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We are unable to sponsor new H-1B visa petitions for this position.\n\nJob Summary:\nWe are looking for an Foundation Model Engineer to design, execute, and operationalize fine-tuning workflows for large language models across supervised, preference-based, and reinforcement learning approaches. The role requires deep practical experience with modern training stacks, careful dataset construction, rigorous evaluation methodology, and the engineering discipline to operate complex training pipelines reliably. The ideal candidate combines strong ML intuition with production-grade engineering practices, and is comfortable navigating the trade-offs between data quality, compute budget, evaluation rigor, and shipping velocity. In this role you will work closely with cross-functional partners — product, design, engineering, operations, and business stakeholders — to translate ambiguous requirements into well-engineered solutions, and will be expected to raise the bar through code review, design review, and mentorship of more junior engineers. The successful candidate brings strong engineering discipline, a clear communication style, and a track record of shipping meaningful work that holds up well in production.\n\nRequired Qualifications\n10 or more years of combined ML research and engineering experience, with significant LLM exposure.\n\nStrong proficiency in Python and modern deep learning frameworks, especially PyTorch.\n\nHands-on experience fine-tuning transformer-based language models at non-trivial scale.\n\nFamiliarity with distributed training strategies including FSDP, ZeRO, and pipeline parallelism.\n\nExperience with RLHF, DPO, or other preference optimization techniques.\n\nStrong understanding of evaluation methodology, benchmarks, and human evaluation design.\n\nExperience operating training jobs on GPU clusters and recovering from failures.\n\nStrong written and verbal communication skills.\n\nTrack record of shipping or publishing impactful LLM work.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nPublications at top-tier ML venues.\n\nExperience with multimodal model fine-tuning.\n\nFamiliarity with synthetic data generation and dataset distillation.\n\nOpen-source contributions to LLM training libraries.\n\nExposure to responsible AI evaluation and red-teaming practices.\n\nHow to Apply\n\nWould you like to know more about this opportunity? For immediate consideration, please send your resume to or contact us at (908)676-4399. Learn more about Bright Vision Technologies at .\n\nBright Vision Technologies is an Equal Opportunity EmployerEqual Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement\nBright Vision Technologies (BV Teck) is committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status as defined by applicable federal, state, or local laws. This commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, transfer, leaves of absence, termination, layoffs, and recall.\nBV Teck expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment or discrimination. 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