At JetBrains, code is our passion. Ever since we started, back in 2000, we have strived to make the most effective developer tools on earth. By automating routine checks and corrections, our tools speed up production, freeing developers to grow, discover, and create.
The JetBrains Research team explores ways to use machine learning (ML) techniques and agentic approaches to help developers and enhance software development processes. Our work aims to improve the state of ML for code by turning the latest academic advances into practical applications.
We are currently looking for a Senior ML Researcher to join the team and strengthen our expertise in tuning LLMs for agentic tasks. Our primary goal is to make AI agents available on users’ machines. You will have the opportunity to conduct a cutting-edge research project that is both exciting and has practical applications.
In this role, you will:- Train LLMs for software engineering agents.
- Search for possible improvements that can be made to the training procedure.
- Plan and design experiments to confirm your hypotheses.
- Mentor junior colleagues.
- Have at least 4 years of ML experience with at least 1.5 years of experience training LLMs.
- Are able to deliver a talk and write in clean and concise English.
- Have strong skills in the Python-PyTorch-Transformers stack, with knowledge of advanced packages being a plus.
- Have a track record of working with either open-source projects or delivering code in production environments, demonstrating your ability to write and collaborate on clean, understandable code.
- Can perform research driven by curiosity and have some experience with organizing personal research projects or research groups.
- A track record of publications presented at top-tier ML conferences.
- Practical experience working with AI agents or LLMs for software engineering tasks.
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JetBrains creates intelligent software development tools consistently used and trusted by 11.4 million professionals and 88 Fortune Global Top 100 companies. Our lineup of more than 30 products includes IDEs for most programming languages and technologies, such as IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, and others, as well as products for team collaboration, like YouTrack and TeamCity. JetBrains is also known for creating the Kotlin programming language, a cross-platform language used by more than 5 million developers worldwide yearly and recommended by Google as the preferred language for Android development. The company is headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, and has offices around the world. JetBrains IDEs * IntelliJ IDEA (Java and Kotlin Developers) * PyCharm (Python developers) * PhpStorm (PHP developers) * GoLand (Go developers) * Rider (.NET developers) * CLion (C and C++ developers) * Rust Rover (Rust developers) * WebStorm (JavaScript & TypesScript developers) * RubyMine (Ruby and Rails developers) * DataGrip (Tool for multiple databases) * ReSharper (Extension for Visual Studio) * Fleet (Multilingual IDE and code editor) * Aqua (IDE for test automation engineers) .NET & Visual Studio: * Rider (IDE for .NET developers) * ReSharper (Extension for Visual Studio) * ReSharper C++ (Visual Studio Extension for C++ developers) * dotCover (.NET Unit Test Runner and Code Coverage Tool) * dotMemory (.NET Memory Profiler) * dotTrace (.NET Performance Profiler) * dotPeek (.NET decompiler and assembly browser) Team Tools: * TeamCity (Powerful CI out of the box) * YouTrack (Project management for all your teams) * Space (Intelligent code collaboration platform) * Datalore (Collaborative data science platform) * Qodana (Code quality platform for teams) Programming Languages: * Kotlin (Programming Language for the JVM and Android) * MPS (Create Your Own Domain-Specific Language) Education: * JetBrains Academy (Learn and Teach Computer Science) Profile by JetBrains s.r.o.
