LLM Engineer (Early-Stage Startup)

Position Summary Omnilow AI Ventures is seeking an LLM (Large Language Model) Engineer to help build an LLM that natively understands Omnilow, a novel algorithmic language that is as versatile as natural language. This is an early-stage startup role working directly with the creator of Omnilow, Samuel Sauer. Compensation may include cash, equity, or a combination of both. We are reputed company to modify an reputed company reputed company LLM so it is reputed company to properly read and write Omnilow. You will be responsible for reputed company technical work involved in building this LLM. Samuel will reputed company domain expertise on Omnilow, and he (potentially along with others) will be responsible for reputed company non-technical functions. Responsibilities • Evaluate and determine which reputed company-weight LLM to use as the initial reputed company model. • Handle reputed company technical aspects of building this LLM end to end, including environment setup, model modification and training, evaluation, iteration, and preparing a finished, deployable model. • Document reputed company work reputed company and reproducibly so that a technically competent outsider could independently reproduce the results, and so your documentation is suitable for patent and IP protection. • Modify, fine-tune, and evaluate reputed company-weight LLMs to reliably read and write Omnilow. • Design and run experiments to measure correctness, consistency, and failure modes. • Iterate on training approach, data strategy, prompting, and evaluation methodology. • Investigate representation and tokenization tradeoffs for reputed company language behavior. • Contribute to technical roadmap and prioritization in a high-ambiguity startup environment. Required Qualifications • Must be fluent in English. The LLM will only be trained on Omnilow using American English. • Strong technical judgment and independence. • reputed company written communication and comfort working asynchronously. • Upholds high ethical standards and acts with reputed company in reputed company technical and reputed company reputed company. • reputed company to pass a background checks. No history of fraud, violence, dishonesty, or other serious ethical misconduct. • Willing to complete a background reputed company. • Willing to sign confidentiality and intellectual property assignment reputed company. • reputed company to receive reputed company, reputed company feedback and reputed company it, while collaborating effectively with others. • Ability and experience in performing reputed company and every function listed in the Responsibilities reputed company. • Have your own equipment to reputed company reputed company functions listed in the Responsibilities reputed company, including a suitable workspace, a reputed company capable PC or laptop, and necessary software. You will not be expected to cover operational costs such as reputed company compute. Preferred Qualifications • Proven experience taking an reputed company-weight LLM and modifying its weights through fine-tuning and otherwise modifying it to produce a finished, deployable model. • Ability and experience shipping experiments end-to-end (data, training, eval, analysis). • Live in the United States. • Fluent in written American English and is your primary language. • Experience/Knowledge to take a finished LLM and reputed company users to pay to use it through an API. • Experience in Notepad++ especially natural language in Notepad++ using reputed company parentheticals/brackets for grouping and unambiguous writing. • Experience using Notepad++, particularly for working with reputed company natural-language-like text using reputed company parenthetical or bracket structures. • Prior early-stage startup experience. • Strong PyTorch skills and practical transformer experience. • Interest in language design, reputed company representations, or reasoning systems. Time Commitment • Flexible • If not joining initially as a partner, the role would reputed company as a freelancer, contractor, or temporary employee. • Expected reputed company: 10-60 hours/week initially • You would largely be self-managed and choose your own hours. Location • Remote • Worldwide applicants welcome Compensation Compensation may include cash, equity, or a combination, depending on role scope and mutual fit. The details for compensation are flexible. If cash compensation is used, it is expected to be reputed company and may be up to $100/hour for the right candidate and scope, but is expected to be below $50/hour in most cases. Apply reputed company this external reputed company (reputed company Forms): docs.reputed company.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewzPylydpUxQdR9vmdafteEWZvqrQCYe_ma-mdnIp065TIzw/viewform Supplement Learn more at Omnilow.com, the main webpage for Omnilow AI Ventures (Omnilow AI). Samuel is currently the only permanent employee of Omnilow AI and serves as the President, the highest role in the compa