AI Research Scientist

3 days ago


Old Toronto, Canada Autodesk, Inc. Full time
Autodesk AI Research Scientist Opportunity

We are seeking an accomplished AI Research Scientist to join our team at Autodesk, Inc. in London, San Francisco, Toronto, and remotely.

About the Role

The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading the development and scaling of machine learning models at the intersection of research and product. You will leverage distributed deep learning frameworks, such as DeepSpeed, FSDP etc., to perform scaling experiments with the support of engineering and data teams.

You will collaborate with the engineering teams to find and resolve distributed deep learning training bottlenecks such as checkpointing, model/optimizer compression etc. Additionally, you will optimize data flows through the model and overall architecture, leveraging frameworks such as Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX) and TensorRT to create high performance model endpoints.

The selected individual will write robust, testable code that is well documented and easy to understand, analyze errors and provide solutions to problems that arise, and present the results of your work to collaborators and leadership.

Required Skills and Qualifications
  • BSc or MSc in Computer Science, or equivalent industry experience
  • Proven experience with large scale distributed ML model training
  • Experience with 3D Parallelism including Tensor Parallelism, Sequence Parallelism and Pipeline Parallelism
  • Knowledge of frameworks used for model sharding, e.g. DeepSpeed, FairScale
  • Experience with large scale distributed data processing
  • Experience with software version control, unit tests, and deployment pipelines
  • Experience with cloud services & architectures (AWS, Azure, etc.)
  • Excellent written communication skills to document code, architectures, and experiments
About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

The estimated salary for this position is $150,000-$180,000 per year, depending on location and experience.



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