AZX is an artificial intelligence engineering enterprise and Public Benefit Corporation specializing in AI transformation and custom software solutions for critical infrastructure sectors. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, the company designs, builds, and deploys production-grade AI systems, agentic workflows, and custom inference platforms tailored for asset-heavy industries - including energy, power utilities, commercial real estate, and supply chain logistics.
HQ: Bellevue, United States • Transportation & Logistics • Supply Chain • Energy & Utilities • Artificial Intelligence
$140k – $225k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Seattle, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
TypeScript
Python
Python
FastAPI
Pydantic
Databases
pgvector
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
LLM
LangChain
Knowledge Distillation
NLP
Reranking
Human-in-the-Loop
LLM Evaluation
LLM Guardrails
OCR
Structured Outputs
AI Agents
Function Calling
Speech Recognition
LangGraph
RAG
AutoGen
CrewAI
DevOps
Docker
Terraform
AWS
Azure
Bicep
Robotics
Digital Twin
Marketing
Salesforce
Uber Technologies, Inc. is a global transportation and mobility platform headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2009 by Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick, the company revolutionized urban transit by pioneering ride-hailing via a smartphone app.
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Transportation & Logistics • Delivery • Ride Hailing • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2009
≈ $47k – $109k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • In office (Bengaluru, India) • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
SQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
JAX
Knowledge Distillation
NLP
PyTorch
Scikit-learn
TensorFlow
$232k – $258k per year • Equity • Staff+ • 7+ years exp • In office (Sunnyvale, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
LLM
PEFT
LLM Guardrails
AI Agents
Fine-tuning
Hallucination
Knowledge Distillation
LoRA
RAG
DevOps
CI/CD
Analytics
A/B Testing
Clearview AI built a facial recognition search engine over billions of images collected from public web sources. Founded in 2017 in New York, it sells identification tools to law enforcement agencies in the United States. The company has been at the centre of international debate and regulatory action over biometric privacy.
HQ: New York, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Law Enforcement • Computer Vision • 51-200 employees • Est. 2017
$180k – $250k per year • Senior • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • Senior
Computer Vision
Knowledge Distillation
Multimodal AI
Quantization
≈ $155k – $301k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (New York, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Computer Vision
Knowledge Distillation
Multimodal AI
Quantization
noon is an e-commerce company headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and founded in 2017 by Mohamed Alabbar together with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. The company runs a regional online marketplace along with noon Minutes for quick commerce, noon Food for delivery, and the noon Pay payments service. It operates in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, and is one of the main regional competitors to Amazon in the Middle East.
HQ: Dubai, United Arab Emirates • Delivery • Transportation & Logistics • Online Groceries • Commerce • Marketplaces • E-commerce Platforms • 51-200 employees • Est. 2017
≈ $35k – $84k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 8+ years exp • In office (Bengaluru, India) • Staff
Go
Java
Python
TypeScript
Python
Django
Flask
AI/ML
LLM
Prompt Engineering
RAG
PEFT
AI Agents
Function Calling
Fine-tuning
Knowledge Distillation
LoRA
≈ $36k – $86k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 8+ years exp • In office (Bengaluru, India) • Staff
Node JS
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Node JS
BullMQ
Databases
Redis
AI/ML
LLM
Prompt Engineering
PEFT
AI Agents
Function Calling
Fine-tuning
Knowledge Distillation
LoRA
DevOps
WebSockets
≈ $35k – $84k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 5+ years exp • In office (Bengaluru, India) • Staff
Node JS
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Node JS
BullMQ
Databases
Redis
AI/ML
LLM
NLP
Prompt Engineering
PEFT
AI Agents
Function Calling
Fine-tuning
Knowledge Distillation
LoRA
ONNX
Quantization
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
WebSockets
Design
Figma
IFS (Industrial and Financial Systems) is a global enterprise software company that provides cloud-based applications and Industrial AI solutions for asset- and service-intensive industries. Originally founded in Sweden in 1983, the firm specializes in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), and Field Service Management (FSM) software. Its flagship platform, IFS Cloud, enables organizations in sectors like manufacturing, aerospace and defense, construction, and energy to optimize operations, maintain complex infrastructure, and streamline field service delivery.
