ML Research Engineer

Maple is building AI agents that work for local businesses, and we're looking for a ML Research Engineer to join our core product team. You'll be responsible for transforming cutting-edge research into production-ready voice agents, collaborating with experts from top institutions, and deploying advanced models and systems that impact small businesses.

Requirements

• Optimize speech recognition, large language models, and text-to-speech for real-world use
• Fine-tune LLMs with retrieval-augmented generation, reinforcement learning, and prompt engineering
• Integrate AI components into autonomous agents capable of complex tasks
• Create human-in-the-loop and automated systems to monitor performance and detect anomalies
• Develop pipelines to construct knowledge graphs from business data
• Work with infrastructure teams to scale models efficiently across GPU/TPU clusters and edge devices
• Manage rapid experimentation, training, and highly optimized production inference
• Lead evaluations, error analysis, and iterative improvements to maintain robustness and scalability
• Publish research, contribute to open-source, and present at industry-leading conferences

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful equity
• Full health, dental, vision, 401k, life insurance, and unlimited PTO
• Tools budget, coffee budget, whatever-you-need-to-be-great budget