Inception LabsMember of Technical Staff, Generalist
Inception Labs is hiring a Member of Technical Staff, Generalist in San Mateo, United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Inception Labs.
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- Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this role: aI is not part of the work.
- The posting mentions OpenAI and Databricks among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a lead role.
- Inception Labs has 7 other open roles on Level.
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We are the AI researchers and engineers behind such breakthrough AI technologies as diffusion models, flash attention, and DPO.
The RoleIf you believe you can make a meaningful contribution to our team but aren't sure which of our specialized roles is the best fit, this is the listing for you. Apply here, and we'll figure out together where you'll have the most impact.
Why Join Inception
- Work with World-Class Talent: Collaborate with the inventors of diffusion models and leading AI researchers
- Shape Foundational Technology: Your decisions will influence how the next generation of AI products are built and used
- Immediate Impact: Join at the ground floor where your contributions directly shape product direction and company trajectory
Perks & Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity in a rapidly growing startup
- Flexible vacation and paid time off (PTO)
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401k match
- Catered meals (breakfast, lunch, & dinner)
- Commuter subsidies
- A collaborative and inclusive culture
About UsInception creates the world’s fastest, most efficient AI models. Today’s autoregressive LLMs generate tokens sequentially, which makes them painfully slow and expensive. Inception’s diffusion-based LLMs (dLLMs) generate answers in parallel. They are 5x faster and more efficient, while delivering best-in-class quality.
Inception was co-founded by Stanford professor Stefano Ermon, who co-invented such breakthrough AI technologies as diffusion models, flash attention, and DPO, UCLA professor Aditya Grover, who co-invented node2vec, decision transformers, and d1 reasoning, and Cornell professor and Afresh co-founder Volodymyr Kuleshov, who co-invented MDLM and Block Diffusion.
We pioneered the application of diffusion to language, with world’s first (and only) commercially available dLLM, Mercury. We are currently deploying our large-scale diffusion LLMs at Fortune 500 companies. Diffusion is the technology behind today’s image and video AI, and we’re making it the standard for LLMs as well.
Our team includes engineers from AWS, Google DeepMind, Meta AI, Microsoft, HashiCorp, and OpenAI. Based in Palo Alto, CA, we are backed by top-tier venture capitalists, including Menlo Ventures, Mayfield, M12 (Microsoft’s venture fund), Snowflake Ventures, Databricks, and Innovation Endeavors, and by tech luminaries such as Andrew Ng, Andrej Karpathy, and Eric Schmidt.
If you are talented, innovative, and ambitious, come help us invent the future of AI.We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.
How we rate this
Member of Technical Staff, Generalist at Inception Labs rates 8 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Little AI. AI is not part of the work.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
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