Sefaria

Senior AI Engineer

Sefaria

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Jerusalem • Israel

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

NoSQLOpen SourcePythonSQL

About the role

  • Understand, refine, extend, and maintain complex software systems
  • Break down complex projects into discrete components and successfully implement them
  • Design and maintain infrastructure for deploying ML models at scale, including GPU resource management, model serving optimization, and performance monitoring
  • Bridge the gap between research and production by translating experimental AI implementations into robust, maintainable systems
  • Develop methods to extract insights from our datasets
  • Develop and maintain our open source APIs and ML models

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
  • At least 5 years of relevant work experience in data science and software development
  • Proven expertise in ML and AI
  • Core technical expertise in more than one of the following: Understanding of emerging AI/ML technologies and techniques
  • Knowledge of AI and embedding vector databases
  • Python
  • Systems architecture
  • Software architecture
  • Structured (SQL) and semi-structured (NoSQL) databases
  • Knowledge of Judaic texts (e.g., Torah, Talmud, Kabbalistic works, halakhic works, commentaries, etc.)
  • Understanding of written Hebrew
  • Excellent English proficiency (written and spoken) in order to work closely with US-based team members
  • Ability to work in a remote environment using G-Suite, Slack, Zoom, Shortcut, and Monday.com
  • Ability to work a flexible schedule, 2-3 days per week, to sufficiently overlap with colleagues in the US.
Benefits
  • Generous paid time off, including: 15 vacation days; 18 sick days; approximately 16 Jewish holidays and full closure for Passover.
  • Standard Israeli taxes and benefits plus Keren Hishtalmut.
  • Home utility reimbursements.
  • Fully paid parental leave ranging from 8 to 13 weeks, depending on circumstances.
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Hard Skills & Tools
machine learningartificial intelligencePythonsystems architecturesoftware architectureSQLNoSQLGPU resource managementmodel serving optimizationperformance monitoring
Soft Skills
excellent English proficiencyability to work remotelyflexible schedulecommunicationcollaboration