Australia
3 days ago
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Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Alignerr

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Senior Machine Learning Engineer needed to author high-fidelity reasoning traces for large language models, teaching them to reason, plan, and make decisions. This is a fully remote, flexible hourly contract role for senior-level engineers with deep expertise in LLM behavior, evaluation, and training methodologies.

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Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Australia, AU

Work Model

Fully remote, flexible contract role; work independently and asynchronously on your own schedule

Employment Type

Hourly Contract

Experience Level

Senior

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)
Machine LearningAI researchLLM reasoningLLM planningLLM decision-makingLLM evaluationFine-tuningTraining methodologiesData strategiesProblem decompositionTechnical documentation
Soft Skills
Written communicationSelf-motivationConsistencyMentoringCollaborationIndependent work

Preferred Qualifications

Technical (Nice-to-have)
Data annotationData quality assuranceModel evaluation pipelinesKaggleAI safetyInterpretability researchRLHFAgentic frameworksTool-use modelsChain-of-thought prompting

Key Responsibilities

  • Author complex, high-fidelity reasoning traces for sophisticated real-world technical tasks
  • Document step-by-step planning, tool use, and decision-making in a clear and structured format
  • Design data strategies that help LLMs navigate intricate, multi-step problem-solving scenarios
  • Review and mentor trace quality to ensure optimal planning and tool-use documentation
  • Collaborate with AI research teams to set and maintain quality standards for reasoning data
  • Work independently and asynchronously — fully on your own schedule
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