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LLM Java Developer

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Contractor Remote Last verified 21 Jul 2026
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About the Role

We are actively seeking talented developers proficient Java Engineer. The engineer will be working together on the definition, design, and delivery of new features with cross-functional teams. The company is developing the next generation of dialog agents, which will have a wide range of uses in areas including education, entertainment, and general question-answering. This is an exciting opportunity for candidates who are keen to learn in a fast-paced setting.

What You'll Do

  • Design, develop, and maintain efficient, high-quality code to train and optimize AI models.
  • Conduct evaluations (Evals) to benchmark model performance and analyze results for continuous improvement.
  • Evaluate and rank AI model responses to user queries across diverse domains, ensuring alignment with predefined criteria.
  • Develop comprehensive explanations and rationales for evaluations, showcasing excellent reasoning and technical expertise.
  • Lead efforts in Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT), including creating and maintaining high-quality, task-specific datasets.
  • Collaborate with researchers and annotators to execute Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF) and refine reward models.
  • Design innovative evaluation strategies and processes to improve the model's alignment with user needs and ethical guidelines.
  • Create and refine optimal responses to improve AI performance, emphasizing clarity, relevance, and technical accuracy.

You're a Good Fit If You

  • Required skills: Java
  • Train LLM models with high-quality, stable, and scalable back-end components using the newest coding best practices in a variety of languages and frameworks.
  • Participate in code reviews to ensure that the standards for code quality are met
  • Demonstrate your proficiency with your language of choice, while covering all bases
  • Provide clear, clean, well-organized, correct, and clearly annotated/classifiable code in the responses
  • Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
  • Demonstrable experience with developing web apps using modular development and scalable architectures as well as a strong focus on code readability and security/stability (i.e. testing)
  • Proficiency with Java's syntax and conventions
  • Nice to have some prior software Quality Assurance and Test Planning experience

Role Highlights

Pay
Pay varies
Contract
Contractor
Location
Remote
Category
Coding
Posted
2 years ago
Job ID
WE-8219

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Design, develop, and maintain efficient, high-quality code to train and optimize AI models. Conduct evaluations (Evals) to benchmark model performance and analyze results for continuous improvement. Evaluate and rank AI model responses to user queries across diverse domains, ensuring alignment with predefined criteria.

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