[Hiring] ML Engineer @24-MAG

Role Description

We are sharing a specialised part-time consulting opportunity for experienced Machine Learning Engineers and researchers to contribute to an advanced AI training project focused on model development, training and inference systems, numerical computing, performance optimisation, and Python-based ML engineering.

Selected professionals will create, solve, review, and validate technically demanding machine-learning engineering tasks. The work may involve:

• Implementing or modifying models
• Building reproducible training or inference workflows
• Optimising system performance
• Debugging numerical or infrastructure-level failures
• Verifying that solutions meet objective correctness and performance requirements

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a closely related quantitative discipline
• Strong professional or research experience in machine learning
• Practical proficiency with Python
• Meaningful experience with at least two relevant machine-learning frameworks, numerical libraries, or inference tools
• Strong understanding of model training, evaluation, numerical computation, or inference systems
• Ability to debug ML systems beyond high-level API usage
• Ability to explain implementation decisions, performance trade-offs, and failure modes clearly
• Experience building reproducible technical and programmatic workflows
• Relevant tools may include PyTorch, JAX, NumPy, SciPy, SGLang, vLLM, llama.cpp, Hugging Face Transformers, Hugging Face Tokenizers, or comparable technologies
• Experience within an established technology company, AI laboratory, research organisation, or recognised engineering environment is strongly preferred
• Exceptional open-source or academic experience may also qualify

Requirements

• Part-time independent contractor engagement
• Fully remote and open globally
• Approximately 15 hours per week
• Flexible schedule, including the ability to choose working days and hours
• Compensation: $100–$150/hour
• Compensation is output-based, with payment made for tasks that meet project specifications
• Task completion time may vary depending on technical complexity, experience, and workflow
• Minimum submission requirements apply
• Selected professionals should be prepared to begin their first task within approximately 24–48 hours of completing onboarding
• The selection process may include screening questions, an approximately 30-minute AI interview, a technical assessment where required, and hiring-manager review
• Work must be completed without using confidential or proprietary information belonging to any employer, client, institution, or other third party

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Remote work opportunity
• Competitive compensation based on output

Company Description

This opportunity is available through 24-MAG LLC. We connect experienced professionals with remote consulting opportunities across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams.

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