Applied Machine Learning Engineer

About the role

Fireworks is an AI platform that lets companies build, train and serve AI models on their own data, workflows and products. As an Applied Machine Learning Engineer in Singapore, you will bridge AI research and real-world applications, developing, fine-tuning and operationalizing machine learning models that drive business value and improve user experiences. This is a hands-on engineering role combining technical depth with a strong customer focus.

Key responsibilities

• Work with the GTM team (Account Executives and Solutions Architects) to ensure smooth integration and deployment of ML solutions.
• Build and present proof of concepts that showcase the capabilities of the AI technology.
• Design, develop and deploy end-to-end AI-powered applications for customers.
• Contribute to the internal ML platform, adding features and fixing bugs.
• Integrate and enable new machine learning models into the platform or client environments.
• Improve the performance, efficiency and scalability of deployed models and applications.
• Work with partners to enable joint AI solutions.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong preference for customer-facing roles.
• Ability to lead and execute complex technical projects with a focus on customer success.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in cross-functional teams.
• Preferred: Master's degree, startup or fast-paced environment experience, and hands-on fine-tuning of models (SFT, RLHF/RFT).

Required skills

• Robust coding skills, preferably in Python.
• Solid understanding of generative AI, machine learning principles and enterprise infrastructure.