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Staff Scientist – Post-Training and Reinforcement Learning for AI for Science

Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) · Lemont, United States

About this role

Conduct research to develop, scale, and optimize post-training methods—including reinforcement learning, preference-based optimization, fine-tuning, and alignment—for scientific foundation models. Work includes designing and evaluating post-training pipelines and workflows on leadership-class supercomputers and collaborating with computational scientists and domain researchers to apply adaptive learning systems to scientific problems.

Skills for this role

Reinforcement LearningPost-TrainingPreference OptimizationFine-tuningAlignmentPolicy OptimizationBandit AlgorithmsPreference LearningReinforcement Learning from FeedbackDirect Preference OptimizationReward ModelingModel AdaptationLarge-scale Model TrainingDistributed Learning SystemsDistributed TrainingMulti-accelerator ExecutionPythonCC++PyTorchJAXMathematical OptimizationLinear AlgebraNumerical MethodsData MiningStatisticsSoftware Development PracticesWorkflow OptimizationHigh-performance Computing (HPC)Scalability