AI Research Engineer
Company: Code Metal
Location: Palo Alto
Posted on: February 13, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description Our mission is to enable
hardware deployment at the speed of software development. We are
working towards automatic code transpilation and optimization for
any hardware application. In this role, you will collaborate with a
small team of talented researchers on ambitious, greenfield
projects in generative AI and reinforcement learning. Core
responsibilities: Design, execute, and analyze experiments with a
high degree of independence Contribute to core models and
frameworks Create high-quality datasets (both in-the-wild and
synthetic) Perform literature reviews and implement new techniques
from papers Contribute to publications, present at conferences and
workshops, etc. Research Areas of Interest: An incomplete list of
current and near-term research directions: Contrastive
representation learning Steerability and guided decoding Tractable
probability models Code-specific architectures LLM fine-tuning,
post-training, RLHF Requirements Ph.D. in Computer Science or a
closely related field Prior LLM research experience Comfortable
programming in Python and familiar with frameworks such as PyTorch
and HuggingFace Preferred Qualifications: Publications at
peer-reviewed conferences such as NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, etc.
Experience with large-scale LLM training, particularly in a
distributed computing environment Benefits Competitive salary
Health care plan (medical, dental, and vision) Retirement plan
(401k, IRA) with employer matching Unlimited PTO Flexible hybrid
work arrangement Relocation assistance for qualifying employees
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