Lila Sciences is seeking a Director/Senior Director of Applied AI to lead the development of their Applied AI team, focusing on customizing models for practical applications and ensuring data security. The role requires extensive experience in machine learning and team leadership, as well as a strong understanding of production systems
Job Summary
As the Director/Sr. Director of Applied AI you will be leading the build of our foundational Applied AI team that will fine-tune and adapt our models for real-world product use.
You will be reporting directly to the CTO and will own the roadmap from data to deployment, partner closely with Research, Product, Software, App, Safety, and Security teams, and ship models that are usable, measurable, and trustworthy.
Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges.
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Lila Sciences is seeking a Director/Senior Director of Applied AI to lead the development of their Applied AI team, focusing on customizing models for practical applications and ensuring data security. The role requires extensive experience in machine learning and team leadership, as well as a strong understanding of production systems.
Salary
Base: $320,000 - $490,000 USD; Bonus/Equity: bonus potential and generous early equity; Benefits: Not specified
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
leading foundational Applied AI team
fine-tune and adapt models
deliver reliable interfaces
own roadmap from data to deployment
production inference expertise
data privacy and security best practices
Nice-to-have
instruction fine tuning experience
building chat UX
knowledge of quantization/distillation
experience in compliance-heavy environments
Key Requirements
8+ years in applied ML/ML systems
3+ years leading teams
track record shipping LLM systems to production
Deep experience fine-tuning and evaluating large models
Production inference expertise: serving frameworks