HQ: Linköping, Sweden • Artificial Intelligence • Software • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) • 5000+ employees • Est. 1983
$82k – $110k per year • Lead • Remote/Hybrid (Vancouver, Canada) • PhD • Full-Time • Senior • English
Python
SQL
Databases
Databricks
AI/ML
Anomaly Detection
Embeddings
Fine-tuning
Hallucination
Knowledge Distillation
LLM
RAG
Semantic Search
EU AI Act
Human-in-the-Loop
LLM Guardrails
Semantic Search
AI Agents
DevOps
Azure
Vector
Analytics
A/B Testing
Sonatus is an automotive technology company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and was founded in 2018. The firm provides the Fastlane platform, a suite of cloud-to-edge solutions including data collection, edge computing, and AI-driven diagnostics designed to power software-defined vehicles. It operates globally by partnering with major automotive manufacturers and suppliers to implement vehicle architectures that facilitate data management and lifecycle optimization.
HQ: Sunnyvale, United States • Smart Mobility • Transportation & Logistics • Automotive Manufacturing • Manufacturing • Embedded Software • Software • Edge AI • Artificial Intelligence • 201-500 employees • Est. 2018
≈ $183k – $316k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 7+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Sunnyvale, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
C++
Python
C++
PyTorch C++
TensorFlow C++
AI/ML
Anomaly Detection
Claude
CNN
Computer Vision
Gemini
Knowledge Distillation
LLM
NLP
ONNX
PyTorch
Quantization
Scikit-learn
Statsmodels
Synthetic Data
TensorFlow
TFLite
Transformers
Edge AI
OpenAI
Time Series Forecasting
TensorRT
DevOps
Vector
IoT
MQTT
≈ $183k – $316k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Sunnyvale, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
C++
Python
C++
PyTorch C++
TensorFlow C++
AI/ML
Anomaly Detection
Claude
CNN
Computer Vision
Gemini
Knowledge Distillation
LLM
NLP
ONNX
PyTorch
Quantization
Scikit-learn
Statsmodels
Synthetic Data
TensorFlow
TFLite
Transformers
Edge AI
OpenAI
Time Series Forecasting
TensorRT
DevOps
Vector
IoT
MQTT
≈ $122k – $268k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 7+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Dublin, Ireland) • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
C++
Python
C++
PyTorch C++
TensorFlow C++
AI/ML
Anomaly Detection
Claude
CNN
Computer Vision
Gemini
Knowledge Distillation
LLM
NLP
ONNX
PyTorch
Quantization
Scikit-learn
Statsmodels
Synthetic Data
TensorFlow
TFLite
Transformers
Edge AI
OpenAI
Time Series Forecasting
TensorRT
IoT
MQTT
ElevenLabs is transforming human-technology interaction with AI research and products. Powering the best enterprises, creators, and developers. From ElevenAgents for customer experience, ElevenCreative for content creation, to the leading AI voice generator.
HQ: New York, United States • HQ: London, United Kingdom • AI Agents • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • Speech & Audio AI • 51-200 employees • Est. 2022
≈ $105k – $220k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Poland) • Full-Time
CUDA
CUDA Toolkit
ElevenLabs
Knowledge Distillation
Quantization
SGLang
TensorRT
Triton
vLLM
DevOps
GitHub
San Francisco • Artificial Intelligence • Computer Vision • 11-50 employees
$150k – $240k per year • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
C++
Python
SQL
C++
PyTorch C++
Databases
Neo4j
AI/ML
Computer Vision
CUDA
CUDA Toolkit
Knowledge Distillation
PyTorch
Quantization
TensorRT
Transformers
Vision Transformer
ONNX
Triton
Triton Inference Server
DevOps
Platform Engineering
Five9 provides cloud contact centre software covering voice, digital channels and workforce management. Its platform adds conversational artificial intelligence for self-service and agent assistance. Enterprises use it to replace on-premise call centre infrastructure.
