ML Researcher
At a glance
Mid-level AI Research role at Fundamental. Barcelona · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Take machine learning models from research ideas through design, implementation and real-world evaluation
- Raise model performance through new architectures, training approaches and evaluation protocols
- Develop methods that make model training and inference more efficient
- Maintain research code that helps you and the team build and test ideas quickly
What you bring
- You know the machine learning research cycle and have strong software engineering foundations
- You bring Python and ML framework experience, plus hands-on work across the full AI model lifecycle
- You have developed ML methods or models and worked with GPUs or TPUs and distributed training
- You know classical ML and deep learning, with expertise in tabular, time series or another listed area
Who this fits
This role suits a mid-level researcher who combines ML research with strong engineering across the model lifecycle. You’ll work onsite in Barcelona, Spain.
From the employer
About Fundamental
Fundamental is an AI research lab pioneering the future of enterprise decision-making. Our flagship model, NEXUS is the world's most powerful Large Tabular Model (LTM) - purpose-built for the structured records that contain trillions of dollars in business value. With $275m in funding from leading investors and trusted by Fortune 100 companies, Fundamental is giving businesses the Power to Predict.
At Fundamental, you'll work on unprecedented technical challenges in foundation model development and build technology that transforms how the world's largest companies make decisions. This is your opportunity to be part of a category-defining company from the ground-up. Join the team defining the future of enterprise AI.
Key responsibilities
As part of the Research team, you will contribute to ideation, designing, implementing, and evaluating breakthrough Machine Learning models that will be deployed in the real world. Your work will be focused on the entire lifecycle of the models. Alongside the rest of the ML researchers in the team, you will be responsible for our models’ performance in every meaning of this word - whether this means achieving high evaluation scores through novel architectures and training methods, establishing the evaluation protocols themselves, or implementing methods that allow for efficient training and inference. The greatest research is done through solid engineering, so alongside the research you will also take part in ensuring that our research code allows swift, rapid development and testing of new ideas - both your own and the rest of the team’s.
Must have
Strong familiarity with the full research cycle in Machine Learning
Strong fundamentals of software engineering
Strong knowledge of Python, and its ML frameworks
Experience with:
Full lifecycle of AI model development
ML infrastructure frameworks and tools
Developing new ML methods, algorithms and models
GPUs (or TPUs) and distributed training
Scaling up models and training regimes
Knowledge of:
Classical ML methods and algorithms
Deep Learning techniques
Expertise in at least one of the following:
Tabular models, time series models, relational foundation models, structured data, large-scale foundation models
Nice to have
Published research at AI conferences
Contributions to open source ML projects
Experience working with tabular data / predictive analytics
High Kaggle rank
BSc/MSc/PhD in computer science/machine learning
Benefits
Competitive compensation with salary and equity
Comprehensive health coverage for you and your dependents
Paid parental leave for all new parents, inclusive of adoptive and surrogate journeys
Relocation support for employees moving to join the team in one of our office locations
A mission-driven, low-ego culture that values diversity of thought, ownership, and bias toward action