Theory Engineer @ Imbue | Simplify Jobs

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Full-Time

Theory Engineer

Imbue

11-50 employees

AI systems for practical real-world applications

Data & Analytics

AI & Machine Learning

Education

Junior, Mid, Senior

Remote in USA

Required Skills

REST APIs

Requirements

A good programmer. Much of the work will require quickly putting together experiments and one-off visualizations. It will require both attention to detail, and speed
Mathematically inclined. Your work will benefit from a broad knowledge of (and comfort with) mathematics. In particular, knowledge of kernels, matrices, information theory, and related topics will be helpful
Passionate about science and understanding how deep learning actually works. You should be driven to really deeply understand these topics and be unsatisfied with hand-wavy explanations
A good communicator. You will need to communicate your results and questions to both the rest of the team, and the broader world via papers and blog posts, both of which require an ability to explain complex ideas in a succinct, easy-to-understand manner

Summary

One of the main directions of research we care about at Imbue is developing better theoretical models and understanding of learning, optimization, memory, and agents. In particular, we’re interested in the intersection of this theoretical knowledge and what that means for our day-to-day engineering of more general agents. This position is about developing the software to support those experiments and explorations.

Example projects

• Creating a service to compute convolutional neural tangent kernel matrices for use by both internal and external users

• Investigating the ways in which hyperparameters transfer to larger scale models (ex: extending μTransfer to other models and parameters)

• Creating toy examples, graphs, and visualizations to help understand the learning-time mechanics of self-supervised networks like BYOL, VICReg, and others.

• Running thousands of experiments to empirically determine the optimal learning rate schedule for a network.

You are

• A good programmer. Much of the work will require quickly putting together experiments and one-off visualizations. It will require both attention to detail, and speed.

• Mathematically inclined. Your work will benefit from a broad knowledge of (and comfort with) mathematics. In particular, knowledge of kernels, matrices, information theory, and related topics will be helpful.

• Passionate about science and understanding how deep learning actually works. You should be driven to really deeply understand these topics and be unsatisfied with hand-wavy explanations.

• A good communicator. You will need to communicate your results and questions to both the rest of the team, and the broader world via papers and blog posts, both of which require an ability to explain complex ideas in a succinct, easy-to-understand manner.

Benefits

• Work directly on creating software with human-like intelligence.

• Generous compensation, equity, and benefits.

• $20K+ yearly budget for self-improvement: coaching, courses, conferences, etc.

• Actively co-create and participate in a positive, intentional team culture.

• Spend time learning, reading papers, and deeply understanding prior work.

• Frequent team events, dinners, off-sites, and hanging out.

How to apply

All submissions are reviewed by a person, so we encourage you to include notes on why you’re interested in working with us. If you have any other work that you can showcase (open source code, side projects, etc.), certainly include it! We know that talent comes from many backgrounds, and we aim to build a team with diverse skillsets that spike strongly in different areas.

We try to reply either way within a week or two at most (usually much sooner).

Learn more about our full interview process here.

About us

Imbue builds AI systems that reason and code, enabling AI agents to accomplish larger goals and safely work in the real world. We train our own foundation models optimized for reasoning and prototype agents on top of these models. By using these agents extensively, we gain insights into improving both the capabilities of the underlying models and the interaction design for agents.

We aim to rekindle the dream of the *personal* computer, where computers become truly intelligent tools that empower us, giving us freedom, dignity, and agency to pursue the things we love.

Imbue

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Imbue is a pioneering company in the AI industry, focusing on the development of reasoning AI systems that aim to enhance human-computer interaction and productivity. Their competitive edge lies in their unique approach to training foundation models optimized for reasoning, which they then utilize to prototype agents that can accomplish larger goals safely in the real world. With a culture that values empowerment, freedom, and dignity, Imbue is leading the industry in redefining the concept of the personal computer, making it a compelling place to work.

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$238.7M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

1989

Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

↓ -6%

1 year growth

↑ 75%

2 year growth

↑ 154%

Benefits

Work directly on creating software with human-like intelligence

Very generous compensation

Flexible working hours

Work remotely

Time and budget for learning and self improvement

INACTIVE