About the role

As a passionate data miner, you wield big data tools and visualization software to line up research developments. You love uncovering interesting subsets of data, creating clear dashboards to communicate your findings, and proposing ideas for unexplored opportunities. You are also extremely interested in learning how to support large language model development with unparalleled for data quality and performance insights.

You are an ML engineer, data engineer, or data scientist who wants to work with world-class LLM researchers to curate, develop, and analyze our data catalog. Your responsibilities are threefold:

• Curate, mine, and analyze datasets for LLMs

• Work with our Product org to identify datasets needed for specific user experiences

• Help maintain and improve core tables in our data lake used for research across the company

• Data is the lifeblood of AI. Alongside the data platform team, you will be responsible for making sure this vital resource is available, understood, and of the highest quality.

Who we’re looking for

Required Experience:

• 5+ years of experience

• Familiarity with Machine Learning and NLP and willingness to learn more on the job

• Experience mining text and graphical data

• Data visualization skills

• SQL Wizardry

• Spark Experience

• Passionate about Conversational AI or large language models

Additional Desired Experience:

• Experience with cloud platforms like GCP

• Experience with Kubernetes

• Experience training your own LLMs

You will be a good fit if you are proactive and have a “get things done” mindset. Given our current pace of growth and load on our systems, most people have had a significant impact during their first week at the company.

Join our visionary team, on-site 3-5 days a week, at the forefront of next-generation AGI.

About Character.AI

Founded in 2021 by AI pioneers Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, Character is a leading AI company offering personalized experiences through customizable AI 'Characters.' As one of the most widely used AI platforms worldwide, Character enables users to interact with AI tailored to their unique needs and preferences.

Noam co-invented core LLM tech and was recently honored as one of TIME's 100 Most Influential in AI. Daniel created LaMDA, the breakthrough conversational AI now powering Google's Bard.

In just two years, we achieved unicorn status and were named Google Play's AI App of the Year – a testament to our groundbreaking technology and vision.

Ready to shape the future of AGI? 🚀

At Character, we value diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly uphold a non-discrimination policy based on race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or disability. Your unique perspectives are vital to our success.