Model Designer

Compensation

The base pay for this role is $266K – $295K, with equity offered. Total compensation includes a performance-related bonus for eligible employees and the following benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
• Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
• 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time
• Mental health and wellness support
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
• Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
• Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
• Relocation support for eligible employees
• Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends

About the Team

The Core Models team focuses on how models interact with people, aiming for intuitive experiences that exceed user expectations.

About the Role

As a Model Designer, you'll have a significant impact on how models interact and resonate with users. You'll balance maximizing model capabilities, understanding user queries, and upholding user trust.

We're looking for individuals passionate about the intersection of design, technology, and user experience, who are up for defining new human-AI interaction paradigms.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with researchers to understand, predict, and design model behavior
• Partner with product managers and designers to ensure a cohesive voice and approach
• Identify ways to improve models based on product sense, user feedback, quantitative insights, and the research roadmap
• Develop creative strategies for collecting high-quality data
• Take on tasks to enhance model performance

Requirements

• Exceptional taste, creativity, and writing skills
• Comfortable with ambiguity and able to build relationships, define problems, and make progress in new environments
• Experience with experimentation and testing ideas
• High levels of empathy and self-awareness
• Ability to tackle complex, philosophical questions while driving towards clarity
• Technical intuition to understand how data changes affect model behavior