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Applied Researcher

Variant · San Francisco, CA, US · On-site

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About Variant

Creative intelligence. Backed by Y Combinator and a16z speedrun.

About the role

Variant is code generation with creativity and taste. Instead of a confined conversation, you can generate endless designs from a single idea. Freely explore, discover directions you wouldn’t have thought of, and build better software as a result. We're well-capitalized and looking for an applied researcher to join us at Variant.

What they're looking for

  • 2+ years in PhD program or in industry
  • Experience training deep neural networks
  • Proficiency in frameworks like Pytorch
  • Published 1 or more papers in the subject of deep learning
  • Experience training LLMs, including SFT, RL-based techniques, etc
  • Experience in the domain of code generation
More about this role

Software should be beautiful.

Variant is code generation with creativity and taste. Instead of a confined conversation, you can generate endless designs from a single idea. Freely explore, discover directions you wouldn’t have thought of, and build better software as a result.

We're well-capitalized and looking for an applied researcher to join us at Variant.

  • Design, train, and evaluate deep neural networks and LLMs
  • Own experiments end-to-end: hypotheses, datasets, metrics, results
  • Prototype fast; turn promising ideas into reliable systems
  • Collaborate with engineering and design to make ideas real
  • Write clearly: papers, docs, and crisp experiment reports
  • Don't compromise between rigor and shipping fast
  • See what needs to be done and do it
  • 2+ years in PhD program or in industry
  • Experience training deep neural networks
  • Proficiency in frameworks like Pytorch
  • Published 1 or more papers in the subject of deep learning
  • Experience training LLMs, including SFT, RL-based techniques, etc.
  • Experience in the domain of code generation
  • At least 1 paper accepted into a top conference
  • Proficiency in best software engineering practices
  • Repeated experience...

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