HQ: San Ramon, United States • Est. 2001
≈ $164k – $312k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Executive • 10+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid • Architect
Java
AI/ML
AI Agents
Embeddings
Fine-tuning
Function Calling
Knowledge Distillation
Multimodal AI
NLP
Quantization
RAG
Mixture of Experts
Speech Recognition
Structured Outputs
Text-to-Speech
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Vector
CI/CD
GitHub Actions
gRPC
Incident Management
Jenkins
Spinnaker
Terraform
WebRTC
GitHub
Cybersecurity
FedRAMP
GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
Analytics
A/B Testing
Daft is a high-performance data engine for AI workloads. Process any modality at any scale with Python DataFrames and SQL — from your laptop to petabyte-scale distributed clusters.
San Francisco • Artificial Intelligence • Data & Analytics • Data Engineering • 11-50 employees
≈ $155k – $339k per year (Estimated) • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
Databricks
Pinecone
Snowflake
AI/ML
Embeddings
Knowledge Distillation
Multimodal AI
Perplexity
Together AI
Ray
DevOps
AWS
ServiceNow is a leading cloud-based enterprise platform that connects data, workflows, and artificial intelligence to automate business operations. Originally focused on IT service management, the platform now streamlines processes across human resources, customer service, security, and supply chain management within a single digital ecosystem. Through its built-in low-code tools and AI capabilities, it helps global organizations optimize workforce productivity, eliminate manual tasks, and scale modern enterprise workflows.
HQ: Santa Clara, United States • Financial Services • Data & Analytics • Artificial Intelligence • Software • Information Technology • Cloud Computing • IT Management • Business Process Automation (BPA) • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2004
$232k – $405k per year • Equity • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • In office (Santa Clara, United States) • PhD • Full-Time • Staff • English
Python
AI/ML
AI Agents
DPO
Fine-tuning
Function Calling
GRPO
Knowledge Distillation
LLM
Model Context Protocol
Multimodal AI
Post-training
PyTorch
Reinforcement Learning
SFT
Computer Vision
Synthetic Data
Management
ServiceNow
≈ $171k – $333k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Santa Clara, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Python
AI/ML
AI Agents
Fine-tuning
Knowledge Distillation
LLM
Prompt Engineering
RLHF
LLM Guardrails
SFT
Management
ServiceNow
≈ $217k – $440k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • In office (Mountain View, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Python
AI/ML
AI Agents
Fine-tuning
Knowledge Distillation
LLM
Prompt Engineering
RLHF
LLM Guardrails
SFT
Management
ServiceNow
Provectus is a global technology consulting firm that specializes in delivering innovative software solutions to businesses of all sizes. We have a proven track record of success in helping our clients achieve their strategic goals by leveraging our deep expertise in cloud computing, big data, and artificial intelligence. Provectus is a trusted partner for organizations looking to transform their digital landscape and gain a competitive advantage in today's dynamic marketplace.
HQ: New York, United States • System Integration • Biotechnology • Data & Analytics • Est. 2010
$120k – $200k per year • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • San Francisco • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Architect • English: C1
Python
TypeScript
Databases
Amazon Neptune
Neo4j
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
LLM
Anthropic
AI Agents
ChatGPT
Fine-tuning
Knowledge Distillation
MLFlow
PyTorch
Amazon SageMaker
Edge AI
LLM Evaluation
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
Kubernetes
Amazon ECS
AWS CDK
CloudFormation
Terraform
≈ $108k – $237k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • Medellín • Remote (Colombia) • Full-Time • Architect
Python
TypeScript
Databases
Amazon Neptune
Neo4j
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
LLM
Anthropic
AI Agents
ChatGPT
Fine-tuning
Knowledge Distillation
MLFlow
PyTorch
Amazon SageMaker
Edge AI
LLM Evaluation
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
Kubernetes
Amazon ECS
AWS CDK
CloudFormation
Terraform
$150k – $180k per year • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Architect
Python
TypeScript
Databases
Amazon Neptune
Neo4j
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
LLM
Anthropic
AI Agents
ChatGPT
Fine-tuning
Knowledge Distillation
MLFlow
PyTorch
Amazon SageMaker
Edge AI
LLM Evaluation
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
Kubernetes
Amazon ECS
AWS CDK
CloudFormation
Terraform
Patronus AI develops simulation research and infrastructure to accelerate progress toward human-aligned AGI.
