Senior LLM Data Scientist, Helix by HL

ABOUT HELIX by HL:

Helix by HL, a division of TIFIN, is the first-of-its-kind generative AI assistant for the private markets industry and is set to redefine the landscape of alternative investment innovation. It combines TIFIN's technological expertise with Hamilton Lane's industry-leading database that draws on more than $16.7 trillion in private market commitments across 51 vintage years, along with an expansive library of expert, research-based market analysis, as of September 30, 2023. Helix provides data-centric information around private markets benchmarking, forecasting, and diligence and will help educate private wealth investors and their intermediaries on the asset class and current trends within the private markets.

Helix was recently funded by FINTOP capital in a Seed+ round as of December 2023.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

Helix by HL is seeking a Senior LLM Data Scientist with experience fine-tuning LLMs for our conversational AI product. We are looking for a creative thinker who can be hands-on with early-stage projects building 0-1. The ideal candidate is passionate about conversational AI and NLP and its application in the investment space. 

You must be a motivated and tenacious self-starter who is comfortable interpreting technology requirements, based on business requirements, and implementing them with maximum impact on the users. You will be expected to develop technology that minimizes technical debt while maximizing the customer experience. This is a high-impact role on a lean team that is results and execution-oriented. We are a team of do-ers!

THE ROLE:

• Design and fine-tune open source and proprietary LLMs for various tasks such as answering questions, summarization, reasoning and planning, etc.
• Build advanced Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline including rewriting, embedding fine-tuning, hybrid search, reranking, knowledge graphs, etc.
• Implement a comprehensive evaluation framework and metrics for model performance
• Deploy models into production environments and ensure low latency, reliability, and scalability.  
• Collaborate with product team and software engineering team to build end-to-end product systems.

WHO YOU ARE:

• Ph.D./Masters/Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, engineering, or relevant field  
• Experienced in the field of NLP/LLM and well-versed with the current and latest state-of-the-art research  
• Hands-on experience in various LLM fine-tuning techniques (e.g. LORA), LLM inference frameworks (e.g. vLLM), advanced RAG pipelines
• Excellent knowledge of LLM evaluation methods and metrics
• 2+ years of practical experience in the development of generative AI applications 
• Experience using machine learning/deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow and/ or PyTorch  
• Proficient in Python and SQL 
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to visualize data in the most effective way possible for a given project or study
• Thrives in a highly demanding, entrepreneurial, and fast-paced environment
• Is a top performer and has a proactive, "doer", and problem-solver mentality 
• Is highly flexible, has a good tolerance for ambiguity, and can quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Is an exceptional team player with solid communication skills

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PACKAGE:

For Colorado Applicants: The expected starting salary range for this position in Colorado is between $150,000 - $190,000. Applicable salary ranges may differ across markets. Actual pay will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. The position is also eligible for incentive compensation as well as client acquisition bonus program.