Job Summary:Podman AI Lab is an extension of Podman Desktop running on a local developer workstation, and providing an easy way to learn and experiment with Large Language Models. The set of AI recipes and models is maintained as a separate public repository in GitHub, it provides a collection of AI based containerized applications that can be used to quickly run and test models and prototype applications. The target persona for those applications is a software engineer, possibly in the early learning phase of AI and LLM use.Podman Desktop team is looking for a senior Machine Learning engineer to join the team to help curate, maintain and extend the pool of AI Lab recipes, coordinate with the Podman AI Lab and other teams at Red Hat using the resource, and manage community feedback and suggestions on the repository.This work will also be related to the development of the InstructLab project to build an Open Source based AI Approach to training Granite LLM.The ideal candidate will be a highly collaborative person with a passion to tinker and share AI applications and integrate feedback from community and team members into an open source codebase reused by various tools.Primary Job Responsibilities:
Maintain the code base of the set of applications, integrate feedback, fixes issues, the applications are most likely to be Python, Javascript Java based, and run through containers on Linux
Run experiments and test using the set of available LLM, to improve the applications or build better and new ones, opening the possibilities to the software developers trying them.
Collaborate tightly with the Podman AI Lab team to provide the integration of the applications in releases of Podman Desktop
Act as the upstream maintainer of the project in github
Required Skills:
Machine learning, AI, or deep learning-related course work or independent project work with evidence of completion.
Proficiency in Python, Javascript or Java.
Experience developing container based applications
Experience contributing in an upstream open source project.
Strong self-motivation and organizational skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Nice to Have:
Experience as maintainer of an Open Source project.
Familiarity with participating in an agile development team.
Maintenance of an AI based application
Masters in Machine Learning (ML) / Natural Language Processing (NLP)
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