Machine Learning Engineer - Palo Alto, CA, United States - Apto

Description

About The Role

We are searching for an experienced Machine Learning Engineer to join our team. Aptos recently entered a partnership with Microsoft to explore the opportunities between Web3 and AI. You will be responsible for exploring opportunities within this space. This includes our current efforts in building AI-driven chatbots that teach people about development on Aptos and empower them to query on-chain state. You will explore the collaboration between AI and blockchain. Beyond that, we're excited to explore co-development or co-piloting experiences and building products with our product teams. We are looking for a bold thinker who has the ability to execute well; in return, you will receive a lot of autonomy and ownership over the projects you tackle.

This role sits in our Palo Alto, CA office.

What you'll be doing:

• Build best-in-class AI chatbots that guide users through their Aptos journey by translating our research papers, blogs, and technical documentation into more accessible content
• Improve and optimize LLMs for use in production systems
• Define, build, and deliver data pipelining architecture for AI-driven applications.
• Work with the product teams to explore opportunities for AI-driven experiences.
• Work with platform and language development teams to build a first-in-class Move language and Aptos Dapp co-pilot experience.

What we're looking for:

• 8+ years of relevant experience
• A degree in a technical field such as Statistics, Computer Science, or similar field
• Strong data wrangling and SQL skills. You have a track record of optimizing large pipelines to run very efficiently
• Experience in at least one programming language (e.g. Python, Scala, Java)
• Experience manipulating large amounts of structured and unstructured data through pipeline development tools like Airflow
• Be able to proactively manage prioritization of work and deliver work with great quality and influence the broader team in creating leverage

The base salary range for this full-time position is $160k - $260k. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and typical maximum target for new hire salaries for the position of a candidate based in the Bay Area at any level. We do hire exceptionally talented professionals with decades of experience in their field. As such, our range may be higher than what is displayed. Our base salary ranges are determined by experience and location, and we hire at all levels for multiple roles. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location, job-related skills demonstrated during the interviews, working experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include equity, tokens, or benefits.