Staff AI/ML Engineer

The Opportunity

We are seeking a passionate Staff AI/ML Engineer to shape the development of innovative AI-driven solutions. In this role, you will take ownership of key areas, driving the design, implementation, and optimization of AI agents pipelines and models that redefine how developers create and refine code. This includes advancing tools for code generation, chat assistance, unit test creation, code repair, and more.

Apply your expertise while continuing to grow in the direction that excites you — whether that’s advancing your technical skills, stepping into leadership, or exploring product development and beyond.

This is a unique opportunity to join an early-stage company led by the founder of a unicorn startup, Andrew Filev, and help scale it into a thriving, innovative business. You’ll be a part of the team that ships AI products, shaping the future of software development and unlocking the creative potential of brilliant minds.

Key Responsibilities

AI is an incredibly competitive space, and to stay ahead and drive innovation, we need to move quickly and think smart. That’s why we maintain a short release cycle and constantly push to deliver new features and improve existing ones at a rapid pace. In this role, you'll take ownership of researching the capabilities of current LLMs and LMMs, identifying how they can be applied to our products, and turning those insights into real impact by designing or enhancing AI agent pipelines. You'll also analyze our AI-driven tools to uncover opportunities for improvement and implement them. Your contributions will help shape the future of software development across the industry.

Essential Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in the AI/ML field, including hands-on involvement in projects that successfully transitioned from research to production.
• Deep understanding of modern NLP: different providers’ strengths and weaknesses, best OS models, SOTA ways to fine-tune, quantize, and distill models.
• Deep understanding of machine learning, including experience with some fields of classical ML (recommendation systems, regressions/classifications on tabular data, and time series or other areas of classical ML).
• Ability to work with customer data to identify usage patterns, perform analytics, and generate insights for product development and model optimization.
• Ability to set up data collection pipelines.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Ability to explain complex AI concepts and architectures clearly.
• Deep understanding and experience of enterprise software development processes, ability to formalize typical SDLC tasks with all nuances.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment, with excellent communication skills and a commitment to delivering high-quality solutions on time.
• Eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies and methodologies, with a passion for continuous improvement and innovation.
• Ability to work in dynamic, fast-changing environments or experience in start-ups.
• Having experience with multi-agent pipelines and fine-tuning using RLHF or DPO could be beneficial.

Why Join Zencoder?

• Impact: Gen AI will change how companies develop software in the next two years. Be at the frontier of that AI work, building a category-leading product in a huge market. You will have an everyday opportunity to innovate.
• Growth potential: Thrive in a high-growth AI startup combining personal and career growth.
• High Talent Density: Collaborate daily with our experienced AI engineers, software engineers, and founder, Andrew Filev.
• Equity: Align your success with ours by participating in our equity plan.
• Flexibility: We hire globally, prioritizing talent over location. Work where you’re most productive and comfortable.