Member of Technical Staff, Applied Research
Fireworks AI
About this role
The Applied Researcher at Fireworks works at the intersection of ML research, systems engineering, and customer-facing product development to help bring advanced models into production. You will partner directly with customers to tune, evaluate, and deploy models, shaping the company’s tuning and serving infrastructure. The role emphasizes hands-on work with customer data and driving practical, production-ready AI solutions.
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About Fireworks AI
fireworks.aiFireworks AI is a platform for ultra-fast inference of generative models, letting teams run state-of-the-art open-source LLMs and image models with low latency. It provides built-in fine-tuning and deployment (including their RFT offering) so customers can customize models — often at no additional cost — and achieve performance that can rival frontier models. The product is aimed at developers and companies seeking cost-effective, high-performance model hosting and easy model customization and scaling.
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About Fireworks AI
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Leadership Team
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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Salary
$132k – $175k
per year