# AI Systems, Language & Reasoning Models at Unconventional AI

- Company: Unconventional AI
- What the company does: Unconventional AI is rethinking the foundations of compute to bring biology-scale energy efficiency to AI. Backed by Lightspeed, Sequoia and a16z.
- Company website: https://unconv.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Mountain View, CA I US Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-04-14
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://unconv.ai/careers/?gh_jid=4221631009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/unconventional-ai-ai-systems-language-and-reasoning-models/

## About the role

As a Member of Technical Staff, Language & Reasoning Models, you will drive the development of foundational language and reasoning models that fundamentally leverage the dynamics of our novel silicon. Your goal is to map the behaviors of modern language models directly onto the physics of our hardware.

## What they're looking for

- Education: An MS/PhD or equivalent research/project experience in a quantitative field such as AI/Machine Learning, Computer Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or Applied Math
- Experience: Deep, hands-on expertise in the theory, architecture, and training of modern foundation models (transformers, SSMs, text diffusion/flow, etc.)
- Software Development: You are fluent in modern deep learning frameworks (PyTorch or JAX) and have a proven track record of writing clean, scalable training code for large language models

Tags: Engineering