San Francisco • Data Science • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence
$175k – $300k per year • Equity • Staff+ • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Master's Degree • Staff
Python
AI/ML
Knowledge Distillation
NLP
Reinforcement Learning
GRPO
Post-training
SFT
AI Agents
WisdomAI is an enterprise generative AI and analytics platform that provides autonomous agentic intelligence for data querying. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company provides a business context engine that combines LLMs with conversational BI, automated dashboards, and AI agents. By embedding multi-tenant security and row/column-level governance at the query layer, the platform enables organizations to surface accurate, secure, self-service data insights from complex data warehouses and cloud platforms.
San Mateo • Bengaluru • San Francisco • New York • Artificial Intelligence • AI Agents • Analytics Platforms • Data & Analytics • 11-50 employees • Est. 2023
≈ $147k – $284k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (San Mateo, United States) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Python
SQL
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
Knowledge Distillation
LLM
NLP
Edge AI
AI Agents
Hark was an online digital entertainment platform best known for its extensive library of short audio soundbites, video clips, and pop culture quotes. Launched in 2007, the website allowed users to browse, create, and share playable soundboards featuring memorable lines from movies, television shows, and political figures. While it grew into a popular destination for viral sound clips during the late 2000s and early 2010s, the platform has since ceased its original operations.
HQ: San Jose, United States • Machine Learning • Artificial Intelligence
$180k – $450k per year • Staff+ • In office (San Jose, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Python
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
Knowledge Distillation
LLM
Multimodal AI
PyTorch
Reinforcement Learning
RLHF
Synthetic Data
DPO
GRPO
Post-training
PPO
AI Agents
Function Calling
Robotics
Imitation Learning
Reinforcement Learning
$180k – $450k per year • Staff+ • In office (San Jose, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Python
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
Knowledge Distillation
LLM
Multimodal AI
PyTorch
Reinforcement Learning
Synthetic Data
Post-training
Pre-training
AI Agents
Function Calling
Robotics
Reinforcement Learning
$180k – $450k per year • Staff+ • In office (San Jose, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Fine-tuning
Knowledge Distillation
Multimodal AI
RLHF
Synthetic Data
DPO
GRPO
Post-training
PPO
AI Agents
Robotics
Imitation Learning
xAI is an American artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk in 2023 with the stated goal of building models that help humans understand the universe. It develops the Grok family of large language models, distributes them through a consumer assistant, a developer API and deep integration with the X social platform, and adds image and video generation through Grok Imagine. The company runs its own Colossus supercomputer clusters in Memphis, Tennessee, is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and merged with X Corp in 2025 to combine model development with a large consumer distribution channel.
HQ: Palo Alto, United States • Multimodal AI • AI Agents • Machine Learning • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2023
$440k per year • Staff+ • In office (Palo Alto, United States) • Staff
C++
Python
Rust
C++
PyTorch C++
AI/ML
Knowledge Distillation
Multimodal AI
Edge AI
Post-training
AI Agents
JAX
PyTorch
Ray
Spark
Synthetic Data
SFT
$440k per year • In office (Palo Alto, United States)
C++
Rust
AI/ML
Grok
Knowledge Distillation
LLM
Quantization
SGLang
TensorRT
TensorRT-LLM
vLLM
Triton
DevOps
CI/CD
Abridge is an AI-powered clinical documentation platform that transforms patient-clinician conversations into structured, real-time medical notes. Designed to reduce administrative burden and clinician burnout, the platform integrates seamlessly into major electronic health record (EHR) systems like Epic. By leveraging specialized healthcare language models, Abridge enables medical providers to spend less time on paperwork and focus more on delivering quality patient care.
