Machine Learning Engineer, LLM Post-Training
NewsBreak · Mountain View, California, United States
Posted about 3 months ago
or apply directly on NewsBreak's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 82 days NewsBreak's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 15% of NewsBreak's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at NewsBreak
- high 47 stale, 0 reposted of 55 open
- Hiring momentum
- 61 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-24
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from NewsBreak's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for NewsBreak.
About this role
The Machine Learning Engineer will focus on the post-training of large language models, emphasizing reinforcement learning. Responsibilities include leading the full post-training pipeline, designing data preparation strategies, collaborating with product and business teams, and ensuring model quality through evaluation pipelines. The role requires hands-on experience in training models and a strong understanding of data engineering for machine learning.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of NewsBreak as an employer.
What you need
- Hands-on LLM post-training experience including continuous pre-training, supervised fine-tuning, and reinforcement learning
- Strong data engineering for ML, including designing data-preparation plans
- Proven large-scale GPU training ability
- Strong PyTorch fundamentals and familiarity with frameworks like Hugging Face TRL/Accelerate, DeepSpeed or FSDP
- Solid understanding of tokenization, attention, and common failure modes in alignment/agent training
- Strong communication skills and a bias toward fast iteration and business impact
Nice to have
- Experience designing reward models or rule-based verifiers for RL
- Experience with tool-use / agentic model training
- Publications or open-source contributions in LLM post-training or RL
What you get
- Health, dental, and vision care for you and your family (100% coverage for employee)
- Top-tier 401(K) plan with company matching
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- FSA, HSA and commuter benefits programs
- Team activity budget
Worth weighing
- No specific technologies or frameworks beyond PyTorch and related tools mentioned
- Salary range provided, but pay may vary based on multiple factors
- High-ownership role may require strong self-management skills
Summarised from NewsBreak's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by NewsBreak on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
More roles at NewsBreak
- Localization Vertical Product ManagerMountain View, California, United States
- Account Manager, AgencyMountain View, California, United States
- Applied AI Engineer, Advertising Agents (New Grad)Mountain View, California, United States
- AI Engineer, Agentic Ad Creative (Multimodal)Mountain View, California, United States
- NewsBreak Venture, AI Growth Intelligence Engineer (New Grad)Mountain View, California, United States
- Account Manager, Performance Growth (App & eCommerce)Mountain View, California, United States
- Technical Sourcer, Engineering (Contract)Mountain View, California, United States
- Venture Intern_NexBreak Venture (Growth Engineering)Mountain View, California, United States