X, The Moonshot Factory · 8 hours ago
Machine Learning Engineer, AI for Chemistry project
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$118K/yr - $162K/yrX, The Moonshot Factory is a diverse group of inventors and entrepreneurs focused on building technologies that create significant impacts. The Machine Learning Engineer will design, develop, and deploy advanced models while bridging AI research and real-world applications to accelerate scientific discovery.
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Responsibilities
Design and build end-to-end machine learning pipelines for training, evaluation, and deployment
Develop and fine-tune sophisticated multi-modal models using frameworks like PyTorch and libraries from the Hugging Face ecosystem
Leverage Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services to deploy and scale our ML models and infrastructure
Collaborate with cross-functional teams of scientists and engineers to translate research ideas into production-ready solutions
Stay current with the latest advancements in machine learning, particularly in multi-modal learning and generative models
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
A foundational knowledge of organic chemistry concepts or experience working with chemical data (e.g., SMILES strings, molecular graphs)
Proven experience building and training deep learning models using PyTorch and the Hugging Face library
Demonstrated experience with Large Language Models (LLMs), multi-modal models (e.g., Vision Language Models (VLMs)) and computer vision models (eg. OCR)
Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and its core services for machine learning and data processing
Excellent programming skills in Python and a solid understanding of software engineering best practices
Experience with large-scale data processing and database management (e.g., PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy)
Experience in start-up or small team environments
Preferred
Published research papers in relevant fields
Hands-on experience with MLOps principles and tools (e.g., Kubeflow, MLflow, Vertex AI Pipelines) and DevOps practices (e.g., CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform)
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Company
X, The Moonshot Factory
X, the moonshot factory invents and launches breakthrough technologies and radical solutions. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
Founded in 2010
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Helen Riley
COO/CFO of X, The Moonshot Factory (aka Google X)
Artem Goncharuk
Director of Engineering
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