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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2025) on Friday March 07, 2025 @03:57AM (#43288435)
G2i/ICA | Sr. Data Scientist - LLM | Remote (US) | Full-Time | https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/g2i/5a3d410c-2ce8-4332-a2cb-8bb4c60... (keep UTM please; tells us how wonderful HN is)

Agency hiring for a client through a fast-lane process. Permanent full-time position. US work authorization is needed due to the Public Trust Clearance requirement.

General Requirements - Experience - 7 to 8 years of overall professional experience in data science, analytics, or a related field

- At least 2–3 years of hands-on experience specifically focused on Large Language Models (LLMs) and related techniques (e.g., fine-tuning, instruction tuning, prompt engineering).

- Ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance (Required for the role)

- Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Technical Proficiency:

- Coding knowledge and experience with at least one of the following languages: Python, C, R, Java, Scala, with strong proficiency in Python being highly preferred.

- Proven ability to use statistical computer languages (Python, R, SQL, etc.) for data manipulation, analysis, and model development.

- Knowledge of ML and data mining techniques (Regression, Deep Learning, NLP, Time Series Analysis, Social Media Analysis, etc.).

- Familiarity with AWS services (Athena, S3, Glue, SageMaker, Comprehend, Bedrock) for scalable model development.

- Preferred: exposure to MLOps tools, big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark), or other cloud services.

LLM-Focused Skills (Desired, not all required): - PEFT (LoRA/QLoRA) for efficient model fine-tuning. - Instruction Fine-tuning, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Chain-of-Thought (CoT)/Tree-of-Thought (ToT). - Quantization, Pruning, and Knowledge Distillation strategies for model optimization. - Experience with Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, Llama Index, and/or large-scale training frameworks. - Familiarity with LLM evaluation, interpretability, and best practices.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2022) on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @02:58AM (#33432150)
AUTOMATTIC | SYSTEMS ENGINEER | REMOTE | FULL TIME | Proficiency with some or all of: NGINX, Docker, PHP, Golang, LUA, MySQL, ELK.

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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2022) on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @08:10AM (#33079222)
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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2022) on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @06:05AM (#33078292)
AUTOMATTIC | SYSTEMS ENGINEER | REMOTE | FULL TIME | Proficiency with some or all of: NGINX, Docker, PHP, Golang, LUA, MySQL, ELK.

We’d love to chat with you if you have:

* Experience with implementing and supporting Kubernetes-based infrastructure.

* Experience working on a large-scale system to make it performant, highly scalable, and fault-tolerant.

* Experience in Linux systems administration and a deep understanding of how web-related services (load balancers, high availability solutions, web servers, databases, caching daemons, etc.) work.

* Proficiency in information systems concepts, system administration, and cloud platforms.

* Proficiency with some or all of: NGINX, Docker, PHP, Golang, LUA, MySQL, ELK.

* Working knowledge of network technologies such as: TCP/IP stack, IPv6, DNS, Anycast, firewalls (iptables), and TLS.

* A passion for open source software.

* A willingness to learn!

APPLY: https://automattic.com/work-with-us/job/systems-engineer-at-... BENEFITS: https://automattic.com/benefits/ CREED: https://automattic.com/CREED/

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