{"id":765940,"url":"https://alion.io/job/metamorphic-ml-research-engineer-language","title":"ML Research Engineer (Language)","company":{"id":679134,"name":"METAMORPHIC","domain":"metamorphic.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/metamorphic-2","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Ashby","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":9,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"AI/ML","role_family":"AI/ML","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Palo Alto, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":175000,"max":250000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":250000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":true,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[{"name":"Fine-tuning","optional":false},{"name":"Machine Learning","optional":false},{"name":"Multimodal AI","optional":false},{"name":"Post-training","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"PyTorch","optional":false},{"name":"RLHF","optional":false},{"name":"DeepSpeed","optional":true},{"name":"Megatron-LM","optional":true},{"name":"Vision-Language-Action","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-03-26T21:10:36Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-03-26","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T07:31:53Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":181,"trust":{"level":"stale","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale"],"days_open":181},"description":"About Metamorphic\nMetamorphic is developing new approaches to intelligence by combining machine learning with large-scale experimental neuroscience, informed by the principles that make the brain efficient, flexible, and robust. We are building foundation models trained on rich, continuous neural data - a high-resolution model of the brain at a scale never before possible.\nOur founding team spans machine learning, neuroscience, and neurotechnology, with prior work including the MICrONS project, Neuropixels, and the Enigma project, as well as foundational scientific contributions in learning, neural computation, and generative modeling. Our work sits at the frontier of AI research, and we believe the highest-impact discoveries will come from researchers and engineers working as a single, tightly collaborative team.\nThe name Metamorphic reflects our belief that the next advances in intelligence will come from a change in form, beyond scale - from artificial to natural intelligence.\nAbout the Role\nWe are seeking Research Engineers to join our growing AI research team. You will work on building and scaling state-of-the-art large language models that power Metamorphic’s next generation of foundation models. This is a high-impact, technically deep role working at the frontier of ML research and engineering. In this role you will interact with many parts of the research and engineering stack, from model architecture and pretraining to evaluation, tooling, and infrastructure. you will design data annotation and evaluation pipelines, run large-scale experiments, and build tooling that accelerates research in service of pushing the quality and scale of our language and multimodal models. You'll have substantial autonomy to shape foundational technical decisions on a small, high-impact team.\nYou'll thrive in this role if you:\nHave significant software engineering experience and can move quickly without sacrificing rigor\n\nAre able to balance research goals with practical engineering constraints\n\nAre happy to take on tasks outside your job description to support the team\n\nEnjoy pair programming and deeply collaborative work\n\nAre eager to learn more about machine learning research in a novel scientific domain\n\nAre enthusiastic to work at an organization that functions as a single, cohesive team pursuing large-scale AI research\n\nHave ambitious goals for AI progress and are excited to create the best outcomes over the long term\n\nWe offer:\nThe chance to work on one of the most scientifically consequential AI projects being pursued today\n\nA small, world-class team where your contributions directly shape the science and the company\n\nCompetitive compensation and benefits, along with visa sponsorship\n\nStrong mentorship and career development\n\nSalary Range\n$175,000 - $250,000 USD\nBased on experience. We additionally offer a competitive equity package and comprehensive benefits, as well as visa sponsorship for international candidates.\nMinimum Qualifications\nBachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field or equivalent experience\n\nStrong software engineering skills with a proven track record of building complex systems\n\nDeep understanding of large language models and/or multimodal models: pretraining, fine-tuning, RLHF/alignment, post-training, and evaluation\n\nProficiency in Python and modern deep learning frameworks (PyTorch preferred)\n\nExperience training and scaling foundation models, particularly in the context of language modeling\n\nExperience designing and managing large-scale data annotation or data processing pipelines\n\nTrack record of building evaluation and benchmarking frameworks for language or multimodal models\n\nExperience developing internal tooling, libraries, or abstractions that improve research velocity\n\nNice to Have\nFamiliarity with distributed training frameworks (DeepSpeed, TorchTitan, Megatron, or similar)\n\nExperience with multimodal or VLA models\n\nFamiliarity with large-scale data processing\n\nContributions to open-source ML projects or libraries\n\nWe encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. 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