Xometry is a digital marketplace connecting innovative ideas with manufacturers. They are seeking a Principal Data & ML Scientist to lead their Generative AI team, focusing on developing and optimizing AI-driven solutions and generative models to enhance service offerings.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical leadership to the Generative AI team, setting technical direction, defining best practices, and ensuring the team follows industry standards in AI and ML development
- Lead strategic planning and roadmap development for generative AI initiatives, identifying high-impact projects and aligning them with Xometry’s business objectives
- Develop and deploy generative AI models and large language models (LLMs) for multimodal document processing, focusing on extracting structured data from technical drawings, purchasing orders, and other complex documents
- Lead the exploration and development of innovative text and image-based data processing solutions, including training and fine-tuning generative and language models
- Design and implement efficient workflows for data preparation, cleaning, and augmentation to support the training of generative AI models
- Utilize cloud platforms (e.g., Amazon Web Services) for large-scale data processing, model training, and deployment
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering and business teams, to align generative AI solutions with business needs and drive impactful applications
- Mentor and guide team members on advanced machine learning techniques, model architecture design, and problem-solving strategies to elevate the team’s technical capabilities
- Continuously experiment and iterate on model performance, tuning architectures and parameters to improve accuracy and efficiency in a fast-paced, agile environment
- Stay updated with the latest research in generative AI, deep learning, and multimodal data processing, incorporating best practices and advancements into model development