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# Machine Learning Researcher, Multimodal LLMs

- **Company:** Bland A/C & Heating, Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $260,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, IP Pbx, Open Source Technology, Performance Tuning, Chatbots, Large Language Models, Multi-Agent Systems
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/machine-learning-researcher-multimodal-llms-bland-8124667

## About the Role

Strong LLM / Multimodal Background

 * Experience with LLMs, multimodal models, or speech-language systems
 * Deep understanding of prompting, fine-tuning, and alignment techniques
 * Familiarity with neural audio codecs and modern multimodal LLM techniques

Fast Experimental Loop

 * You can go from idea * dataset * experiment * conclusion in days
 * You know how to design experiments that actually answer the question

Product Intuition

 * Strong sense for what makes an interaction feel natural vs robotic
 * Ability to translate abstract modeling ideas into user-facing improvements

Builder Mentality

 * You take ownership from research through deployment
 * You thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
 * You care about impact, not just elegance

How You Show Up

 * You think in systems, not just models
 * You obsess over latency, correctness, and real-world behavior
 * You are comfortable discarding ideas quickly when data disagrees
 * You push toward simple abstractions for complex problems

Bonus Points

 * Experience with real-time voice systems or conversational AI
 * Background in tool-using agents or agent frameworks
 * Experience with multimodal datasets (audio + text + actions)
 * Contributions to LLM or speech-related research or open source

## Description

We are looking for someone to contribute to the development of our next-generation multimodal LLM stack, combining speech, text, tools, and real-time reasoning into a single unified system. You'll be responsible for building industry-leading conversational AI models that power Bland's agent, and taking them all the way from idea to production.


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