Associate Software Engineer, Machine Learning - Remote

Overview

As an Associate Machine Learning Engineer at Lucidworks, you will have the opportunity to apply foundational AI concepts in a hands-on, production environment, contributing to systems that impact real users while receiving feedback and mentorship to support your growth.

In Short

• Work on projects involving large language models (LLMs), search relevance, and natural language processing (NLP).
• Implement algorithms and modify existing code with guidance from senior engineers.
• Collaborate with a diverse, distributed team across multiple time zones.
• Participate in design discussions and contribute fresh perspectives.
• Support experiments and evaluation for search-specific tasks.
• Contribute to integrating pre-trained language and embedding models into search pipelines.
• Stay current on AI best practices and share learnings with the team.
• Grow your skills while working effectively with distributed teams.
• Engage in automated model training and deployment processes.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 0-2 years of professional experience or relevant internship/project experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, or related field.
• Strong programming fundamentals in Python.
• Familiarity with data science libraries such as pandas, numpy, and transformers.
• Basic exposure to LLMs and PyTorch.
• Understanding of microservices concepts and containerization (Docker preferred).
• Eagerness to learn cloud technologies and production AI systems.
• Experience with version control (Git) is a plus.
• Exposure to LLM fine-tuning techniques preferred.
• Personal or academic projects demonstrating AI implementation are a plus.

Benefits

• Inclusive and diverse work environment.
• Mentorship from senior engineers.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI technologies.
• Collaborative team culture.
• Continuous learning and development opportunities.