About the role

Developer to work on cutting-edge AI projects at Mila's Studio Safety. Collaborating with teams to design prototypes and improve research processes.

Responsibilities

We are looking for a motivated developer to work on cutting-edge applied projects within Mila’s Studio Safety.
You will collaborate with our machine learning team and the applied projects team.
You will participate in designing prototypes that address concrete needs for the Studio Safety group.
You will help researchers improve the research process by optimizing code and deploying high-performing tools.
Contribute to state-of-the-art research on foundation models, language models, or vision models and their industrial applications.
Implement solutions and experiment with pre-trained foundation models.
Adapt the latest VLM and LLM architectures, training techniques, and evaluation pipelines for domain-specific applications.
Propose and investigate innovative research directions to improve the team’s internal prototypes.
Analyze system performance and contribute to iterative improvements through experimentation and testing.
Any other development or optimization tasks.

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, or a related technical field.
Good understanding of machine learning, with a focus on deep learning.
Knowledge of foundation models and deep learning model architectures.
Experience with programming languages, notably Python, and frameworks such as PyTorch.
Research skills, with the ability to stay up to date with the latest trends in AI and machine learning.
Strong understanding of machine learning and computer vision.
Excellent applied research skills, including problem definition, exploration of solutions, and analysis and presentation of results.
Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for innovation.
Intermediate proficiency in French and English, due to interactions you will have with some of our partners, stakeholders, or members of our English-speaking academic community.

The opportunity to contribute to a unique mission with significant impact;
A comprehensive group insurance program (health, dental, disability, life, travel insurance, and supplemental coverage);
An employee and family assistance program;
Access to a telemedicine service;
A vacation policy providing a base of 20 days of vacation from hire;
A retirement savings plan with a minimum employer contribution of 4%;
A generous flexible benefits envelope that allows you to customize your benefits based on what contributes to your well-being. You can select and combine options that match your needs, including lifestyle credits, enhanced insurance, additional vacation days, and an enhanced retirement contribution;
Flexible hours, summer hours, and the option to telework;
A workplace in the heart of Petite Italie, in the trendy Mile-Ex neighborhood, close to public transit;
A team of experts in their fields—passionate and engaging people;
A collaborative and inclusive working environment.