Senior AI Engineer

We are looking for an "Senior AI Engineer" to join our AILAB Team who can enthusiastically work to implement solutions in the field of large language models (LLM). You will be expected to perform activities such as retrieval augmented generation, AI agentic workflows, multi-agent collaboration, fine-tuning (instruction tuning), reinforcement learning (RLHF, DPO), more in addition to research and development. You must have the ability to train on-prem models and evaluate the model's success during training. You will collaborate with teams to evaluate the large language model, as well as provide direction and feedback to the technical team on the collection, cleaning and processing of data.

We believe that highly competitive solutions can only be developed by motivated and enthusiastic teams. That’s why our team members have been selected among the top engineers and specialists in the market. We are experts in developing solutions for financial organizations. If you want to be part of this dynamic team, come & join us and share our goal that is to take the technology to the next level with creative, fast, efficient, and secure solutions.

Here are the details of our job posting:

What makes you a good fit:

It is necessary to be knowledgeable and experienced in the following essential technical requirements:

Machine Learning and Deep Learning:

• You should have a solid understanding of classical machine learning and deep learning techniques, especially as applied to NLP.
• You must be experienced Jupyter Notebook/Lab, Pandas, and Numpy.
• Proficiency in at least one of PyTorch or TensorFlow is required.
• You should be capable of designing and implementing scalable neural models.
• Experience with model compression techniques such as quantization, distillation, and pruning is essential.

Large Language Models:

• You must be expert in data collection and preprocessing.
• You should have hands-on experience with Huggingface transformers.
• Proficiency in in-context learning (prompt engineering) is required.
• You should be experienced in instruction tuning (SFT) and alignment techniques (e.g., RLHF-PPO, DPO).
• Knowledge about model deployment and inference optimizations is required.

What you’ll experience working at Softtech:

• You will work with a highly talented and friendly agile team,
• Design and implement flexible solutions,
• Improve and extend existing solutions,
• Collaborate with developers, analysts, architects and customers,
• Be innovative, bold, have a flair for solving complex coding challenges and be willing to do what it takes to get the job done.

What we offer you:

• Flexible working hours
• Private medical insurance
• Company contributory in individual retirement insurance 3 months after working with us
• Monthly meal payment
• Covered travel and accommodation expenses if necessary
• Employee discounts - including a huge number of retailers via İş Grubu Ailem
• Continuously learning and development opportunities
• Health and well-being seminars and initiatives via Softtech Academy
• Employee support program through a corporate consulting firm
• Study leave and support for studying for a qualification or other accredited development relevant to your role
• Attending to technical congress and conferences

About us:

As one of Turkey's leading technology companies, we have been operating at a total of 8 different locations in Turkey, TRNC, USA with more than 1600 employees since 2006.

With the strength of our experience in banking and finance industry and experienced human resources, we are developing customer-oriented solutions for our business partners operating in diverse areas.

Our mission is to transform all our customers including mainly İş Bankası into digital companies by using our efficient and high-energy ecosystem.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from any individuals without any restrictions at our company.