Head of AI Research and Development, Tether

Head of AI Research and Development, Tether

Company Tether
Job title Head of AI Research and Development
Job location San Francisco, California, United States
Type Full Time

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the development and execution of our strategy for creating multimodal AI models that set new industry standards.
  • Build and nurture a team of AI experts, fostering an environment of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
  • Spearheaded collaborations with other departments to ensure our AI models are effectively integrated into market-driven solutions.
  • Represent Tether in the AI community, sharing our work and learning through open contributions, speaking engagements, and publications.

Requirements & Skills:

  • A PhD or Master’s degree in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or a related field, complemented by a solid track record in AI R&D.
  • Experience building a LLM or other large models from scratch including writing model code, gathering training data, optimizing training, and inference.
  • Strong experience in NLP, computer vision, and multimodal learning, proficient in TensorFlow, PyTorch, JAX, and CUDA toolkit.
  • Demonstrated leadership in managing diverse, high-performing teams, with an emphasis on mentorship and collaborative success.
  • Advanced knowledge of distributed and high-performance computing systems.
  • Excellent programming skills in Python, C++, JavaScript or similar.

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