Hugging Face

Machine Learning Engineer, WebML - US Remote

New York, New York, United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Junior (1 to 2 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Artificial Intelligence, AI & Machine Learning, Web DevelopmentIndustries

Position Overview

  • Location Type: Remote
  • Employment Type: Full-time
  • Salary: Not specified
  • Description: Hugging Face is building the fastest growing platform for AI builders. This role focuses on expanding the Hugging Face ecosystem to web developers through the creation and maintenance of easy-to-use JavaScript/TypeScript machine learning libraries, specifically WebML. The goal is to bridge the gap between web development and machine learning by enabling models to run locally in the browser.

Requirements

  • Open Source Community Management: Experience with issue tracking and pull request review.
  • ONNX & Quantization: Experience with converting and optimizing models for in-browser inference.
  • Web Technologies: Familiarity with tools like Optimum, Torch Dynamo, ONNXScript, and ONNXRuntime-GenAI.
  • JavaScript/Web Experience: Experience building demo applications to showcase new features.
  • WebGPU, WebNN, WASM: Understanding and experience with these technologies to enable running models in-browser at near-native speeds.
  • JavaScript/TypeScript: Strong proficiency in JavaScript or TypeScript.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the development and maintenance of JavaScript/TypeScript machine learning libraries (e.g., transformers.js, huggingface.js).
  • Manage and contribute to the open-source community surrounding these libraries.
  • Optimize models for in-browser inference using techniques like ONNX, quantization, and WebGPU/WebNN.
  • Build and maintain demo applications to showcase the capabilities of WebML.
  • Collaborate with other engineers and researchers at Hugging Face.

Application Instructions

  • Encourage applicants to apply even if they don’t tick every box.
  • Hugging Face values diversity, equity, and inclusivity and is an equal opportunity employer.

Company Information

  • Company: Hugging Face
  • Mission: Democratize good AI.
  • Platform: Building the fastest growing platform for AI builders.
  • Open Source Libraries: Includes transformers, diffusers, and datasets.
  • Community: Over 5 million users & 100k organizations sharing over 1M models, 300k datasets, and 300k apps.
  • Values: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity.

Skills

JavaScript
TypeScript
WebGPU
WebNN
WASM
ONNX
Quantization
Optimum
Torch Dynamo
ONNXScript
ONNXRuntime-GenAI
Open Source Community Management

Hugging Face

Develops advanced NLP models for text tasks

About Hugging Face

Hugging Face develops machine learning models focused on understanding and generating human-like text. Their main products include advanced natural language processing (NLP) models like GPT-2 and XLNet, which can perform tasks such as text completion, translation, and summarization. Users can access these models through a web application and a repository, making it easy to integrate AI into various applications. Unlike many competitors, Hugging Face offers a freemium model, allowing users to access basic features for free while providing subscription plans for advanced functionalities. The company also tailors solutions for large organizations, including custom model training. Hugging Face aims to empower researchers, developers, and enterprises to utilize machine learning for text-related tasks.

New York City, New YorkHeadquarters
2016Year Founded
$384.9MTotal Funding
SERIES_DCompany Stage
Enterprise Software, AI & Machine LearningIndustries
201-500Employees

Benefits

Flexible Work Environment
Health Insurance
Unlimited PTO
Equity
Growth, Training, & Conferences
Generous Parental Leave

Risks

Salesforce's exclusive partnerships may limit Hugging Face's access to training datasets.
Microsoft's rStar-Math technique could outperform Hugging Face's NLP models in specific tasks.
DeepSeek-V3's release may intensify competition in the ultra-large model space.

Differentiation

Hugging Face offers a massive library of over one million AI models.
The company provides a thriving online community for open-source AI collaboration.
Hugging Face's freemium model allows easy access to advanced NLP tools.

Upsides

Collaboration with Microsoft could enhance small model performance in mathematical reasoning.
Partnership with DeepSeek may boost Hugging Face's ultra-large model capabilities.
Integration with Salesforce's ProVision could improve multimodal AI capabilities.

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