Head of AI/ML (Individual Contributor)
Alma - palo alto, CA
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👋🼠Hello! We're ALMABacked by leading VCs such as Bling Capital, Forerunner, Village Global, NFX, Conviction, MVP Ventures, NEA and Silkroad Innovation Hub, Alma is a LegalTech startup on a mission to transform the immigration industry. By combining the expertise of seasoned attorneys with AIML, we streamline the complex immigration process for individuals and businesses. Our comprehensive platform and dedicated legal team provide clients with a seamless experience, empowering them to navigate the intricate world of immigration with confidence.🚀 Why you should join ALMAJoin our team as the Head of AIML and collaborate with mission-driven founders dedicated to creating transformative solutions for lawyers. From day one, you will tackle challenging and intriguing problems using cutting-edge AI research and technology. Partnering with our seasoned CTO"”an experienced tech visionary with a leadership background at Uber and other successful startups"”you will help define and drive the direction and vision for AIML at Alma.🧠Founding TeamThe founding team has an extensive background in the legal industry, consulting, and building ML platforms.Shuo - CTO & Cofounder: Shuo built the ML Platform (Michelangelo) at Uber for 5+ years after which he was the head of AI & ML team at a SupportLogic (a series B startup using predictive & generative AI for customer support).Aizada - CEO & Cofounder: Aizada is a graduate of Harvard Law School, an attorney with 7+ years of experience including working at a top law firm such as Cooley and an ex-McKinsey consultant.Assel - CPO & Cofounder: Assel is a graduate of Harvard Business School and has 7 years of experience building products at FinTechs such as SoFi and Step and at large financial institutions when working at Ernst & Young.✅ ResponsibilitiesThis is an IC role and NOT a manager role.Work closely with the founding team and early customers to build and ship AI-native products.Translate complex AI research into actionable solutions that deliver measurable business value. Ensure that AI initiatives are aligned with business objectives and deliver impactful results.Design & implement LLM-powered products, such as prompting, agents, experimentation, LLM Ops, measuring quality & performance.Evaluate and productize various types of LLMs for our product use cases, including fine-tuning as needed.Research and stay current with the latest news, tooling, and techniques in NLP such as advanced prompting & chaining, function calling, embeddings, evaluations, etc.Own your work end-to-end and integrate the research into our product🛠Role RequirementsMSPhd in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or related fields.10+ years of professional experience in AIML with a proven track record of leading successful AI projects.Strong background in applied AIML research and development, with publications in top-tier conferences and journals.Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on practical application and business impact.Located in the San Francisco Bay Area.Experience building and shipping applications built on top of LLMs into production and evaluating & improving performance over time after deployment.Experience with LLM Ops & tooling (e.g. vector databases, prompt ops).Well-developed sense through experience of what works and doesn't work when building applications on top of LLMs.âï¸ Nice-to-havesExperience working in a small startup environment (Seed or Series A).
Created: 2024-07-07