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Health Care • Medical AI • Artificial Intelligence • 201-500 employees
$250k – $290k per year • Equity • Lead • 7+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid • Relocation • PhD • Full-Time • Staff
Fine-tuning
Post-training
Knowledge Distillation
LLM
Reinforcement Learning
AI Agents
Wayve is a British autonomous driving technology company that develops end-to-end "Embodied AI" foundation models for self-driving vehicles and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Founded in 2017 by University of Cambridge researchers, Wayve pioneered what it calls the "AV2.0" approach to autonomous vehicles. Unlike traditional self-driving stacks that rely on rigid hand-coded rules, high-definition (HD) 3D maps, and specialized sensors, Wayve uses a unified deep learning model.
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Transportation & Logistics • Ride Hailing • Artificial Intelligence • Autonomous Driving • 201-500 employees
≈ $110k – $306k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 4+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (London, United Kingdom) • Middle
Python
AI/ML
Ignite
Knowledge Distillation
Multimodal AI
PyTorch
Synthetic Data
Ray
Spark
Flyte
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
$296k – $350k per year • Equity • Executive • 10+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Sunnyvale, United States) • Staff
C++
Python
AI/ML
Ignite
Knowledge Distillation
PyTorch
$312k – $370k per year • Equity • Senior • 4+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (Sunnyvale, United States) • Senior
Python
AI/ML
Computer Vision
Fine-tuning
Ignite
Multimodal AI
PyTorch
VLM
Knowledge Distillation
Emergent is an AI-driven tech platform that streamlines software development through its autonomous coding platform where AI agents manage coding, testing, and deployment, allowing users to focus on creativity.
Bengaluru • Artificial Intelligence • AI Agents • Code Intelligence • Est. 2023
≈ $33k – $83k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Bengaluru, India) • Senior
Python
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
Knowledge Distillation
lm-eval-harness
RLHF
DPO
LLM Evaluation
Post-training
SFT
Function Calling
≈ $33k – $65k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Bengaluru, India) • Senior
Python
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
Knowledge Distillation
RLHF
DPO
Function Calling
Post-training
SFT
lm-eval-harness
LLM Evaluation
Allen Control Systems is a defense technology company specializing in the development of autonomous precision weapon stations and counter-drone solutions for modern battlefields. The organization utilizes advanced robotics, computer vision, and artificial intelligence to automatically detect, track, and neutralize unmanned aerial threats.
HQ: Austin, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Military Drones • Military • Defense AI
$195k – $261k per year • Equity • Senior • 10+ years exp • In office (Austin, Mountain View, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C++
C++
PyTorch C++
TensorFlow C++
AI/ML
Computer Vision
CUDA Toolkit
Knowledge Distillation
ONNX
PyTorch
Quantization
TensorFlow
TensorRT
CUDA
Edge AI
Post-training
DevOps
RTOS
Salary range
| Seniority |
Jobs |
25% |
Median |
75% |
| Middle |
13 |
$239K |
$257K |
$300K |
| Senior |
32 |
$194K |
$231K |
$288K |
| Staff |
29 |
$180K |
$265K |
$350K |
| Lead |
15 |
$270K |
$300K |
$385K |
| All levels |
120 |
$205K |
$270K |
$333K |
Based only on the listings that state pay. Gross annual amounts, converted to USD so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
The market right now
Alion currently lists 323 open Knowledge Distillation jobs from 184 companies. 33 of them were posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 154 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.
What these roles pay
120 of these Knowledge Distillation jobs state pay directly. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $205K and $333K a year, with a median of $270K. By level, the median runs middle at $257K, senior at $231K, staff at $265K, and lead at $300K. The step from middle to lead is worth about 1.2x on median pay. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Where the work is
The largest concentrations of these roles are United States (8), Singapore (8), Poland (6), Switzerland (6), and Japan (5). 22% of the listings are fully remote and a further 21% are hybrid, so a large part of this market is open to you regardless of where you live.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open Knowledge Distillation jobs right now are Tether (15), Provectus (11), Wayve (6), NVIDIA (6), OpenAI (6), and Jumio (6). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.
What employers ask for
Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are Knowledge Distillation (323), Python (211), PyTorch (194), Fine-tuning (182), LLM (146), Quantization (140), AI Agents (135), and Multimodal AI (135). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.
Relocation, visas and equity
Of the current Knowledge Distillation jobs, 20 state visa sponsorship, 26 offer a relocation package, and 53 include equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
