ML Open Source Lead
Ideogram
•Onsite
About The Position
The open-source ML leader serves as a bridge between Ideogram’s internal research teams and the broader AI ecosystem. This person will be tasked with turning foundational research into usable, high-quality public tooling, while actively growing and maintaining a healthy developer community.
Requirements
- Advanced degree or equivalent research experience in Machine Learning or Deep Learning, or a related field
- Uses personal and professional platforms to amplify open research initiatives and invite collaboration
- Strong hands-on experience in Python and ML research libraries such as PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow
- Familiarity with LLMs and modern deep learning architectures (e.g., Transformers, diffusion models, reinforcement learning with human feedback)
- Experience publishing research or working on open-source projects in ML, computer vision, or NLP
- Excellent communicator who enjoys engaging with the developer and open source community
- Passion for open source projects and community-driven research/tooling
- Great communication skills
- Willing to dive into things quickly, pick up new tools from the open source community, and enjoys exploring new ideas
Responsibilities
- Define and execute a vision for releasing open model weights, methodologies, and code.
- Oversee GitHub and Huggingface repositories.
- Champion open science by building open source demos (e.g. implementing lora fine-tuning for our models), writing technical blogs, answering questions from the community, and presenting at conferences.
- Partner with model providers, internal engineers, and external contributors to push AI accessibility forward.
- Convert internal, proprietary implementations into polished open-source code, ensuring quality, reproducibility, and ease of use for the community.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and equity
- 4 weeks of vacation
- Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage
- RRSP/401(k) with employer match up to 4%
- Top-of-the-line tools and tech
- Daily in-office lunches and dinners
- Autonomy to explore and experiment
- Access to compute/resources for new ideas, large-scale experiments, or research with a clear business or creative use case
- Culture of learning and growth
- Mentorship
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
