[ engineering ]

Principal Research Engineer, Post-training

Character.ai
Location
Not specified
Work mode
On-site
Type
full time
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[ About this role ]

Principal Research Engineer on the Post-Training team at Character.AI. This role drives the technical vision and execution of systems that transform foundation models into intelligent products, focusing on post-training top-tier OSS LLMs for role-playing chat features. Responsibilities include technical leadership, research, model development, and cross-functional collaboration.

Skills and focus areas

  • technical leadership
  • mentorship
  • technical roadmap definition
  • production reliability
  • scalability
  • best practices for experimentation
  • model development
  • deployment
  • alignment algorithms
  • optimization techniques
  • training objectives
  • data efficiency

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