AI Research Engineer Senior · Full-time · Remote / Hybrid

You will research emerging model architectures, reasoning strategies, and local deployment techniques to expand studio AI capabilities.

As a Senior AI Research Engineer at TheWebVale, you will investigate modern advancements in machine learning and language models. You will explore small language models, reasoning distillation, vision-language systems, and quantization techniques to unlock practical advantages for client products. You will partner directly with our founder to translate research breakthroughs into production prototypes in two-to-three week cycles. You will write rigorous technical analyses, benchmark open models, and guide studio technology adoption.

Responsibilities

Your day to day.

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Evaluate newly released open-weight models including Llama, Mistral, and Qwen architectures.

Benchmark model speed, VRAM footprint, and reasoning accuracy across hardware setups.

Implement quantization techniques (AWQ, GGUF, EXL2) to run models on cost-effective servers.

Develop working proof-of-concept prototypes to validate novel AI workflows for clients.

Author concise technical briefs detailing performance characteristics and deployment costs.

Mentor engineering teammates on model fine-tuning fundamentals and prompt evaluation.

Requirements

What we look for.

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• 01 / 06 Have 5+ years of software engineering or applied machine learning research experience.
• 02 / 06 Demonstrate deep understanding of transformer architectures, attention mechanisms, and weights.
• 03 / 06 Show strong hands-on proficiency in Python, PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers, and CUDA.
• 04 / 06 Exhibit practical experience running local inference with llama.cpp, vLLM, or Ollama.
• 05 / 06 Possess a strong scientific mindset with disciplined benchmarking and documentation habits.
• 06 / 06 Explain complex machine learning discoveries in accessible terms to product builders.

What you get.

thewebvale.

• Remote-first, with a Bhopal studio for hybrid days
• Real client products across many industries
• Direct work with the founder and senior team
• Learning and tooling support
• Your work featured in our public portfolio

How we hire

Three steps, no tricks.

• Intro chat: A short call about what you want to work on and how you like to work.
• Work review: Walk us through projects, code or designs you are proud of.
• Paid task: A small paid task or pairing session, so both sides see the fit.