Posted 17 months ago
Senior ML Research Developer
@ LawZero
Montréal, Quebec
Overview
LawZero is hiring a Senior Machine Learning Research Developer to support a novel AI safety research agenda. The role builds and optimizes training and inference workflows for very large models, working alongside ML research scientists. The posting requires a computer science degree, an advanced degree or equivalent experience, and 5+ years of industry experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow or JAX.
Responsibilities:
- Accelerate research, model training and inference with ML researchers
- Design and implement experiment workflows at toy and large scale
- Develop tools and libraries to optimize computing resource use
- Establish and maintain ML development best practices
Requirements summary:
- Computer science-related degree required
- MSc or higher in machine learning or equivalent experience
- 5+ years designing complex ML workflows on high performance computing
- Experience with cloud platforms, containerization and vector databases
- Track record of contributing to deep learning research
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2025-06-03
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-10
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required), Master’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, machine learning |
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LawZero
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Safe AI for Humanity
Full company description
LawZero is a nonprofit organization committed to advancing research and creating technical solutions that enable safe-by-design AI systems. Its scientific direction is based on new research and methods led by Professor Yoshua Bengio, the most cited AI researcher in the world. Based in Montréal, LawZero’s research aims to build non-agentic AI that could be used to accelerate scientific discovery, to provide oversight for agentic AI systems, and to advance the understanding of AI risks and how to avoid them. LawZero believes that AI should be cultivated as a global public good—developed and used safely towards human flourishing.
- LinkedIn followers
- 11,575
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 26
- Reported office locations
- 6666 Rue Saint-Urbain, 200, Montreal, Quebec H2S 3H1, CA
- Business categories
- Generative AI
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Intelligent Systems
- Other recorded names
- LoiZéro
- LawZero
- Specialties
- AI Safety
- Artificial Intelligence
- and Deep Learning
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 30,000,000
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
LawZero is a nonprofit organization committed to advancing research and creating technical solutions that enable safe-by-design AI systems. Its scientific direction is based on new research and methods led by Professor Yoshua Bengio, the most cited AI researcher in the world. Based in Montréal, LawZero’s research aims to build non-agentic AI that could be used to accelerate scientific discovery, to provide…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Research Services |
| Company size | 11-50 employees |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec |
| Organization type | Nonprofit |
| Year founded | 2025 |
| Specialties | AI SafetyArtificial Intelligenceand Deep Learning |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 12 |
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We are seeking a senior machine learning (ML) research developer to join our team working on a novel AI safety agenda. In this role, you will work closely with ML research scientists to solve difficult training and inference problems using very large models.
Key responsibilities
- Collaborate with researchers to accelerate research, model training and inference, and facilitate the efficient implementation of novel models and simulated environments.
- Design and implement workflows for research experiments across toy scenarios and large scale projects.
- Develop tools and libraries to optimize the use of computing resources.
- Establish, document, and maintain best practices for ML model development workflows.
Skills and qualifications
- A degree in a relevant computer science field (e.g., computer science, computer engineering, software engineering) is required, along with an advanced degree (MSc or higher) in machine learning or equivalent work experience.
- 5+ years of industry experience in designing and implementing complex machine learning workflows on high performance computing devices using PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, document best practices, and stay updated with the latest advancements in ML and software development.
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Familiarity with containerization tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with data infrastructures and platforms (e.g., vector databases).
- A track record of contributing to high-quality research projects in deep learning.
About LawZero
LawZero is a non-profit organization committed to advancing research and creating technical solutions that enable safe-by-design AI systems. Its scientific direction is based on new research and methods proposed by Professor Yoshua Bengio, the most cited AI researcher in the world. Based in Montreal, LawZero’s research aims to build non-agentic AI that learns primarily to understand the world rather than to act in it, giving truthful answers to questions based on transparent and externalized probabilistic reasoning. Such AI systems could be used to accelerate scientific discovery, to provide oversight for agentic AI systems, and to advance the understanding of AI risks and how to avoid them. LawZero believes that AI should be cultivated as a global public good—developed and used safely towards human flourishing. For more information, visit www.lawzero.org
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