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If you are ready to take on the challenge of building the foundation model that enables a wide suite of capabilities around AI agent optimization, training of small and efficient foundation models, human-AI interaction, and agentic evaluation, etc., come join us!\nResponsibilities\nAI System Design & Implementation\nDesign and implement AI systems capable of handling complex workflows, including multi-step reasoning, planning, and decision making.\n\nExplore and apply various orchestration patterns and architectures to solve business problems effectively.\n\nTranslate abstract requirements into reliable AI behaviors underreal operationalconstraints such as latency, cost, and safety.\n\nExperimentation & Evaluation\nLead systematic experimentation across prompts, agents, model variants, and tool configurations.\n\nDefine and implement evaluation strategies for agentic systems, including task success, robustness, failure recovery, and hallucination analysis.\n\nDevelop lightweight benchmarks, simulations, and offline/online evaluation loops to guide rapid iteration anddecision making.\n\nModel Optimization & SLMs\nFinetune and adapt small and medium-sized foundation models using techniques such as PEFT, SFT, distillation, and reinforcement learning.\n\nBalance performance, latency, and cost forenterprisegradeworkloads.\n\nContribute to model selection decisions (SLMs vs. larger models) based onusecaserequirements and empirical evidence.\n\nAppliedEndtoEndDelivery\nOwn bounded,endtoendAI workflows from problem framing through deployment where this accelerates impact.\n\nPartner with engineering teams on integration, monitoring, and lifecycle management.\n\nContribute to production readiness without acting as a fulltime platform or infrastructure owner.\n\nTechnical Leadership\nAct as a technical reference point for agentic AI best practices across the team.\n\nMentor junior scientists on experimentationmethodology, evaluation design, and practical GenAI system development.\n\nInfluence roadmap and technical direction through evidencebackedrecommendations.\n\nWe'reEager to Work with\nThose who want to join our mission to democratize AI to more business users.\n\nIndividuals with an unwavering customer focus, committed to crafting experiences that delight.\n\nThose who embrace excellence and consistently deliver top-tier work.\n\nInnovators who thrive on creative thinking and daring to tread new paths.\n\nOwners at heart, ready to take responsibility and drive results.\n\nIndividuals of the highest integrity, who foster trust and honesty.\n\nMinimum Qualifications\nEducation: MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Operations Research, Statistics, or related fields\n\nApplied ML / GenAI Experience: 5+ years designing,buildingand iterating on ML systems, with hands-on experience using frontier models and open-source models.\n\nExperience in translating business impact into quantitative metrics and designing experiments and statistical analysis of results\n\nExperience in working with cross-functional teams to deliver ML capabilities in customer-facing products andmaintainingML quality\n\nStrong communicationskills, verbal and written\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nStrong experience in model training, building autonomous agentic systems and agentic workflows, and rigorous evaluation of agentic systems\n\nDemonstratedtrack recordof excellence (e.g., publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals) or significant product impact with highly technical solutions, and desire to grow\n\nExperience at fast-growing companies or startups, or working in an agile environment\n\nHiring Pay Range:\n$192,500 - $240,600 Benefits:\nIn addition to competitive base pay, this position also includes an annual incentive opportunity based on target achievement, pre-IPO stock options, benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with a match, and more, plus generous paid time off, paid holidays, paid day off for your birthday and other paid leave policies to support employees through all phases of life.\n Location preference:\nUSA - CA - Palo AltoUniphore is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. 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