Senior Machine Learning Engineer (LLMs)

Posted 6 Days Ago
Chicago, IL
In-Office
Senior level
Software
Propelling the restoration industry forwards in a dynamic, tech-driven environment focused on excellence and innovation
The Role
Design, train, and implement domain-specific LLMs for automation in restoration companies. Collaborate with teams, coordinate AI engineering, and ensure model reliability.
Summary Generated by Built In

We’re building deeply integrated LLMs into a real product used daily by restoration companies running thousands of jobs. This is not a “prompt engineer” role. You’ll design, train, and ship domain-specific language models that automate real workflows and move real revenue.

You will:

  • Own end‑to‑end LLM systems: architecture, training, evals, and iteration
  • Fine‑tune and extend existing models (LoRA, instruction tuning, RLHF)
  • Build and maintain data pipelines from product databases, documents, APIs, and logs
  • Ship reliable, monitored, production models with clear guardrails
  • Collaborate closely with product and engineering to turn messy real‑world problems into working systems
  • Build and coordinate the AI engineering team
  • Use Claude Code as a core tool for development, refactors, tests, and experiments

This is for you if:

  • “How does this actually work under the hood?” is your default question
  • You’re fine sitting with a hard problem for days and reading papers on weekends to figure it out
  • If there’s something interesting to learn or solve, it doesn’t matter if it’s Saturday or 1 a.m., you’re in
  • You build side projects nobody asked for and write cleaner code than anyone requires
  • You’re quietly competitive, self‑taught in at least one major skill, and think in systems
  • You’re slightly allergic to meetings without a clear purpose or owner

Requirements
  • 5+ years of real world experience in ML / AI engineering
  • Proven experience training or substantially contributing to training LLMs (not just calling APIs)
  • Deep understanding of transformers, attention, and training dynamics
  • Strong Python plus PyTorch or JAX
  • Experience with large‑scale data pipelines and experiment tracking
  • Hands‑on fine‑tuning (LoRA, instruction / SFT, RLHF or similar)
  • Comfortable using Claude Code as part of your daily workflow
  • Able to explain complex systems simply to non‑technical stakeholders and go deep with experts
  • Track record of owning projects end‑to‑end and mentoring other engineers

Nice to have:

  • Distributed training (FSDP, DeepSpeed, Megatron, etc.)
  • Inference optimization (quantization, speculative decoding, vLLM, Triton)
  • Experience shipping LLM features in production SaaS
  • Open‑source contributions or published work or patents in ML / NLP
  • Microsoft Foundry experience

Benefits
  • Competitive salary (based on experience and location)
  • Generous PTO
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan
  • High ownership and autonomy over your work
  • Direct collaboration with a small team of smart, kind, motivated engineers
  • An environment that values deep work, clear thinking, and real impact
  • Regular team events and off‑sites
  • Equipment and learning budget to help you do your best work and keep up with the frontier

Top Skills

Claude Code
Jax
Python
PyTorch
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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
49 Employees
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

At Albi, we’re a mission-driven organization, passionate about empowering the unsung heroes of the restoration industry. Restorers work tirelessly to rebuild homes, businesses, and communities after disasters — they deserve tools that help them unlock their full potential. Our core values drive everything we do: we go the extra mile, embrace challenges, and lead with bold empathy, knowing that by supporting restorers, we help them create lasting legacy value for themselves and their teams.

Technology is the key to unlocking growth, and at Albi, we’ve built a platform that transforms the way restoration professionals manage their businesses. With streamlined job management, CRM, and business operations all in one place, we help restorers focus on what matters most: delivering excellence to their clients and driving meaningful, sustainable growth.

Join us in pushing the restoration industry forward, fueled by passion, innovation, and a deep commitment to helping restorers succeed. At Albi, we believe that when restorers thrive, their communities do too — and we’re proud to be part of that mission.

Why Work With Us

We’re driven by purpose, fueled by high energy, and backed by venture funding. We focus on collaboration, growth, and built on diversity and equal opportunity. We’re unapologetically ambitious and make sure that everyone has the support they need to succeed. Your journey is your own, and we’re here to help you thrive, no matter your starting point.

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