeling, hyperparameter tuning, feature engineering, model validation).
  • 1+ years of experience with deep learning and LLMs (hands-on projects, fine-tuning, or applied usage).
  • Formal experience training and evaluating models for classification/regression tasks (ROC AUC, Precision, Recall, F1 score).
  • Exposure to key tools and frameworks such as PyTorch, MLFlow, LightGBM, or related.
  • A rigorous, detail-oriented approach to problem solving.
  • Willingness to learn, change, and grow in a high-impact, dynamic environment.
  • Passionate drive for Promise’s mission and relentless pursuit of customer success.
  • High moral and ethical standards, seeking open and honest communication, and rejecting manipulation, dishonesty, and intolerance.
  • Must be a US person (US citizen or permanent resident) and reside in the United States due to US government contract requirements.
  • Must be available to work in person at the Promise office location at least three times per week.
  • Candidates should not require employment visa sponsorship (will or in the future require sponsorship answered on application).