### About the Role
LM Studio is the world's most popular desktop application for running AI
locally. The performance and flexibility of our inferencing engines is core to
what people love about LM Studio and what makes us unique. In this role you
will bring up new model support in LM Studio's inferencing libraries as well
as in open source engines (e.g. llama.cpp, MLX, and more).
As an On-Device ML Engineer working on LM Studio, you are expected to be able
to implement new model code across inferencing libraries, port implementations
from (e.g. PyTorch / HF transformers) to other libraries (e.g. llama.cpp), or
implement models based on academic papers.
### Description
Bring up new AI model architectures across LM Studio's integrated inferencing
libraries and ship them to millions of users worldwide. Collaborate with
experts in the open-source community to make new model support available as
soon as possible. Leverage software engineering skills and excellent intuition
to architect and implement extensible on-device ML software. Work with LM
Studio systems and app engineers to make the latest AI technologies useful and
pliable through UIs and APIs.
### Minimum Qualifications
* 2+ years experience implementing ML models using PyTorch, HF transformers, llama.cpp, or similar
* 2+ years in C++ and Python programming
* Excellent communication and collaboration skills
* Disposition towards for local AI and local on-device ML
### Preferred Qualifications
* Deep understanding of ML model architectures and algorithms
* Experience methodically evaluating algorithm performance
* Experience contributing to open source projects
### Pay and Benefits
* Equity
* Medical, Dental, Vision insurance
* 401K
* Company provided MacBook Pro M3 / or high performance Windows/Linux laptop
* Access to awesome hardware of all kinds
* Office in the Navy Yard, BK with stunning views and free gym access
The expected salary range for this position is:
**Annual Salary Range:**
$150,000 - $350,000 USD
### About Element Labs
Element Labs is an AI software company based out of New York, USA. We build LM
Studio, a desktop application and developer platform for building on-device AI
applications. Our mission is to make local AI accessible, useful, and
ubiquitous. We are looking for teammates who want to take a huge swing at this
mission with us.